linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lguest-fix-divide-error-implement-sched

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Message-Id: <200706051624.53157.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:24:52 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lguest-fix-divide-error-implement-sched_clock

On Tuesday 05 June 2007 15:11, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 12:01 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > But TSC is a "required feature", so "cpu_has_tsc" is always true.
> >
> > Hmm? It isn't. What makes you think so?
>
> Interestingly it seems to be only in -mm.

If it is then it doesn't come out of my tree. Also sounds broken to me.
The required bits are only for features needed by the compiler's generated
code where not having them could cause an early crash.

-Andi
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