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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c index 34bbb555e26..897d6201ef1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c @@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ static void intel_smp_check(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) } } +static int forcepae; +static int __init forcepae_setup(char *__unused) +{ + forcepae = 1; + return 1; +} +__setup("forcepae", forcepae_setup); + static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG @@ -214,6 +222,17 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SEP); /* + * PAE CPUID issue: many Pentium M report no PAE but may have a + * functionally usable PAE implementation. + * Forcefully enable PAE if kernel parameter "forcepae" is present. + */ + if (forcepae) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "PAE forced!\n"); + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PAE); + add_taint(TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE); + } + + /* * P4 Xeon errata 037 workaround. * Hardware prefetcher may cause stale data to be loaded into the cache. */ |