Re: [PATCH 1/5] Skip timer works.patch

[Zachary Amsden]

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
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