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SubjectRe: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC
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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