Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into tracing/urgent

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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bios_ebda.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_X86_BIOS_EBDA_H
+#define _ASM_X86_BIOS_EBDA_H
+
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+/*
+ * there is a real-mode segmented pointer pointing to the
+ * 4K EBDA area at 0x40E.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int get_bios_ebda(void)
+{
+	unsigned int address = *(unsigned short *)phys_to_virt(0x40E);
+	address <<= 4;
+	return address;	/* 0 means none */
+}
+
+void reserve_ebda_region(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
+/*
+ * This is obviously not a great place for this, but we want to be
+ * able to scatter it around anywhere in the kernel.
+ */
+void check_for_bios_corruption(void);
+void start_periodic_check_for_corruption(void);
+#else
+static inline void check_for_bios_corruption(void)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void start_periodic_check_for_corruption(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_BIOS_EBDA_H */