x86: cleanup for setup code crashes during IST probe
Clean up the code for crashes during SpeedStep probing on older
machines.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main.c b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
index 01aa64b..197421d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
*/
static void query_ist(void)
{
- /* Some 486 BIOSes apparently crash on this call */
+ /* Some older BIOSes apparently crash on this call, so filter
+ it from machines too old to have SpeedStep at all. */
if (cpu.level < 6)
return;