From c2dcfde8274883e1f6050784dcbd34b01e824b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:14:22 -0700 Subject: x86: cleanup for setup code crashes during IST probe Clean up the code for crashes during SpeedStep probing on older machines. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/boot/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/main.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c index 01aa64b5575b..197421db1af1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ static void keyboard_set_repeat(void) */ static void query_ist(void) { - /* Some 486 BIOSes apparently crash on this call */ + /* Some older BIOSes apparently crash on this call, so filter + it from machines too old to have SpeedStep at all. */ if (cpu.level < 6) return; -- cgit