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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c59
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init_32.c6
-rw-r--r--include/asm-x86/processor.h1
5 files changed, 5 insertions, 66 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 57072f2716f9..4da3cdb9c1b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ config M386
Here are the settings recommended for greatest speed:
- "386" for the AMD/Cyrix/Intel 386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI
- 486DLC/DLC2, UMC 486SX-S and NexGen Nx586. Only "386" kernels
- will run on a 386 class machine.
+ 486DLC/DLC2, and UMC 486SX-S. Only "386" kernels will run on a 386
+ class machine.
- "486" for the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 or
SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2 and UMC U5D or U5S.
- "586" for generic Pentium CPUs lacking the TSC
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index ee7c45235e54..a0c6f8190887 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += cyrix.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += centaur.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += transmeta.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += intel.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += nexgen.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += umc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE) += mcheck/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5e1c134123..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/nexgen.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <asm/processor.h>
-
-#include "cpu.h"
-
-/*
- * Detect a NexGen CPU running without BIOS hypercode new enough
- * to have CPUID. (Thanks to Herbert Oppmann)
- */
-
-static int __cpuinit deep_magic_nexgen_probe(void)
-{
- int ret;
-
- __asm__ __volatile__ (
- " movw $0x5555, %%ax\n"
- " xorw %%dx,%%dx\n"
- " movw $2, %%cx\n"
- " divw %%cx\n"
- " movl $0, %%eax\n"
- " jnz 1f\n"
- " movl $1, %%eax\n"
- "1:\n"
- : "=a" (ret) : : "cx", "dx");
- return ret;
-}
-
-static void __cpuinit init_nexgen(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- c->x86_cache_size = 256; /* A few had 1 MB... */
-}
-
-static void __cpuinit nexgen_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- /* Detect NexGen with old hypercode */
- if (deep_magic_nexgen_probe())
- strcpy(c->x86_vendor_id, "NexGenDriven");
-}
-
-static struct cpu_dev nexgen_cpu_dev __cpuinitdata = {
- .c_vendor = "Nexgen",
- .c_ident = { "NexGenDriven" },
- .c_models = {
- { .vendor = X86_VENDOR_NEXGEN,
- .family = 5,
- .model_names = { [1] = "Nx586" }
- },
- },
- .c_init = init_nexgen,
- .c_identify = nexgen_identify,
-};
-
-int __init nexgen_init_cpu(void)
-{
- cpu_devs[X86_VENDOR_NEXGEN] = &nexgen_cpu_dev;
- return 0;
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index baf7c4f643c8..4a4761892951 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
/*
* Test if the WP bit works in supervisor mode. It isn't supported on 386's
- * and also on some strange 486's (NexGen etc.). All 586+'s are OK. This
- * used to involve black magic jumps to work around some nasty CPU bugs,
- * but fortunately the switch to using exceptions got rid of all that.
+ * and also on some strange 486's. All 586+'s are OK. This used to involve
+ * black magic jumps to work around some nasty CPU bugs, but fortunately the
+ * switch to using exceptions got rid of all that.
*/
static void __init test_wp_bit(void)
{
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
index e6bf92ddeb21..117343b0c271 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
#define X86_VENDOR_CYRIX 1
#define X86_VENDOR_AMD 2
#define X86_VENDOR_UMC 3
-#define X86_VENDOR_NEXGEN 4
#define X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR 5
#define X86_VENDOR_TRANSMETA 7
#define X86_VENDOR_NSC 8