Re: [PATCH v3] printk: fix zero-valued printk timestamps in early boot

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Apr 2026 09:36:14 +0200

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-embedded,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 at 02:04, Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:36:26 +0200
> Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [   12.289141] Run /init as init process
>
> 12 seconds! Holly crap, that would fail every Chromebook requirement we
> have. In most cases, we shoot for a 3 second boot up and 8 second max.

So that's why my Sony HD Handycam never boots Linux, but instead still
resumes the system Tim suspended 18 years ago ;-)

Looks like the old CE Linux Forum Boot Time Working Group needs more
blood...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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