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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-01-31 00:40:09 +1100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-01-31 00:40:09 +1100 |
| commit | dd430ca20c40ecccd6954a7efd13d4398f507728 (patch) | |
| tree | b65089436d17b2bcc6054ede2e335a821b50007f /arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c | |
| parent | 60e233172eabdd1f831bd48631b9626ce2279d9b (diff) | |
| parent | afadcd788f37bfa62d92662e54a720c26c91becf (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86: (890 commits)
x86: fix nodemap_size according to nodeid bits
x86: fix overlap between pagetable with bss section
x86: add PCI IDs to k8topology_64.c
x86: fix early_ioremap pagetable ops
x86: use the same pgd_list for PAE and 64-bit
x86: defer cr3 reload when doing pud_clear()
x86: early boot debugging via FireWire (ohci1394_dma=early)
x86: don't special-case pmd allocations as much
x86: shrink some ifdefs in fault.c
x86: ignore spurious faults
x86: remove nx_enabled from fault.c
x86: unify fault_32|64.c
x86: unify fault_32|64.c with ifdefs
x86: unify fault_32|64.c by ifdef'd function bodies
x86: arch/x86/mm/init_32.c printk fixes
x86: arch/x86/mm/init_32.c cleanup
x86: arch/x86/mm/init_64.c printk fixes
x86: unify ioremap
x86: fixes some bugs about EFI memory map handling
x86: use reboot_type on EFI 32
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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c index 3960ab7e149..219f86eb612 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c @@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ static int __init mfgpt_disable(char *s) } __setup("nomfgpt", mfgpt_disable); +/* Reset the MFGPT timers. This is required by some broken BIOSes which already + * do the same and leave the system in an unstable state. TinyBIOS 0.98 is + * affected at least (0.99 is OK with MFGPT workaround left to off). + */ +static int __init mfgpt_fix(char *s) +{ + u32 val, dummy; + + /* The following udocumented bit resets the MFGPT timers */ + val = 0xFF; dummy = 0; + wrmsr(0x5140002B, val, dummy); + return 1; +} +__setup("mfgptfix", mfgpt_fix); + /* * Check whether any MFGPTs are available for the kernel to use. In most * cases, firmware that uses AMD's VSA code will claim all timers during |