Hello,
regarding https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+bug/930447 i´m trying to make a
simple and tiny
kernel patch which let`s you add "fixpae" to the kernel commandline.
i`m a rather bad programmer and do not really have a clue about kernel
programming, but i think
trying to fix this issue at the kernel level, to be included at least in
distro`s kernel who ship
only pae enabled kernels nowadays is a good approach and chances for inclusion
are high - so i
thought i give it a try.
the mentioned param should
1. make validate_cpu() call being skipped in arch/x86/boot/main.c
2. add "pae" string to the flags line in /proc/cpuinfo
The first one was easy - just add one if/else with
cmdline_find_option_bool("fixpae") and you´re
done. That one actually works, forcing the kernel to boot instead of stopping
with a message about
missing pae support (which is wrong on some cpu`s).
The second one seems a little bit more difficult, i find no example (one that i
understand) how
to parse a boolean kernel commandline option at "non early boot stage".
It seems i cannot use the early commandline parser, so how is that being done
in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c ?
regards
roland
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