Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: TSC problems with Acer TravelMate 5735Z | Date | Thu, 28 May 2020 14:06:17 +0200 |
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Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes: > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 07:09:18PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: >> Dear Linux folks, >> >> >> I got my hands on an old Acer TravelMate 5735Z (Intel GM45/Cantiga) and >> installed Debian Sid/unstable with Linux 5.6.7 on it. >> >> Booting the system it takes a long time, and the systemd units fail to >> start. The logs contain that the TSC is unstable. Adding `tsc=unstable` to >> the Linux kernel command line fixes this. > > It fixes nothing; it just doesn't get you the warning because you told > it upfront.
Well, it prevents the kernel to use TSC upfront and not wait until it's discovered to be crap. That might make a difference.
Thanks,
tglx
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