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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/header.S | 2 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c index 100a9a10076a..f0d0b20fe149 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c @@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ 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 +160,19 @@ 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) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S index 256388260c88..0ca9a5c362bc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S +++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ cmd_line_ptr: .long 0 # (Header version 0x0202 or later) # can be located anywhere in # low memory 0x10000 or higher. -ramdisk_max: .long 0x7fffffff +initrd_addr_max: .long 0x7fffffff # (Header version 0x0203 or later) # The highest safe address for # the contents of an initrd |