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From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
To: Chris Sykes <chris@spackhandychoptubes.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel panic on 2.4.22 (no TSC) when compiled for i486
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:40:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <16244.9644.70305.752172@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030926084848.GA16991@spackhandychoptubes.co.uk>

Chris Sykes writes:
 > I'm getting a kernel panic from my 2.4.22 kernel when compiled for
 > i486 (see attached .config).
 > 
 > "Kernel panic: Kernel compiled for Pentium+, requires TSC feature!"
 > 
 > The CPU is a Cyrix Cx486DX2 100MHz part.  I tried booting with notsc
 > but I get the message:
 > "notsc: Kernel compiled with CONFIG_X86_TSC, cannot disable TSC."
 > 
 > The kernel will work fine when recompiled for i386.
 > 
 > Does a real 486 have a TSC, or is this a config bug?
...
 > CONFIG_M486=y
...
 > CONFIG_X86_TSC=y

I've reproduced this problem. It's a bug in the configuration
system which triggers when you change an option which has
derived options.

In this case, when first configuring for a CPU with TSC the
derived CONFIG_X86_TSC option is added. Then when reconfiguring
for a TSC-less CPU (e.g., 486) the derived option stays because
it derived from something that _was_ defined at the start of the
config run.

The workaround is to do an additional 'make oldconfig', after
which the derived option will be gone.

/Mikael

  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-26 11:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-26  8:48 Chris Sykes
2003-09-26 11:40 ` Mikael Pettersson [this message]
2003-09-26 12:15   ` Chris Sykes

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