From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:34:06 +0000 (-0700) Subject: xen: check EFER for NX before setting up GDT mapping X-Git-Tag: v2.6.32-rc1~17^2~7^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b75fe4e5b869f8dbebd36df64a7fcda0c5b318ed;p=pandora-kernel.git xen: check EFER for NX before setting up GDT mapping x86-64 assumes NX is available by default, so we need to explicitly check for it before using NX. Some first-generation Intel x86-64 processors didn't support NX, and even recent systems allow it to be disabled in BIOS. [ Impact: prevent Xen crash on NX-less 64-bit machines ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Stable Kernel --- Reading git-diff-tree failed