Moved the server start time to the init_thread request and got rid of
the init_process request (based on a patch by Felix Nawothnig).

dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c

diff --git a/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c b/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
index b043894..2fc8fcb 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/kernel_main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 # include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
+#include <time.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+# include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #include "windef.h"
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@
 };
 static CRITICAL_SECTION ldt_section = { &critsect_debug, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 
+static DWORD server_start_time;
+
 /***********************************************************************
  *           locking for LDT routines
  */
@@ -102,6 +108,10 @@
 {
     HMODULE16 hModule;
     SYSTEM_INFO si;
+    SYSTEM_TIMEOFDAY_INFORMATION sti;
+
+    NtQuerySystemInformation( SystemTimeOfDayInformation, &sti, sizeof(sti), NULL );
+    RtlTimeToSecondsSince1970( &sti.liKeBootTime, &server_start_time );
 
     /* FIXME: should probably be done in ntdll */
     GetSystemInfo( &si );
@@ -263,3 +273,28 @@
     if ((ret > 2147483647) || (ret < -2147483647)) return -1;
     return ret;
 }
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           GetSystemMSecCount (SYSTEM.6)
+ *           GetTickCount       (KERNEL32.@)
+ *
+ * Get the number of milliseconds the system has been running.
+ *
+ * PARAMS
+ *  None.
+ *
+ * RETURNS
+ *  The current tick count.
+ *
+ * NOTES
+ *  -The value returned will wrap arounf every 2^32 milliseconds.
+ *  -Under Windows, tick 0 is the moment at which the system is rebooted.
+ *  Under Wine, tick 0 begins at the moment the wineserver process is started,
+ */
+DWORD WINAPI GetTickCount(void)
+{
+    struct timeval t;
+    gettimeofday( &t, NULL );
+    return ((t.tv_sec - server_start_time) * 1000) + (t.tv_usec / 1000);
+}

dlls/kernel/process.c

diff --git a/dlls/kernel/process.c b/dlls/kernel/process.c
index a05804c..436f587 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/process.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/process.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 static DWORD shutdown_priority = 0x280;
 static DWORD process_dword;
 
-static unsigned int server_startticks;
 int main_create_flags = 0;
 HMODULE kernel32_handle = 0;
 
@@ -933,7 +932,6 @@
 static BOOL process_init(void)
 {
     static const WCHAR kernel32W[] = {'k','e','r','n','e','l','3','2',0};
-    BOOL ret;
     PEB *peb = NtCurrentTeb()->Peb;
     RTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS *params = peb->ProcessParameters;
     extern void __wine_dbg_kernel32_init(void);
@@ -946,17 +944,6 @@
     setbuf(stderr,NULL);
     setlocale(LC_CTYPE,"");
 
-    /* Retrieve startup info from the server */
-    SERVER_START_REQ( init_process )
-    {
-        if ((ret = !wine_server_call_err( req )))
-        {
-            server_startticks = reply->server_start;
-        }
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (!ret) return FALSE;
-
     if (!params->AllocationSize)
     {
         /* This is wine specific: we have no parent (we're started from unix)
@@ -2888,31 +2875,6 @@
 
 
 /***********************************************************************
- *           GetSystemMSecCount (SYSTEM.6)
- *           GetTickCount       (KERNEL32.@)
- *
- * Get the number of milliseconds the system has been running.
- *
- * PARANS
- *  None.
- *
- * RETURNS
- *  The current tick count.
- *
- * NOTES
- *  -The value returned will wrap arounf every 2^32 milliseconds.
- *  -Under Windows, tick 0 is the moment at which the system is rebooted.
- *  Under Wine, tick 0 begins at the moment the wineserver process is started,
- */
-DWORD WINAPI GetTickCount(void)
-{
-    struct timeval t;
-    gettimeofday( &t, NULL );
-    return ((t.tv_sec * 1000) + (t.tv_usec / 1000)) - server_startticks;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
  *           GetCurrentProcess   (KERNEL32.@)
  *
  * Get a handle to the current process.