The variable no_timer_check does not exist in UP builds; don't try to set it in the vmi init code. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> diff -r 21d7686ee318 arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c Thu Jan 04 15:23:30 2007 -0800 +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c Thu Jan 04 15:55:39 2007 -0800 @@ -913,7 +913,9 @@ void __init vmi_init(void) local_irq_save(flags); activate_vmi(); +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP no_timer_check = 1; +#endif local_irq_restore(flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF); }