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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-13 11:05:51 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-13 11:05:51 +0200
commitaccba5f3965d6a9d1bf7c1e1a7995d17e9d521b6 (patch)
tree8fb40782e79472ed882ff2098d4dd295557278ee /arch/x86/boot/main.c
parent6852fd9b86d05063c6ef49d2e12e061cc7f6a105 (diff)
parent4480f15b3306f43bbb0310d461142b4e897ca45b (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into oprofile-v2
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c include/linux/pci_ids.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 2296164b54d2..197421db1af1 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),