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

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:32:35 -0700

Linus Torvalds wrote:

So if it's behind EMBEDDED, and defaults to "on", then I have no problem with changing the help text to say "If you do this, we'll statically do things that really _require_ you to have a CPU that looks _exactly_ like the CPU you claimed".

Sounds like a plan. I'll have a patch shortly.

-hpa
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