Re: Kernel 2.6.20 takes a long time to load

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Mar 25 2007 - 15:46:59 EST


On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 14:22 +0200, Helmut Auer wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> The kernel 2.6.20 makes a long delay during booting ( about 15 seconds ) after showing:
>
> NET: Registered protocol family 2
>
> then it goes along with:
>
> IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 98304 bytes)
> ...
>
> I am using the kernel parameter lpj to avoid calculating processor speed during kernel load.
> If I do not use the lpj parameter, the detection of cpu speed takes about 10 seconds, but then
> there is no delay after:
> NET: Registered protocol family 2
>
> Any hints what I can try to get a fast booting kernel ?
> I am using 2.6.20 with some gentoo patches ( plain 2.6.20-4 has the same problem ).
>
> My .config is here:
> http://www.helmutauer.de/.config-2.6.20.3.gz

Can you put up a complete bootlog too ?

tglx



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