Re: 2.6.19-rc5: grub is much slower resuming from suspend-to-disk than in 2.6.18

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Nov 12 2006 - 13:17:32 EST


On Sun 12-11-06 14:36:41, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
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> This is rather funny; in 2.6.19-rc5 grub is *really* slow loading kernel when
> I switch on the system after suspend to disk. Actually, after kernel has been
> loaded, the whole resuming (up to the point I have usable desktop again)
> takes about three time less than the process of loading kernel + initrd.
> During loading disk LED is constantly lit. This almost looks like kernel
> leaves HDD in some strange state, although I always assumed HDD/IDE is
> completely reinitialized in this case.

Seems like broken hw, really. No state should survive machine
poweroff.

Is it notebook?

Can you try to unplug system for a few minutes / unplug battery if
notebook to see if it helps?
Pavel
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Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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