diff -urN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/i386/kernel/bootflag.c linux-ac/arch/i386/kernel/bootflag.c
--- linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/i386/kernel/bootflag.c	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ linux-ac/arch/i386/kernel/bootflag.c	Mon Nov 19 14:09:18 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+/*
+ *	Implement 'Simple Boot Flag Specification 1.0'
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
+
+
+#define SBF_RESERVED (0x78)
+#define SBF_PNPOS    (1<<0)
+#define SBF_BOOTING  (1<<1)
+#define SBF_DIAG     (1<<2)
+#define SBF_PARITY   (1<<7)
+
+
+struct sbf_boot
+{
+	u8 sbf_signature[4];
+	u32 sbf_len;
+	u8 sbf_revision __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_csum __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_oemid[6] __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_oemtable[8] __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_revdata[4] __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_creator[4] __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_crearev[4] __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_cmos __attribute((packed));
+	u8 sbf_spare[3] __attribute((packed));
+};
+
+
+static int sbf_port __initdata = -1;
+
+static int __init sbf_struct_valid(unsigned long tptr)
+{
+	u8 *ap;
+	u8 v;
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct sbf_boot sb;
+	
+	memcpy_fromio(&sb, tptr, sizeof(sb));
+
+	if(sb.sbf_len != 40 && sb.sbf_len != 39)
+		// 39 on IBM ThinkPad A21m, BIOS version 1.02b (KXET24WW; 2000-12-19).
+		return 0;
+
+	ap = (u8 *)&sb;
+	v= 0;
+	
+	for(i=0;i<sb.sbf_len;i++)
+		v+=*ap++;
+		
+	if(v)
+		return 0;
+
+	if(memcmp(sb.sbf_signature, "BOOT", 4))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (sb.sbf_len == 39)
+		printk (KERN_WARNING "SBF: ACPI BOOT descriptor is wrong length (%d)\n",
+			sb.sbf_len);
+
+	sbf_port = sb.sbf_cmos;	/* Save CMOS port */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int __init parity(u8 v)
+{
+	int x = 0;
+	int i;
+	
+	for(i=0;i<8;i++)
+	{
+		x^=(v&1);
+		v>>=1;
+	}
+	return x;
+}
+
+static void __init sbf_write(u8 v)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	if(sbf_port != -1)
+	{
+		v &= ~SBF_PARITY;
+		if(!parity(v))
+			v|=SBF_PARITY;
+
+		printk(KERN_INFO "SBF: Setting boot flags 0x%x\n",v);
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
+		CMOS_WRITE(v, sbf_port);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+	}
+}
+
+static u8 __init sbf_read(void)
+{
+	u8 v;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	if(sbf_port == -1)
+		return 0;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
+	v = CMOS_READ(sbf_port);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+	return v;
+}
+
+static int __init sbf_value_valid(u8 v)
+{
+	if(v&SBF_RESERVED)		/* Reserved bits */
+		return 0;
+	if(!parity(v))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+static void __init sbf_bootup(void)
+{
+	u8 v;
+	if(sbf_port == -1)
+		return;
+	v = sbf_read();
+	if(!sbf_value_valid(v))
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "SBF: Simple boot flag value 0x%x read from CMOS RAM was invalid\n",v);
+	v &= ~SBF_RESERVED;
+	v &= ~SBF_BOOTING;
+	v &= ~SBF_DIAG;
+#if defined(CONFIG_PNPBIOS)
+	v |= SBF_PNPOS;
+#endif
+	sbf_write(v);
+}
+
+static int __init sbf_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	void *rsdt;
+	u32 rsdtlen = 0;
+	u32 rsdtbase = 0;
+	u8 sum = 0;
+	int n;
+	
+	u8 *p;
+	
+	for(i=0xE0000; i <= 0xFFFE0; i+=16)
+	{
+		p = phys_to_virt(i);
+		
+		if(memcmp(p, "RSD PTR ", 8))
+			continue;
+		
+		sum = 0;
+		for(n=0; n<20; n++)
+			sum+=p[n];
+			
+		if(sum != 0)
+			continue;
+			
+		/* So it says RSD PTR and it checksums... */
+
+		/*
+		 *	Process the RDSP pointer
+		 */
+	 
+		rsdtbase = *(u32 *)(p+16);
+		
+		/*
+		 *	RSDT length is ACPI 2 only, for ACPI 1 we must map
+		 *	and remap.
+		 */
+		 
+		if(p[15]>1)
+			rsdtlen = *(u32 *)(p+20);
+		else
+			rsdtlen = 36;
+
+		if(rsdtlen < 36 || rsdtlen > 1024)
+			continue;
+		break;
+	}
+	if(i>0xFFFE0)
+		return 0;
+		
+		
+	rsdt = ioremap(rsdtbase, rsdtlen);
+	if(rsdt == 0)
+		return 0;
+		
+	i = readl(rsdt + 4);
+	
+	/*
+	 *	Remap if needed
+	 */
+	 
+	if(i > rsdtlen)
+	{
+		rsdtlen = i;
+		iounmap(rsdt);
+		rsdt = ioremap(rsdtbase, rsdtlen);
+		if(rsdt == 0)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	
+	for(n = 0; n < i; n++)
+		sum += readb(rsdt + n);
+		
+	if(sum)
+	{
+		iounmap(rsdt);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	/* Ok the RSDT checksums too */
+	
+	for(n = 36; n+3 < i; n += 4)
+	{
+		unsigned long rp = readl(rsdt+n);
+		int len = 4096;
+
+		if(rp > 0xFFFFFFFFUL - len)
+			len = 0xFFFFFFFFUL - rp;
+			
+		/* Too close to the end!! */
+		if(len < 20)
+			continue;
+		rp = (unsigned long)ioremap(rp, 4096);
+		if(rp == 0)
+			continue;
+		if(sbf_struct_valid(rp))
+		{
+			/* Found the BOOT table and processed it */
+			printk(KERN_INFO "SBF: Simple Boot Flag extension found and enabled.\n");
+		}
+		iounmap((void *)rp);
+	}
+	iounmap(rsdt);
+	sbf_bootup();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(sbf_init);
diff -urN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile linux-ac/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.15pre6/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	Mon Nov 19 13:40:53 2001
+++ linux-ac/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	Mon Nov 19 14:09:18 2001
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
 obj-y	:= process.o semaphore.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o vm86.o \
 		ptrace.o i8259.o ioport.o ldt.o setup.o time.o sys_i386.o \
-		pci-dma.o i386_ksyms.o i387.o bluesmoke.o dmi_scan.o
+		pci-dma.o i386_ksyms.o i387.o bluesmoke.o dmi_scan.o \
+		bootflag.o
 
 
 ifdef CONFIG_PCI