[PATCH] i386 mce check capability

From: Joachim Deguara
Date: Tue Apr 03 2007 - 08:50:31 EST


Currently the i386 architecture checks the family for mce capability and this removes that and uses the CPUID information. Tested on a K8 revE and a family10h processor.

-Joachim
This eliminates checking of a set AMD procesor family if mce is
allowed and relies on the information being in CPUID.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Deguara <joachim.deguara@xxxxxxx>

Index: 2.6-linus-git/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-linus-git.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ 2.6-linus-git/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ void mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)

switch (c->x86_vendor) {
case X86_VENDOR_AMD:
- if (c->x86==6 || c->x86==15)
- amd_mcheck_init(c);
+ amd_mcheck_init(c);
break;

case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
Index: 2.6-linus-git/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/k7.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-linus-git.orig/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/k7.c
+++ 2.6-linus-git/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/k7.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ void amd_mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86
machine_check_vector = k7_machine_check;
wmb();

+ if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MCE))
+ return;
+
printk (KERN_INFO "Intel machine check architecture supported.\n");
rdmsr (MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP, l, h);
if (l & (1<<8)) /* Control register present ? */