Bug#479381: linux-image-2.6.25-1-686: Booting pauses for about 30 seconds on Acer Aspire 5710Z

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 12:08:25AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Sun, 04 May 2008, Sebastian Krause wrote:
> 
> > Package: linux-image-2.6.25-1-686
> > Version: 2.6.25-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Since version 2.6.24 booting the Debian kernel is quite slow because it
> > pauses for about 30 seconds. It always happens after those lines in the
> > booting process:
> > 
> > [    9.990058] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH7-M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
> > [    9.990091] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
> > 
> > Since the interval is "heartbeat=30 sec" and also the pause is always
> > about 30 seconds long, there might be a connection. The problem happens
> > on an Acer Aspire 5710Z laptop.
> 
> please report that upstream on bugzilla.kernel.org and let us know the
> bug number.

Sebastian, does the problem still persist with the Lenny kernel?
If so, did you file the kernel.org bug report as suggested by Maks?

Cheers,
        Moritz