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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-22 13:08:57 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-22 13:08:57 +0200
commit0b88641f1bafdbd087d5e63987a30cc0eadd63b9 (patch)
tree81dcf756db373444140bb2623584710c628e3048 /arch/x86/boot/main.c
parentfbdbf709938d155c719c76b9894d28342632c797 (diff)
parent72d31053f62c4bc464c2783974926969614a8649 (diff)
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Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc7' into x86/debug
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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),
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