[PATCH] i386: allow disabling X86_FEATURE_SEP at boot
authorChuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:59:34 +0000 (02:59 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:38:04 +0000 (07:38 -0800)
commit4f88651125e2ca8b106b6f65b65ea45776517bf3
treea9865c268c57bd1752a66899615d8694d5ddaea8
parent3bc9b76bede9b3c72088258c7e72eb823f3351d4
[PATCH] i386: allow disabling X86_FEATURE_SEP at boot

Allow the x86 "sep" feature to be disabled at bootup.  This forces use of the
int80 vsyscall.  Mainly for testing or benchmarking the int80 vsyscall code.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c