Bug#620278: linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64: tpm_tis failure increases boot time a llllooootttt

[Hendrik Sattler <post@hendrik-sattler.de>]

Am Donnerstag 31 März 2011, 21:04:05 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:47:52PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> > Package: linux-2.6
> > Version: 2.6.38-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > there are several problems with this linux-image, either the
> > configuration or patches as a self-compile 2.6.38-rc7 does not suffer
> > from those problems. 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.
> 
> [...]
> 
> This seems to be the fault of the tpm_tis driver.
> 
> I think I will disable auto-loading of this driver, as it can take
> a very long time to (fail to) initialise on some systems while very
> few users will actually need it.

Especially since tpm_infineon.ko loads just fine. In this case, disabling 
loading for PNP-ID IFX0102 (and possibly any other that is already covered by 
other drivers) is sufficient. After all, one of those devices (the one of the 
author of the driver) possibly works fine with that driver.

HS