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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c | 15 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index fc99075e0af..880be3a30d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1008,7 +1008,9 @@ running once the system is up. noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings - nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] + nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 floating point extended + register save and restore. The kernel will only save + legacy floating-point registers on task switch. nohlt [BUGS=ARM] @@ -1053,6 +1055,8 @@ running once the system is up. nosbagart [IA-64] + nosep [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support. + nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c index f63dcfb16da..bbfc278dfa4 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]); EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_16bit_stack); static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1; -static int disable_x86_fxsr __cpuinitdata = 0; +static int disable_x86_fxsr __cpuinitdata; static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1; +static int disable_x86_sep __cpuinitdata; struct cpu_dev * cpu_devs[X86_VENDOR_NUM] = {}; @@ -187,6 +188,14 @@ static int __init x86_fxsr_setup(char * s) __setup("nofxsr", x86_fxsr_setup); +static int __init x86_sep_setup(char * s) +{ + disable_x86_sep = 1; + return 1; +} +__setup("nosep", x86_sep_setup); + + /* Standard macro to see if a specific flag is changeable */ static inline int flag_is_changeable_p(u32 flag) { @@ -405,6 +414,10 @@ void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_XMM, c->x86_capability); } + /* SEP disabled? */ + if (disable_x86_sep) + clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SEP, c->x86_capability); + if (disable_pse) clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, c->x86_capability); |