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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 01:51, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> But considering that we don't use the static TSC knowledge very much any
> more, you might want to remove CONFIG_X86_TSC altogether, though, and
> replace its uses with run-time checks. We've done that with a lot of the
> other config stuff earlier (SSE/XMM) because the static compiled options
> are just too inconvenient and not worth the maintenance hassles..

Or we use the new config stuff to stick in

Twiddle Advanced Bits Y/N
	Include PPro fence fix
	Include ...
	Include ...
	

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