On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 06:20:06AM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> 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.
Patch is correct indeed - thanks Willy.
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