Merge branch 'x86-core-v2-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

This merges in:

  x86/build, x86/microcode, x86/spinlocks, x86/memory-corruption-check,
  x86/early-printk, x86/xsave, x86/quirks, x86/setup, x86/signal,
  core/signal, x86/urgent, x86/xen

* 'x86-core-v2-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (142 commits)
  x86: make processor type select depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED
  x86: extend processor type select help text
  x86, amd-iommu: propagate PCI device enabling error
  warnings: fix arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c
  warnings: fix arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
  x86, fpu: check __clear_user() return value
  x86: memory corruption check - cleanup
  x86: ioperm user_regset
  xen: do not reserve 2 pages of padding between hypervisor and fixmap.
  xen: use spin_lock_nest_lock when pinning a pagetable
  x86: xsave: set FP, SSE bits in the xsave header in the user sigcontext
  x86: xsave: fix error condition in save_i387_xstate()
  x86: SB450: deprioritize DMI quirks
  x86: SB450: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
  x86: replace a magic number with a named constant in the VESA boot code
  x86 setup: remove IMAGE_OFFSET
  x86 setup: remove DEF_INITSEG and DEF_SETUPSEG
  Revert "x86: fix ghost EDD devices in /sys again"
  x86 setup: fix ghost entries under /sys/firmware/edd take 3
  x86: signal: remove indent in restore_sigcontext()
  ...

105 files changed, 5014 insertions, 2190 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 25efbaf1f59..2443f5bb436 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -658,11 +658,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	earlyprintk=	[X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
 			earlyprintk=vga
 			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
+			earlyprintk=dbgp
 
 			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
 			takes over.
 
-			Only vga or serial at a time, not both.
+			Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time.
 
 			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
 
@@ -1231,6 +1232,29 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			         or
 			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
 
+	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
+			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
+			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
+			Setting this option will scan the memory
+			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
+			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
+			from using the memory being corrupted.
+			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
+			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
+			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
+			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
+
+	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
+			By default it checks for corruption in the low
+			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
+			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
+			corruption in more or less memory.
+
+	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
+			By default it checks for corruption every 60
+			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
+			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
+
 	memtest=	[KNL,X86] Enable memtest
 			Format: <integer>
 			range: 0,4 : pattern number
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 587f418ed00..8bf72d37833 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ L:	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org
 T:	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu.git
 S:	Supported
 
+AMD MICROCODE UPDATE SUPPORT
+P:      Peter Oruba
+M:      peter.oruba@amd.com
+S:      Supported
+
 AMS (Apple Motion Sensor) DRIVER
 P:	Stelian Pop
 M:	stelian@popies.net
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h
index 9294e4b0c8b..118d4297900 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/siginfo.h
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ typedef struct siginfo {
 #undef NSIGSEGV
 #define NSIGSEGV	3
 
-/*
- * SIGTRAP si_codes
- */
-#define TRAP_BRANCH	(__SI_FAULT|3)	/* process taken branch trap */
-#define TRAP_HWBKPT	(__SI_FAULT|4)	/* hardware breakpoint or watchpoint */
 #undef NSIGTRAP
 #define NSIGTRAP	4
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/siginfo.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/siginfo.h
index 12f1bce037b..49495b0534e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/siginfo.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/siginfo.h
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/siginfo.h>
 
-/*
- * SIGTRAP si_codes
- */
-#define TRAP_BRANCH	(__SI_FAULT|3)	/* process taken branch trap */
-#define TRAP_HWBKPT	(__SI_FAULT|4)	/* hardware breakpoint or watchpoint */
 #undef NSIGTRAP
 #define NSIGTRAP	4
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 44d4f2130d0..fc8351f374f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -778,23 +778,45 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
 	  Say N otherwise.
 
 config MICROCODE
-	tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
+	tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
 	select FW_LOADER
 	---help---
 	  If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
-	  Intel processors in the IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
-	  Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon etc.  You will obviously need the
-	  actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with the
-	  Linux kernel.
+	  certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
+	  IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
+	  Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
+	  0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
+	  You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
+	  which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
 
-	  For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
-	  ingredients for this driver, check:
-	  <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
+	  This option selects the general module only, you need to select
+	  at least one vendor specific module as well.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called microcode.
 
-config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
+config MICROCODE_INTEL
+       bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
+       depends on MICROCODE
+       default MICROCODE
+       select FW_LOADER
+       --help---
+         This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
+         processors.
+
+         For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
+         Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
+         <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
+
+config MICROCODE_AMD
+       bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
+       depends on MICROCODE
+       select FW_LOADER
+       --help---
+         If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
+	 processors will be enabled.
+
+   config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
 	def_bool y
 	depends on MICROCODE
 
@@ -1061,6 +1083,56 @@ config HIGHPTE
 	  low memory.  Setting this option will put user-space page table
 	  entries in high memory.
 
+config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
+        bool "Check for low memory corruption"
+	help
+	 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
+	 is suspected to be caused by BIOS.  Even when enabled in the
+	 configuration, it is disabled at runtime.  Enable it by
+	 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
+	 line.  By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
+	 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
+	 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
+	 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
+
+	 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
+	 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
+	 of memory and scans it infrequently.  It both detects corruption
+	 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
+
+	 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
+	 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
+	 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
+	 memory.
+
+config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
+        bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
+	depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
+	default y
+	help
+	 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
+	 on or off.
+
+config X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K
+        bool "Reserve low 64K of RAM on AMI/Phoenix BIOSen"
+	default y
+	help
+	 Reserve the first 64K of physical RAM on BIOSes that are known
+	 to potentially corrupt that memory range. A numbers of BIOSes are
+	 known to utilize this area during suspend/resume, so it must not
+	 be used by the kernel.
+
+	 Set this to N if you are absolutely sure that you trust the BIOS
+	 to get all its memory reservations and usages right.
+
+	 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does not
+	 work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware hotplug
+	 events) and it's not AMI or Phoenix, then you might want to enable
+	 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check typical
+	 corruption patterns.
+
+	 Say Y if unsure.
+
 config MATH_EMULATION
 	bool
 	prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index f8843c3ae77..c5f10136052 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ config X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
 	depends on !(MK6 || MWINCHIPC6 || MWINCHIP2 || MWINCHIP3D || MCYRIXIII || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386)
 
 menuconfig PROCESSOR_SELECT
-	default y
 	bool "Supported processor vendors" if EMBEDDED
 	help
 	  This lets you choose what x86 vendor support code your kernel
@@ -430,48 +429,97 @@ config CP