Dear All,
I have downloaded CentOS 7.2.1511 DVD and tried to install it on a new laptop that comes with an Intel i7 6th generation processor and don't matter which option I use (install, test media or troubleshooting); I get the following error:
[ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed [ 0.321345] pnp 00:0d: can't evaluate _CRS: 1
At this time I am not able to use any keys on the keyboard; therefore, the only option I have is to power the laptop off. The laptop specifications are as follow:
Processor : Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6GHz (Turbo up to 3.5GHz) Skylake RAM : 32 GB DDR4-SDRAM Graphics Coprocessor : NVIDIA GTX960M 2GB GDDR5 Chipset Brand : Intel
I waited for CentOS 7.2 because I saw that upstream had [0] "the 'intel_idle' and 'pstate' driver updated to support 6th Generation Intel Core processor". Shall I file a bug for this or will I need to create a ISO with an customised kernel or use one of ElRepo's 'lt' or 'ml' kernels which will include support for the new hardware.
The full specification of the laptop can be found here [1]
[0] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm... [1] http://store.asus.com/us/item/201510AM170008064/A17602