x86: add early quirk support
Add early quirks support.
In preparation of enabling the generic architecture to boot on a VISWS.
This will allow us to remove the VISWS subarch and all its complications.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 9836a07..269d367 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -1297,6 +1297,11 @@
}
}
+/*
+ * Non-standard memory setup can be specified via this quirk:
+ */
+char * (*arch_memory_setup_quirk)(void);
+
char *__init default_machine_specific_memory_setup(void)
{
char *who = "BIOS-e820";
@@ -1337,6 +1342,12 @@
char *__init __attribute__((weak)) machine_specific_memory_setup(void)
{
+ if (arch_memory_setup_quirk) {
+ char *who = arch_memory_setup_quirk();
+
+ if (who)
+ return who;
+ }
return default_machine_specific_memory_setup();
}