Re: patch to make 2.4.32 work on i486 again

[Willy Tarreau]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:29:05PM +0100, Jacek Lipkowski wrote:
> Booting the 2.4.32 kernel compiled for a i486 on an i486 box fails,
> because "Kernel compiled for Pentium+, requires TSC feature!" (printed
> from check_config() include/asm-i386/bugs.h). To reproduce, select 486 in
> the kernel configuration and grep CONFIG_X86_TSC .config
> 
> Seems strange that no one noticed this, am i the only one still using 486
> boxes? :)

perhaps :-)
It's been more than one year since I last booted mine. However, I believe
I came through this bug by accident while compiling a kernel of a VIA Eden
CPU, then I realized it should be compiled as i586 and forgot about the
bug.

> Jacek
> 
> Simple patch against vanilla 2.4.32:

Thanks. I've queued it for the next hotfix.
Marcelo, I've put it in -upstream if you want.

Regards,
Willy

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