Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC

David Sanders wrote:

Yes the patch you supplied (and now in Linus's tree) fixes (part) of the problem.
In order to get a working kernel I also need a patch for the nops.h issue. I have tested and confirmed that the patch posted by Linus works and finally solves the problem with virtual PC.

Linus please apply your patch (which I quote below).

No, please don't. Instead, David, please enable CONFIG_X86_GENERIC.

-hpa
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