[PATCH] x86-64: add genapic_force
Add genapic_force. Used by the next Intel quirks patch.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: "Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c
index 8e78a75..b007433 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/genapic.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
extern struct genapic apic_physflat;
struct genapic *genapic = &apic_flat;
-
+struct genapic *genapic_force;
/*
* Check the APIC IDs in bios_cpu_apicid and choose the APIC mode.
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
u8 cluster_cnt[NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS];
int max_apic = 0;
+ /* genapic selection can be forced because of certain quirks.
+ */
+ if (genapic_force) {
+ genapic = genapic_force;
+ goto print;
+ }
+
#if defined(CONFIG_ACPI)
/*
* Some x86_64 machines use physical APIC mode regardless of how many
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h b/include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h
index a0e9a4b..b80f4bb 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/genapic.h
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
};
-extern struct genapic *genapic;
+extern struct genapic *genapic, *genapic_force, apic_flat;
#endif