Merge branch 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (160 commits)
  x86: remove extra calling to get ext cpuid level
  x86: use setup_clear_cpu_cap() when disabling the lapic
  KVM: fix exception entry / build bug, on 64-bit
  x86: add unknown_nmi_panic kernel parameter
  x86, VisWS: turn into generic arch, eliminate leftover files
  x86: add ->pre_time_init to x86_quirks
  x86: extend and use x86_quirks to clean up NUMAQ code
  x86: introduce x86_quirks
  x86: improve debug printout: add target bootmem range in early_res_to_bootmem()
  Subject: devmem, x86: fix rename of CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
  x86: remove arch_get_ram_range
  x86: Add a debugfs interface to dump PAT memtype
  x86: Add a arch directory for x86 under debugfs
  x86: i386: reduce boot fixmap space
  i386/xen: add proper unwind annotations to xen_sysenter_target
  x86: reduce force_mwait visibility
  x86: reduce forbid_dac's visibility
  x86: fix two modpost warnings
  x86: check function status in EDD boot code
  x86_64: ia32_signal.c: remove signal number conversion
  ...

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
 }