> But TSC is a "required feature", so "cpu_has_tsc" is always true.
Hmm? It isn't. What makes you think so?
cpufeature.h:
#define cpu_has_tsc boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC)
% grep -i tsc include/asm-i386/required-features.h
%
> How about this patch:
> ===
> Don't try to disable the TSC: it's a required feature under modern
> configurations, so just mark the sched clock unstable which has the
> same effect.
No, using the cpuid bit is the correct way. Or better fix lguest to support
TSC properly. You cannot stay forever in the keep-it-over-simple Minix trap anyways.
-Andi
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