Hi Hendrik, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> The boot process (until login on vt1 is possible) take >6 minutes with the > Debian kernel while the self-compiled (although almost everything that's > needed is compiled-in) kernel takes far less than 1 minute (never measured > this). > > If you more information than below, just tell me. [...] > [ 129.448119] tpm_tis 00:0b: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error -62 Thanks and sorry for the slow response. Might be related to <http://bugs.debian.org/649033>. Could you try this patch? (Instructions for applying a patch to the Debian kernel are at [1].) [1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s4.2.2 commit a927b8131794 Author: Stefan Berger <[email protected]> Date: Fri Nov 11 12:57:06 2011 -0500 tpm_tis: add delay after aborting command This patch adds a delay after aborting a command. Some TPMs need this and will not process the subsequent command correctly otherwise. Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <[email protected]> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c index 34832bc74649..d93bafde3120 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c @@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ static int probe_itpm(struct tpm_chip *chip) out: itpm = rem_itpm; tpm_tis_ready(chip); + /* some TPMs need a break here otherwise they will not work + * correctly on the immediately subsequent command */ + msleep(chip->vendor.timeout_b); release_locality(chip, chip->vendor.locality, 0); return rc; -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120119010750.GA14442@burratino

