Linux 7.2 has landed, dragging x86 timing clean out of the nineties by making the Time Stamp Counter mandatory.
I wrote up a quick article on why ditching those ancient legacy fallbacks is good housekeeping, plus a few other bits like cache-aware scheduling and memory tweaks worth noting.
Is anyone still using legacy hardware? If so, what do you use it for?
I’m sorry, but I have a bit more trust in the Linux kernel maintainers on the technicals of this issue than you or I.
I do know enough to know that a Cyril 6x86 is problematic to use with many modern applications. I find it hard to believe anyone using one needs a modern kernel feature for something, and any other PC is unavailable.
I mean, at the very least, I think they’d need another PC to build a custom kernel themselves? Can you even build Linux 7.1 on that system now?
Now I want to know how long it would take to compile, I might just set something up to find out.
…Acually, PM me or something if you do. I’m interested in that.
I saved your reply in my client, will do.