x86/boot: Obsolete the MCA sys_desc_table

The kernel does not support the MCA bus anymroe, so mark sys_desc_table
as obsolete: remove any reference from the code together with the remaining
of MCA logic.

bloat-o-meter output:

  add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-55 (-55)
  function                                     old     new   delta
  i386_start_kernel                            128     119      -9
  setup_arch                                  1421    1375     -46

Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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Paolo Pisati 2015-07-20 18:23:50 +02:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar
commit 949163015c
10 changed files with 4 additions and 67 deletions

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@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
(struct ist_info)
080/010 ALL hd0_info hd0 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!
090/010 ALL hd1_info hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!
0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table)
0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table),
OBSOLETE!!
0B0/010 ALL olpc_ofw_header OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends
0C0/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_image ramdisk_image high 32bits
0C4/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_size ramdisk_size high 32bits