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diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
index 100a9a10076a..1fd7d575092e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <asm/processor-flags.h>
#include <asm/required-features.h>
#include <asm/msr-index.h>
+#include "string.h"
static u32 err_flags[NCAPINTS];
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ static int is_transmeta(void)
cpu_vendor[2] == A32('M', 'x', '8', '6');
}
+static int is_intel(void)
+{
+ return cpu_vendor[0] == A32('G', 'e', 'n', 'u') &&
+ cpu_vendor[1] == A32('i', 'n', 'e', 'I') &&
+ cpu_vendor[2] == A32('n', 't', 'e', 'l');
+}
+
/* Returns a bitmask of which words we have error bits in */
static int check_cpuflags(void)
{
@@ -153,6 +161,19 @@ int check_cpu(int *cpu_level_ptr, int *req_level_ptr, u32 **err_flags_ptr)
asm("wrmsr" : : "a" (eax), "d" (edx), "c" (ecx));
err = check_cpuflags();
+ } else if (err == 0x01 &&
+ !(err_flags[0] & ~(1 << X86_FEATURE_PAE)) &&
+ is_intel() && cpu.level == 6 &&
+ (cpu.model == 9 || cpu.model == 13)) {
+ /* PAE is disabled on this Pentium M but can be forced */
+ if (cmdline_find_option_bool("forcepae")) {
+ puts("WARNING: Forcing PAE in CPU flags\n");
+ set_bit(X86_FEATURE_PAE, cpu.flags);
+ err = check_cpuflags();
+ }
+ else {
+ puts("WARNING: PAE disabled. Use parameter 'forcepae' to enable at your own risk!\n");
+ }
}
if (err_flags_ptr)