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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
To: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] Forcibly enable some MISC_ENABLE features on Intel
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:03:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1313586473.git.luto@mit.edu> (raw)

Intel allows BIOS or the OS to enable or disable some CPU fueatures via
IA32_MISC_ENABLE.  I have machines that don't enable fast strings or
monitor/mwait in BIOS, so do it on bootup instead.

Changes from v3:
 - Don't display CPU index (and therefore don't break !SMP build)
 - Don't display "Failed to enable..." when kmemcheck is on

Changes from v2:
 - Don't linebreak printk messages (for ease of grepping)
 - Use printk_once
 - Update the "Disabled fast string operations" message

Changes from v1:
 - Display FW_WARN messages.
 - Don't change the kmemcheck message.
 - Improve the fast string comment.
 - Improve the changelogs.

Andy Lutomirski (2):
  x86: Enable fast strings on Intel if BIOS hasn't already
  x86: Enable monitor/mwait on Intel if BIOS hasn't already

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.6


             reply	other threads:[~2011-08-17 14:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-17 14:03 Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2011-08-17 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] x86: Enable fast strings on Intel if BIOS hasn't already Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-17 21:38   ` Yu, Fenghua
2011-08-17 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] x86: Enable monitor/mwait " Andy Lutomirski

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