Re: [PATCH] x86: Add forcepae parameter for booting PAE kernels on PAE-disabled Pentium M

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 06:40:42PM +0700, Chris Bainbridge wrote:
> From: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a functionally usable PAE 
> implementation. This adds the "forcepae" parameter which bypasses the boot 
> check for PAE, and sets the CPU as being PAE capable. Using this parameter 
> will taint the kernel with TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks ok to me.

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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