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| author | Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@gmail.com> | 2014-03-07 18:40:42 +0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2014-03-20 16:31:54 -0700 |
| commit | 69f2366c9456d0ce784cf5aba87ee77eeadc1d5e (patch) | |
| tree | 3e4405ced0145cbcbbf303106965cad9075cb4a4 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | |
| parent | 8c90487cdc64847b4fdd812ab3047f426fec4d13 (diff) | |
x86, cpu: Add forcepae parameter for booting PAE kernels on PAE-disabled Pentium M
Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a functionally usable PAE
implementation. This adds the "forcepae" parameter which bypasses the boot
check for PAE, and sets the CPU as being PAE capable. Using this parameter
will taint the kernel with TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC.
Signed-off-by: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140307114040.GA4997@localhost
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c index 34bbb555e269..897d6201ef10 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c @@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ static void intel_smp_check(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) } } +static int forcepae; +static int __init forcepae_setup(char *__unused) +{ + forcepae = 1; + return 1; +} +__setup("forcepae", forcepae_setup); + static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG @@ -214,6 +222,17 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SEP); /* + * PAE CPUID issue: many Pentium M report no PAE but may have a + * functionally usable PAE implementation. + * Forcefully enable PAE if kernel parameter "forcepae" is present. + */ + if (forcepae) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "PAE forced!\n"); + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PAE); + add_taint(TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE); + } + + /* * P4 Xeon errata 037 workaround. * Hardware prefetcher may cause stale data to be loaded into the cache. */ |