Re: patch to make 2.4.32 work on i486 again

From: Grant Coady
Date: Tue Jan 31 2006 - 17:35:20 EST


On 2/1/06, Jacek Lipkowski <sq5bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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? :)

I keep old stuff going, but no i486 mobo's here :(

Grant.
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