| commit | 31b54f40e12e4d04941762be6615edaf3c6ed811 | |
| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | |
| Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:18:47 +0000 (11 12:18 -0700) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | |
| Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:55:55 +0000 (12 10:55 -0700) | ||
| tree | 137c160c216f35a589b4c2fabe255a14a1343d91 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 0008ea39bd03ee1f29e361e6f6e1b8a6289e5234 | commitdiff |
CPU features verification for the new x86 setup code
Verify that the CPU has enough features to run the kernel. This may
entail enabling features on some CPUs.
By doing this in the setup code we can be guaranteed to still be able to
write to the console through the BIOS.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Verify that the CPU has enough features to run the kernel. This may
entail enabling features on some CPUs.
By doing this in the setup code we can be guaranteed to still be able to
write to the console through the BIOS.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| arch/i386/boot/cpu.c | [new file with mode: 0644] | blob |
| arch/i386/boot/cpucheck.c | [new file with mode: 0644] | blob |