Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:21:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:21:53 -0500 Received: from delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl ([213.192.72.1]:23784 "EHLO delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:21:52 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:29:10 +0100 (MET) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Technical University of Gdansk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 999 Lines: 25 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 . -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/