So some 486 processors do have CR4 register. Allow them to present it in register dumps by using the old fault technique rather than testing processor family. Thanks to Maciej for noticing this. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden Index: linux-2.6.14-zach-work/arch/i386/kernel/process.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-zach-work.orig/arch/i386/kernel/process.c 2005-11-05 01:19:21.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.14-zach-work/arch/i386/kernel/process.c 2005-11-05 03:02:21.000000000 -0800 @@ -314,9 +314,7 @@ void show_regs(struct pt_regs * regs) cr0 = read_cr0(); cr2 = read_cr2(); cr3 = read_cr3(); - if (current_cpu_data.x86 > 4) { - cr4 = read_cr4(); - } + cr4 = read_cr4_safe(); printk("CR0: %08lx CR2: %08lx CR3: %08lx CR4: %08lx\n", cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4); show_trace(NULL, ®s->esp); } Index: linux-2.6.14-zach-work/include/asm-i386/system.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-zach-work.orig/include/asm-i386/system.h 2005-11-05 01:11:32.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.14-zach-work/include/asm-i386/system.h 2005-11-05 03:06:57.000000000 -0800 @@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ extern struct task_struct * FASTCALL(__s :"=r" (__dummy)); \ __dummy; \ }) + +#define read_cr4_safe() ({ \ + unsigned int __dummy; \ + /* This could fault if %cr4 does not exist */ \ + __asm__("1: movl %%cr4, %0 \n" \ + "2: \n" \ + ".section __ex_table,\"a\" \n" \ + ".long 1b,2b \n" \ + ".previous \n" \ + : "=r" (__dummy): "0" (0)); \ + __dummy; \ +}) + #define write_cr4(x) \ __asm__ __volatile__("movl %0,%%cr4": :"r" (x)); #define stts() write_cr0(8 | read_cr0())