Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 21:58:40 -0500, 
> "Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> ((X86 and SMP) implies (RTC != n))
> >> I have no idea why that requirement is in CML2.
> >
> >It's documented in Configure.help; see the entry for RTC.
> 
> Same problem as input_gameport.  RTC does not have to be 'y' under all
> circumstances, it only has to be 'y' if rtc is set and x86 or smp are
> also set.
> 
> if (RTC = 'm' and (X86 and SMP))
>   RTC := y
> endif

This is what it says:

  If you run Linux on a multiprocessor machine and said Y to
  "Symmetric Multi Processing" above, you should say Y here to read
  and set the RTC in an SMP compatible fashion.

That is, it looks to me like "SMP==y and RTC!=y" is a violation, RTC 
cannot be off.

> or cml2 equivalent, I am still reading the language definition.  BTW,
> how about including the rational and language definitions in the cml2
> tarball?

I didn't realize that had been left out.  It will be fixed in the
next release.
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