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 <p.pisati@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437409430-8491-1-git-send-email-p.pisati@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/mca.c b/arch/x86/boot/mca.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a95a531148ef..000000000000
--- a/arch/x86/boot/mca.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- linux-c -*- ------------------------------------------------------- *
- *
- *   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
- *   Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
- *   Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
- *
- *   This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
- *   the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
- *
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-/*
- * Get the MCA system description table
- */
-
-#include "boot.h"
-
-int query_mca(void)
-{
-	struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
-	u16 len;
-
-	initregs(&ireg);
-	ireg.ah = 0xc0;
-	intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
-
-	if (oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
-		return -1;	/* No MCA present */
-
-	set_fs(oreg.es);
-	len = rdfs16(oreg.bx);
-
-	if (len > sizeof(boot_params.sys_desc_table))
-		len = sizeof(boot_params.sys_desc_table);
-
-	copy_from_fs(&boot_params.sys_desc_table, oreg.bx, len);
-	return 0;
-}