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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-02-04 16:48:00 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-02-04 16:48:00 +0100
commitf0be6c6a697c2fe8e2efbe98cd157bdbcff969ae (patch)
treeefaa839c9e9bc627b01c459f299031869defcd7f /arch/x86/boot
parentfa1408e4df53ec1e61f59c030b3488a1ef0c635d (diff)
x86 setup: print missing CPU features in cleartext
Instead of obscure numbers, print the list of missing CPU features in cleartext. To conserve space, use a host program (mkcpustr.c) to produce a compact list of mandatory features only. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/Makefile16
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/cpu.c26
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c49
3 files changed, 82 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 254a58398a6..f88458e83ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SVGA_MODE := -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA
#RAMDISK := -DRAMDISK=512
targets := vmlinux.bin setup.bin setup.elf zImage bzImage
-subdir- := compressed
+subdir- := compressed
setup-y += a20.o cmdline.o copy.o cpu.o cpucheck.o edd.o
setup-y += header.o main.o mca.o memory.o pm.o pmjump.o
@@ -43,9 +43,17 @@ setup-y += video-vesa.o
setup-y += video-bios.o
targets += $(setup-y)
-hostprogs-y := tools/build
+hostprogs-y := mkcpustr tools/build
-HOSTCFLAGS_build.o := $(LINUXINCLUDE)
+HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += $(LINUXINCLUDE)
+
+$(obj)/cpu.o: $(obj)/cpustr.h
+
+quiet_cmd_cpustr = CPUSTR $@
+ cmd_cpustr = $(obj)/mkcpustr > $@
+targets += cpustr.h
+$(obj)/cpustr.h: $(obj)/mkcpustr FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,cpustr)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: FORCE
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/compressed IMAGE_OFFSET=$(IMAGE_OFFSET) $@
# Set this if you want to pass append arguments to the zdisk/fdimage/isoimage kernel
-FDARGS =
+FDARGS =
# Set this if you want an initrd included with the zdisk/fdimage/isoimage kernel
FDINITRD =
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
index 2a5c32da585..00e19edd852 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/* -*- linux-c -*- ------------------------------------------------------- *
*
* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
- * Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright 2007-2008 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
*
* This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
* the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*
- * arch/i386/boot/cpu.c
+ * arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
*
* Check for obligatory CPU features and abort if the features are not
* present.
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
#include "bitops.h"
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
+#include "cpustr.h"
+
static char *cpu_name(int level)
{
static char buf[6];
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ int validate_cpu(void)
{
u32 *err_flags;
int cpu_level, req_level;
+ const unsigned char *msg_strs;
check_cpu(&cpu_level, &req_level, &err_flags);
@@ -51,13 +54,26 @@ int validate_cpu(void)
puts("This kernel requires the following features "
"not present on the CPU:\n");
+ msg_strs = (const unsigned char *)x86_cap_strs;
+
for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
u32 e = err_flags[i];
for (j = 0; j < 32; j++) {
- if (e & 1)
- printf("%d:%d ", i, j);
-
+ int n = (i << 5)+j;
+ if (*msg_strs < n) {
+ /* Skip to the next string */
+ do {
+ msg_strs++;
+ } while (*msg_strs);
+ msg_strs++;
+ }
+ if (e & 1) {
+ if (*msg_strs == n && msg_strs[1])
+ printf("%s ", msg_strs+1);
+ else
+ printf("%d:%d ", i, j);
+ }
e >>= 1;
}
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbe76953bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or (at your
+ * option) any later version; incorporated herein by reference.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * This is a host program to preprocess the CPU strings into a
+ * compact format suitable for the setup code.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "../kernel/cpu/feature_names.c"
+
+#if NCAPFLAGS > 8
+# error "Need to adjust the boot code handling of CPUID strings"
+#endif
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ int i;
+ const char *str;
+
+ printf("static const char x86_cap_strs[] = \n");
+
+ for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS*32; i++) {
+ str = x86_cap_flags[i];
+
+ if (i == NCAPINTS*32-1) {
+ /* The last entry must be unconditional; this
+ also consumes the compiler-added null character */
+ if (!str)
+ str = "";
+ printf("\t\"\\x%02x\"\"%s\"\n", i, str);
+ } else if (str) {
+ printf("#if REQUIRED_MASK%d & (1 << %d)\n"
+ "\t\"\\x%02x\"\"%s\\0\"\n"
+ "#endif\n",
+ i >> 5, i & 31, i, str);
+ }
+ }
+ printf("\t;\n");
+ return 0;
+}