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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2008-10-09 21:31:58 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2008-10-09 21:31:58 +0100
commit9e165acf1b9e37af7c0fa39399b43d0bd8600039 (patch)
tree7ffdb0ad4c35ac9c19c4096b4f22ccc9b1eeefad /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
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Merge branch 'at91' into devel
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c34
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 80ab20d4fa39..8aab8517642e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <asm/mtrr.h>
#include <asm/mce.h>
#include <asm/pat.h>
+#include <asm/asm.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
#include <asm/mpspec.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
@@ -334,11 +335,40 @@ static void __init early_cpu_detect(void)
get_cpu_vendor(c, 1);
+ early_get_cap(c);
+
if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN &&
cpu_devs[c->x86_vendor]->c_early_init)
cpu_devs[c->x86_vendor]->c_early_init(c);
+}
- early_get_cap(c);
+/*
+ * The NOPL instruction is supposed to exist on all CPUs with
+ * family >= 6, unfortunately, that's not true in practice because
+ * of early VIA chips and (more importantly) broken virtualizers that
+ * are not easy to detect. Hence, probe for it based on first
+ * principles.
+ */
+static void __cpuinit detect_nopl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ const u32 nopl_signature = 0x888c53b1; /* Random number */
+ u32 has_nopl = nopl_signature;
+
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NOPL);
+ if (c->x86 >= 6) {
+ asm volatile("\n"
+ "1: .byte 0x0f,0x1f,0xc0\n" /* nopl %eax */
+ "2:\n"
+ " .section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
+ "3: xor %0,%0\n"
+ " jmp 2b\n"
+ " .previous\n"
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(1b,3b)
+ : "+a" (has_nopl));
+
+ if (has_nopl == nopl_signature)
+ set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NOPL);
+ }
}
static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
@@ -395,8 +425,8 @@ static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
init_scattered_cpuid_features(c);
+ detect_nopl(c);
}
-
}
static void __cpuinit squash_the_stupid_serial_number(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)