x86/apic: Remove verify_local_APIC()

__verify_local_APIC() is detritus from the early APIC days.
Its return value isn't used anywhere and the information it
prints when debug is enabled is already part of APIC
initialization messages printed to syslog. Off with it!

Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/jpgy4mcsxsq.fsf@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 62 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index ad3639ae1b9b..dcb52850a28f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1084,67 +1084,6 @@ void lapic_shutdown(void)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * This is to verify that we're looking at a real local APIC.
- * Check these against your board if the CPUs aren't getting
- * started for no apparent reason.
- */
-int __init verify_local_APIC(void)
-{
-	unsigned int reg0, reg1;
-
-	/*
-	 * The version register is read-only in a real APIC.
-	 */
-	reg0 = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
-	apic_printk(APIC_DEBUG, "Getting VERSION: %x\n", reg0);
-	apic_write(APIC_LVR, reg0 ^ APIC_LVR_MASK);
-	reg1 = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
-	apic_printk(APIC_DEBUG, "Getting VERSION: %x\n", reg1);
-
-	/*
-	 * The two version reads above should print the same
-	 * numbers.  If the second one is different, then we
-	 * poke at a non-APIC.
-	 */
-	if (reg1 != reg0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if the version looks reasonably.
-	 */
-	reg1 = GET_APIC_VERSION(reg0);
-	if (reg1 == 0x00 || reg1 == 0xff)
-		return 0;
-	reg1 = lapic_get_maxlvt();
-	if (reg1 < 0x02 || reg1 == 0xff)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * The ID register is read/write in a real APIC.
-	 */
-	reg0 = apic_read(APIC_ID);
-	apic_printk(APIC_DEBUG, "Getting ID: %x\n", reg0);
-	apic_write(APIC_ID, reg0 ^ apic->apic_id_mask);
-	reg1 = apic_read(APIC_ID);
-	apic_printk(APIC_DEBUG, "Getting ID: %x\n", reg1);
-	apic_write(APIC_ID, reg0);
-	if (reg1 != (reg0 ^ apic->apic_id_mask))
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * The next two are just to see if we have sane values.
-	 * They're only really relevant if we're in Virtual Wire
-	 * compatibility mode, but most boxes are anymore.
-	 */
-	reg0 = apic_read(APIC_LVT0);
-	apic_printk(APIC_DEBUG, "Getting LVT0: %x\n", reg0);
-	reg1 = apic_read(APIC_LVT1);
-	apic_printk(APIC_DEBUG, "Getting LVT1: %x\n", reg1);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
 /**
  * sync_Arb_IDs - synchronize APIC bus arbitration IDs
  */
@@ -2283,7 +2222,6 @@ int __init APIC_init_uniprocessor(void)
 		disable_ioapic_support();
 
 	default_setup_apic_routing();
-	verify_local_APIC();
 	apic_bsp_setup(true);
 	return 0;
 }