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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-09-04 08:08:42 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-09-04 08:08:42 -0700
commit7203781c98ad9147564d327de6f6513ad8fc0f4e (patch)
tree5c29a2a04a626bf08a0d56fd8a0068b3c92ad284 /arch/x86/boot/main.c
parent671eef85a3e885dff4ce210d8774ad50a91d5967 (diff)
parentaf2e1f276ff08f17192411ea3b71c13a758dfe12 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/cpu' into x86/core
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
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),