On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:37:17 -0800 (PST), Daniel Laird <danieljlaird@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Then I get a normal startup. i.e it boots fast (no 10second hang). If I > remove the write_c0_count then I get the 10 second hang. I think Kevin's analysis about this 10 second hang is correct. Then I think my last patch will work as well. > I have no idea if gettimeofday is broken. ANy ideas on testing this? Is > there a test package / application that will do this? Before I write my own Calling gettimeofday() continuously many times (at least some tick periods) and calculates times between each call. Those differences should be almost same. Of course you must run this program on very idle system (or you must raise its priority). --- Atsushi Nemoto