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

From: Geert Uytterhoeven

Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 03:43:52 EST


On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 at 02:04, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:36:26 +0200
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx> 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

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds