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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-08-28 10:47:34 +1000
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-08-28 10:47:34 +1000
commit86d688984deefa3ae5a802880c11f2b408b5d6cf (patch)
tree7ea5e8189b0a774626d3ed7c3c87df2495a4c4a0 /arch/x86/boot/main.c
parent93c06cbbf9fea5d5be1778febb7fa9ab1a74e5f5 (diff)
parent4c246edd2550304df5b766cc841584b2bb058843 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/main.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/main.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 2296164b54d..197421db1af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ static void keyboard_set_repeat(void)
*/
static void query_ist(void)
{
+ /* 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;
+
asm("int $0x15"
: "=a" (boot_params.ist_info.signature),
"=b" (boot_params.ist_info.command),