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From: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Skip timer works.patch
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:54:55 -0800
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Andi Kleen wrote:
> no_timer_check. But it's only there on x86-64 in mainline - although there
> were some patches to add it to i386 too.
>   =


I can rename to match the x86-64 name.


>> That is what this patch is building towards, but the boot option is
>> "free", so why not?  In the meantime, it helps non-paravirt kernels
>> booted in a VM.
>>     =

>
> Hmm, you meant they paniced before?  If they just fail a few tests
> that is not particularly worrying (real hardware does that often too)
>   =


Yes, they sometimes fail to boot, and the failure message used to ask us =

to pester mingo.

Zach