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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-04 13:02:35 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-04 13:02:35 +0200
commit42390cdec5f6e6e2ee54f308474a6ef7dd16aa5c (patch)
treee9684c84f53272319a5acd4b9c86503f30274a51 /arch/x86/boot/main.c
parent11c231a962c740b3216eb6565149ae5a7944cba7 (diff)
parentd210baf53b699fc61aa891c177b71d7082d3b957 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/x2apic
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/main.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/main.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 2296164b54d..197421db1af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ static void keyboard_set_repeat(void)
*/
static void query_ist(void)
{
+ /* Some older BIOSes apparently crash on this call, so filter
+ it from machines too old to have SpeedStep at all. */
+ if (cpu.level < 6)
+ return;
+
asm("int $0x15"
: "=a" (boot_params.ist_info.signature),
"=b" (boot_params.ist_info.command),