Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:36:17 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.26 doesn't boot on a 386 without "Unsynced TSC support" |
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:08:38PM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:47:49 +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: > >My question is: is this a code bug, or a documentation bug? Right now, > >I guess 2.4.26 will not run on anything < Pentium without > >CONFIG_X86_TSC_DISABLE enabled. > > It's a limitation in scripts/Configure. > If you start with a .config with TSC enabled/required, > and just flip the CPU selection option to a TSC-less > CPU, like 386 or 486, then you end up with a .config > that _still_ has TSC enabled/required.
I was indeed starting from a "known good" .config for an Athlon.
> The workaround is to run 'make oldconfig' afterwards.
That did the trick.
Thanks for the explanation,
Erik
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