Re: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sat Nov 09 2002 - 08:05:49 EST


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

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