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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 1b1c56bb338..c9b58a806e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -131,13 +131,7 @@ static void __init check_popad(void)
* (for due to lack of "invlpg" and working WP on a i386)
* - In order to run on anything without a TSC, we need to be
* compiled for a i486.
- * - In order to support the local APIC on a buggy Pentium machine,
- * we need to be compiled with CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC disabled,
- * which happens implicitly if compiled for a Pentium or lower
- * (unless an advanced selection of CPU features is used) as an
- * otherwise config implies a properly working local APIC without
- * the need to do extra reads from the APIC.
-*/
+ */
static void __init check_config(void)
{
@@ -151,21 +145,6 @@ static void __init check_config(void)
if (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 3)
panic("Kernel requires i486+ for 'invlpg' and other features");
#endif
-
-/*
- * If we were told we had a good local APIC, check for buggy Pentia,
- * i.e. all B steppings and the C2 stepping of P54C when using their
- * integrated APIC (see 11AP erratum in "Pentium Processor
- * Specification Update").
- */
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC)
- if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL
- && cpu_has_apic
- && boot_cpu_data.x86 == 5
- && boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 2
- && (boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 6 || boot_cpu_data.x86_mask == 11))
- panic("Kernel compiled for PMMX+, assumes a local APIC without the read-before-write bug!");
-#endif
}