Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:09:39 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC |
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On 9 Nov 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 12:00, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > If we configure for "I have a TSC, period" you add the option > > to disable it, which nullifies any benefit of the config option > > in the first place since we can't assume TSC presence any more. > > If we don't configure for TSC, you force tsc_disable, which means > > that a generic kernel _can't_ use the TSC. > > 2.4 was modified to printk a message that TSC was not disabled. This > does confuse people
This is all very confusing, notsc isnn't supposed to work with cpus with TSCs?
Zwane -- function.linuxpower.ca
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