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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2011-10-12 17:46:34 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-10-14 13:16:38 +0200
commit30963c0ac721f70aea0352ed1cd0fc3cfbaef730 (patch)
tree8c39b11daee487a52b6745984e60156d6ff74e70 /arch/x86/kernel
parent506ed6b53e00ba303ad778122f08e1fca7cf5efb (diff)
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x86, intel: Use c->microcode for Atom errata check
Now that the cpu update level is available the Atom PSE errata check can use it directly without reading the MSR again. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1318466795-7393-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c15
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 26627a3a7148..523131213f08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -64,17 +64,10 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
* need the microcode to have already been loaded... so if it is
* not, recommend a BIOS update and disable large pages.
*/
- if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 0x1c && c->x86_mask <= 2) {
- u32 ucode, junk;
-
- wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);
- sync_core();
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, junk, ucode);
-
- if (ucode < 0x20e) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING "Atom PSE erratum detected, BIOS microcode update recommended\n");
- clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
- }
+ if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 0x1c && c->x86_mask <= 2 &&
+ c->microcode < 0x20e) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Atom PSE erratum detected, BIOS microcode update recommended\n");
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64