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The Linux Kernel Ready To Make TSC A Hard Requirement For x86 CPUs

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 June 2026

Now that the Linux kernel has been removing Intel 486 CPU support and also proceeding to drop other vintage CPUs like the AMD K5 CPU support and AMD Elan, the Linux kernel is ready to make the TSC support unconditional for x86 processors...