Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
  [IA64] New IA64 core/thread detection patch
  [IA64] Increase max node count on SN platforms
  [IA64] Increase max node count on SN platforms
  [IA64] Increase max node count on SN platforms
  [IA64] Increase max node count on SN platforms
  [IA64] Tollhouse HP: IA64 arch changes
  [IA64] cleanup dig_irq_init
  [IA64] MCA recovery: kernel context recovery table
  IA64: Use early_parm to handle mvec_name and nomca
  [IA64] move patchlist and machvec into init section
  [IA64] add init declaration - nolwsys
  [IA64] add init declaration - gate page functions
  [IA64] add init declaration to memory initialization functions
  [IA64] add init declaration to cpu initialization functions
  [IA64] add __init declaration to mca functions
  [IA64] Ignore disabled Local SAPIC Affinity Structure in SRAT
  [IA64] sn_check_intr: use ia64_get_irr()
  [IA64] fix ia64 is_hugepage_only_range

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c
index c3a04ee7f4f..4b0b71d5aef 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/machvec.c
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@
 struct ia64_machine_vector ia64_mv;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ia64_mv);
 
-static struct ia64_machine_vector *
+static __initdata const char *mvec_name;
+static __init int setup_mvec(char *s)
+{
+	mvec_name = s;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("machvec", setup_mvec);
+
+static struct ia64_machine_vector * __init
 lookup_machvec (const char *name)
 {
 	extern struct ia64_machine_vector machvec_start[];
@@ -33,10 +41,13 @@ machvec_init (const char *name)
 {
 	struct ia64_machine_vector *mv;
 
+	if (!name)
+		name = mvec_name ? mvec_name : acpi_get_sysname();
 	mv = lookup_machvec(name);
-	if (!mv) {
-		panic("generic kernel failed to find machine vector for platform %s!", name);
-	}
+	if (!mv)
+		panic("generic kernel failed to find machine vector for"
+		      " platform %s!", name);
+
 	ia64_mv = *mv;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "booting generic kernel on platform %s\n", name);
 }