Bug#492903: linux-image-2.6-686-etchnhalf: parameter clocksource=pit doesn't work anymore

[ViscountK <viscountk@hotmail.com>]

Package: linux-image-2.6-686-etchnhalf
Version: 2.6.24+13~etchnhalf.1
Severity: normal

I use VMware Server 1.0.6 on a MS Windows XP SP3 host. 
My guest is a netinst debian 4.0r3 installed as a standard system (console only). 
I've done:
$ aptitude update
$ aptitude -y upgrade
$ aptitude -y install linux-image-2.6-686-etchnhalf

In order to get right with the tine synchronization from VMware, I modified the /boot/grub/menu.lst kernel line with the 
following parameters: kernel .... ro clocksource=pit noapic nolapic 
for the 2 kernels: 2.6.18 and 2.6.24

After a reboot with 2.6.24 kernel (etchnhalf) the following results appears when doing:
$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep clock
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro clocksource=pit noapic nolapic vga=791
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.

After a new reboot with 2.6.18 kernel (Etch):
$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep clock
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro clocksource=pit noapic nolapic vga=791
Time: pit clocksource has been installed.


So it seems that clocksource=pit doesn't work anymore with etchnhalf.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6-686-etchnhalf depends on:
ii  linux-image-2.6.24- 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.4 Linux 2.6.24 image on PPro/Celeron

linux-image-2.6-686-etchnhalf recommends no packages.

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