[Bugme-new] [Bug 12472] New: Kernel hangs with "Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle"

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Sat Jan 17 14:17:51 PST 2009


http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12472

           Summary: Kernel hangs with "Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts
                    in idle"
           Product: Platform Specific/Hardware
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.28
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocking
          Priority: P1
         Component: i386
        AssignedTo: platform_i386 at kernel-bugs.osdl.org
        ReportedBy: rantingman at gmail.com


Latest working kernel version: 2.6.10
Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26
Distribution: Debian Sid
Hardware Environment: Celeron-266 (Covington) in QDI Legend V motherboard,
640MB RAM
Software Environment: Debian Sid
Problem Description:
This machine has been running 2.6.10 since it was current. I recently installed
the Debian distribution kernel of 2.6.26 and got this error: 

Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle

The kernel hangs at that point (just after enumerating the usb and ata
controllers). To check that the problem is not Debian-specific I downloaded the
2.6.28 source and compiled it myself: the problem is identical. 

Neither the CPU nor the RAM is overclocked; FSB is 66MHz.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install kernel version 2.6.26 or 2.6.28
2. Attempt to boot from either of the above kernel versions


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