Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:00:40 -0500 | From | "Arun Thomas" <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: E6850 has an 8+ minute delay during boot |
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On Dec 14, 2007 2:01 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > The problem is caused by an SMI during the calibration routine. We > > really need to come up with a solid solution which does not rely on > > the periodic timer coming in, when there is something else (HPET, > > pm_timer) available. > > How long is the SMI?
Is there some instrumentation code somewhere which would allow me to determine this? If not, can you give me some hints on where to add the instrumentation code?
Thanks, Arun
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