Messages in this thread | | | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5] notsc option needs some attention/TLC | Date | Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:03:57 +0000 (UTC) |
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:
> - 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.
Same goes IMHO for "i686 on lower", "i586 on lower" and so on.
Everything else leads to strange effects and hard to decipher bug reports. If in doubt, boot i386 compiled kernel.
Regards Henning
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