(I have re-added powersave-devel to cc: to keep the conversation on-list. It would be nice to keep it that way)
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 07:48:55AM +0200, Paolo Subiaco wrote: > Stefan Seyfried ha scritto: > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 04:32:21PM +0200, Paolo Subiaco wrote: > >> Hi all. > >> I've seen that, with both notebook and desktop PC, using a kernel > >> version greater than 2.6.17 (or at least with 2.6.20, 2.6.21 and > >> 2.6.22), while booting PC the grub loading and kernel loading is very > >> very very slow. > >> Instead, using 2.6.17 kernel, grub and kernel loading is OK. > >> I use a ATA disk in both PC/NB. > > > > Ok, but why do you think this is related to powersave? > > Hi Stefan. > I don't know if powersave, before exiting, put disks in a state that > cause that problem, or if only linux kernel is responsible for this. > Best regards. Paolo I don't think that powersave can do this. At least not more than, let's say, Gimp, Acrobat Reader or MPlayer ;-) I assume you are using reiserfs for the partition where /boot is on, i have posted a lengthy explanation of this issue on linux-kernel some time ago (it was in conjunction with suspend to disk, but it might also happen on regular boot) -- Stefan Seyfried QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices | "Any ideas, John?" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nürnberg | "Well, surrounding them's out." This footer brought to you by insane German lawmakers: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ powersave-devel mailing list [email protected] http://forge.novell.com/mailman/listinfo/powersave-devel
