Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Oct 2002 09:19:23 -0700 | From | george anzinger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] High-res-timers part 2 (x86 platform code) take 6 |
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george anzinger wrote: > > Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > > This patch, in conjunction with the "core" high-res-timers > > > patch implements high resolution timers on the i386 > > > platforms. The high-res-timers use the periodic interrupt > > > to "remind" the system to look at the clock. The clock > > > > This scares me: > > > > +#define fail_message \ > > +"High-res-timers: > > >-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<\n"\ > > +"High-res-timers: >Failed to find the ACPI pm timer > > <\n"\ > > +"High-res-timers: >-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<-->Boot will fail in > > Calibrate Delay <\n"\ > > +"High-res-timers: >Supply a valid default pm timer address > > <\n"\ > > +"High-res-timers: >or get your BIOS to turn on ACPI support. > > <\n"\ > > +"High-res-timers: >See CONFIGURE help for more information. > > <\n"\ > > +"High-res-timers: > > >-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<\n" > > > > Does that mean our boot has now so much junk in it that we start > > adding ascii art for "important" messages? > > Well, Yes! It does. However, the problem here is that this > is detected prior to enabling the console so, unless the > boot can limp along until that happens, this message will > not be seen. I have seen both conditions...
This, of course is the problem, the message appears buried in the noise prior to the actual boot failure (assuming it is printed at all). > > I am open to suggestions... > > Thanks for looking. >
-- George Anzinger george@mvista.com High-res-timers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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