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SubjectRe: AMD Geode i686
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 07:20:27PM +0200, Matteo Croce wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Lennart Sorensen
>> <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 11:03:09PM +0100, Matteo Croce wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >> I have refreshed my AMD Geode i686 patch with NOPL and I have added a
>> >> new nice feature.
>> >> When a NOPL is found the parser looks for any NOPL after the current
>> >> one, so they are emulated in bulk.
>> >> Tested ok on a Pcengines Alix.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <technoboy85@gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile        2010-03-01 01:18:51.697166322 +0100
>> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile        2010-03-01 01:19:45.727095700 +0100
>> >> @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
>> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER)     += hpet.o
>> >>
>> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_K8_NB)          += k8.o
>> >> +obj-$(CONFIG_MGEODEGX1)              += nopl_emu.o
>> >> +obj-$(CONFIG_MGEODE_LX)              += nopl_emu.o
>> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST)      += test_rodata.o
>> >>  obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_NX_TEST)  += test_nx.o
>> >>
>> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c       2010-03-01 01:18:51.737097341 +0100
>> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c       2010-03-01 01:19:27.867865836 +0100
>> >> @@ -138,8 +138,10 @@
>> >>       }
>> >>
>> >>       if (c->x86_model == 10) {
>> >> -             /Index: linux-2.6.33/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
>> >> ===================================================================
>> >> * AMD Geode LX is model 10 */
>> >> -             /* placeholder for any needed mods */
>> >> +             /* Geode only lacks the NOPL instruction to be i686,
>> >> +                but we can emulate it in the exception handler
>> >> +                and promote it to a class 6 cpu */
>> >> +             boot_cpu_data.x86 = 6;
>> >>               return;
>> >>       }
>> >>  }
>> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S      2010-03-01 01:18:51.717096708 +0100
>> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S      2010-03-01 01:19:27.867865836 +0100
>> >> @@ -960,7 +960,11 @@
>> >>       RING0_INT_FRAME
>> >>       pushl $0
>> >>       CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
>> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_MGEODE_LX
>> >> +     pushl $do_nopl_emu
>> >> +#else
>> >>       pushl $do_invalid_op
>> >> +#endif
>> >
>> > How does this work for MGEODEGX1 when it looks for MGEODE_LX?  It seems
>> > you made both link against the code above after all.  Is this wrong or
>> > the above?
>> >
>> > Can it not work if you want to run a generic kernel on your Geode rather
>> > than one built explicitly for the LX?  I build one kernel to run on
>> > Geode SC1200 and Geode LX.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Len Sorensen
>> >
>>
>> This code should work for Geode GX too.
>> Try it and report success please
>
> But if I don't have CONFIG_MGEODE_LX then what is going to call the
> $do_nopl_emu in entry_32.S?
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
>

#if defined(CONFIG_MGEODE_LX) || defined(MGEODEGX1)

sort of..

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