Re: [PATCH]: allow notsc option for buggy cpus

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 14:49:03 +0000 (GMT)

> But is there a reason we don't allow the notsc option at all on
> certain chipsets? Who would complain if I removed the CONFIG_X86_TSC
> option from the CONFIG_M686 definition or even got rid of it completely?

I believe someone had performance reasons. I'm sceptical and I'd tend to agree
with your view. Bug Ingo see what he says

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