This is basically a forward port of a patch I got into 2.4 a while back.
Please apply.
thanks
-john
diff -Nru a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c	Fri Nov  1 11:43:09 2002
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c	Fri Nov  1 11:43:09 2002
@@ -51,9 +51,16 @@
 	tsc_disable = 1;
 	return 1;
 }
+#else
+#define tsc_disable 0
 
-__setup("notsc", tsc_setup);
+static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
+{
+	printk("notsc: Kernel compiled with CONFIG_X86_TSC, cannot disable TSC.\n");
+	return 1;
+}
 #endif
+__setup("notsc", tsc_setup);
 
 int __init get_model_name(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
@@ -304,10 +311,8 @@
 	 */
 
 	/* TSC disabled? */
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86_TSC
 	if ( tsc_disable )
 		clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_TSC, c->x86_capability);
-#endif
 
 	/* FXSR disabled? */
 	if (disable_x86_fxsr) {
@@ -443,14 +448,12 @@
 
 	if (cpu_has_vme || cpu_has_tsc || cpu_has_de)
 		clear_in_cr4(X86_CR4_VME|X86_CR4_PVI|X86_CR4_TSD|X86_CR4_DE);
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86_TSC
 	if (tsc_disable && cpu_has_tsc) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Disabling TSC...\n");
 		/**** FIX-HPA: DOES THIS REALLY BELONG HERE? ****/
 		clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_TSC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
 		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_TSD);
 	}
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the per-CPU GDT with the boot GDT,
-
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