Re: 2.4.26 doesn't boot on a 386 without "Unsynced TSC support"

[Erik Mouw]

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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