Re: Config issue (CONFIG_X86_TSC) Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc6

Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-06-03T20:05:07Z

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On Tue, 2003-06-03 15:45:37 -0400, Paul <set@pobox.com>
wrote in message <20030603194537.GO22874@squish.home.loc>:
> Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>, on Wed May 28, 2003 [09:55:39 PM] said:
> > Here goes -rc6. I've decided to delay 2.4.21 a bit and try Andrew's fix
> > for the IO stalls/deadlocks.
> >
> > Please test it.
> >
> Hi;
>
> It seems if I run 'make menuconfig', and the only change
> I make is to change the processor type from its default to
> 486, "CONFIG_X86_TSC=y", remains in the .config, which results
> in a kernel that wont boot on a 486.
> Running 'make oldconfig' seems to fix it up, though...

Yeah, that's a but hitting i80386 also, I had sent a patch for that some
time ago to LKML. There's simply some CONFIG_X86_TSC=n missing in the
case of i486 and i486.

MfG, JBG

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