From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752936AbaCJKZv (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:25:51 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:45351 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751057AbaCJKZu (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:25:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:25:46 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Chris Bainbridge Cc: x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Andreas Mohr , Dennis Mungai , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devzero@web.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add forcepae parameter for booting PAE kernels on PAE-disabled Pentium M Message-ID: <20140310102546.GB14808@pd.tnic> References: <20140228140043.GA12157@debian.local> <20140302205619.GA8676@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> <20140303080432.GA25489@localhost> <20140303192939.GD31265@pd.tnic> <20140304050122.GA3740@localhost> <5e866e2a-ea92-43f8-ae67-23f6052c91c8@email.android.com> <20140304060559.GA547@localhost> <20140304104447.GA4891@pd.tnic> <20140307114040.GA4997@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140307114040.GA4997@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 06:40:42PM +0700, Chris Bainbridge wrote: > From: Chris Bainbridge > > 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 Looks ok to me. Acked-by: Borislav Petkov -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --