Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:29:10 +0100 (MET) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC |
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
> > - a kernel compiled for TSC-only. This one simply will not _work_ without > > a TSC, since it is statically compiled for the TSC case. Here, "notsc" > > simply cannot do anything, so it just prints a message saying that it > > doesn't work. > > IMHO, if you boot a "TSC-only" kernel on a machine without TSC, the correct > answer should be > > Panic: This kernel is compiled for TSC-only. No TSC found. > Machine halted.
And that happens -- see check_config() in <asm-i386/bugs.h>.
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