diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index ee003bc0e8b114ba754b4fc5f6ce70da0b206338..87e2ab50b69420190481fbded95308172680f386 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/mpspec.h>
 
+int __initdata acpi_force = 0;
+
 #ifdef	CONFIG_X86_64
 
 extern void __init clustered_apic_check(void);
@@ -860,8 +862,6 @@ static void __init acpi_process_madt(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-extern int acpi_force;
-
 #ifdef __i386__
 
 static int __init disable_acpi_irq(struct dmi_system_id *d)
@@ -1163,3 +1163,75 @@ int __init acpi_boot_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int __init parse_acpi(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* "acpi=off" disables both ACPI table parsing and interpreter */
+	if (strcmp(arg, "off") == 0) {
+		disable_acpi();
+	}
+	/* acpi=force to over-ride black-list */
+	else if (strcmp(arg, "force") == 0) {
+		acpi_force = 1;
+		acpi_ht = 1;
+		acpi_disabled = 0;
+	}
+	/* acpi=strict disables out-of-spec workarounds */
+	else if (strcmp(arg, "strict") == 0) {
+		acpi_strict = 1;
+	}
+	/* Limit ACPI just to boot-time to enable HT */
+	else if (strcmp(arg, "ht") == 0) {
+		if (!acpi_force)
+			disable_acpi();
+		acpi_ht = 1;
+	}
+	/* "acpi=noirq" disables ACPI interrupt routing */
+	else if (strcmp(arg, "noirq") == 0) {
+		acpi_noirq_set();
+	} else {
+		/* Core will printk when we return error. */
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("acpi", parse_acpi);
+
+/* FIXME: Using pci= for an ACPI parameter is a travesty. */
+static int __init parse_pci(char *arg)
+{
+	if (arg && strcmp(arg, "noacpi") == 0)
+		acpi_disable_pci();
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("pci", parse_pci);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
+static int __init parse_acpi_skip_timer_override(char *arg)
+{
+	acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("acpi_skip_timer_override", parse_acpi_skip_timer_override);
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
+
+static int __init setup_acpi_sci(char *s)
+{
+	if (!s)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!strcmp(s, "edge"))
+		acpi_sci_flags.trigger = 1;
+	else if (!strcmp(s, "level"))
+		acpi_sci_flags.trigger = 3;
+	else if (!strcmp(s, "high"))
+		acpi_sci_flags.polarity = 1;
+	else if (!strcmp(s, "low"))
+		acpi_sci_flags.polarity = 3;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("acpi_sci", setup_acpi_sci);
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
index 1a34fc57800bc4e8751b9bf7948f876e91e28038..ce75e71b694fc1d970c080ffdef2d6234f0fd05d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/apic.c
@@ -1372,3 +1372,18 @@ int __init APIC_init_uniprocessor (void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int __init parse_lapic(char *arg)
+{
+	lapic_enable();
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("lapic", parse_lapic);
+
+static int __init parse_nolapic(char *arg)
+{
+	lapic_disable();
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nolapic", parse_nolapic);
+
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
index b713f27d7e869d4eaba0db2e0b3d116266274679..fd0df75cfbdadd3fd19afd2f5aeaf0308d9e96ba 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int sis_apic_bug = -1;
  */
 int nr_ioapic_registers[MAX_IO_APICS];
 
-int disable_timer_pin_1 __initdata;
+static int disable_timer_pin_1 __initdata;
 
 /*
  * Rough estimation of how many shared IRQs there are, can
@@ -2691,3 +2691,25 @@ int io_apic_set_pci_routing (int ioapic, int pin, int irq, int edge_level, int a
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
+
+static int __init parse_disable_timer_pin_1(char *arg)
+{
+	disable_timer_pin_1 = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("disable_timer_pin_1", parse_disable_timer_pin_1);
+
+static int __init parse_enable_timer_pin_1(char *arg)
+{
+	disable_timer_pin_1 = -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("enable_timer_pin_1", parse_enable_timer_pin_1);
+
+static int __init parse_noapic(char *arg)
+{
+	/* disable IO-APIC */
+	disable_ioapic_setup();
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("noapic", parse_noapic);
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 6b1ae6ba76f0d15421f9aee87747a9192da1f4db..66c3dc99a655f8c208508d94992eb0c56831697b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -209,3 +210,25 @@ NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 	rnk = (relocate_new_kernel_t) reboot_code_buffer;
 	(*rnk)(page_list, reboot_code_buffer, image->start, cpu_has_pae);
 }
+
+/* crashkernel=size@addr specifies the location to reserve for
+ * a crash kernel.  By reserving this memory we guarantee
+ * that linux never sets it up as a DMA target.
+ * Useful for holding code to do something appropriate
+ * after a kernel panic.
+ */
+static int __init parse_crashkernel(char *arg)
+{
+	unsigned long size, base;
+	size = memparse(arg, &arg);
+	if (*arg == '@') {
+		base = memparse(arg+1, &arg);
+		/* FIXME: Do I want a sanity check
+		 * to validate the memory range?
+		 */
+		crashk_res.start = base;
+		crashk_res.end   = base + size - 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("crashkernel", parse_crashkernel);
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
index 71a540362b78555db8c9bc6f2f411627ca5751f4..c6e31ed386f5be55ac6c0b74718de52d29bebc34 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ unsigned long mmu_cr4_features;
 #endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_disabled);
 
-#ifdef	CONFIG_ACPI
-int __initdata acpi_force = 0;
-extern acpi_interrupt_flags	acpi_sci_flags;
-#endif
-
 /* for MCA, but anyone else can use it if they want */
 unsigned int machine_id;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCA
@@ -148,7 +143,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ist_info);
 struct e820map e820;
 
 extern void early_cpu_init(void);
-extern void generic_apic_probe(char *);
 extern int root_mountflags;
 
 unsigned long saved_videomode;
@@ -700,238 +694,132 @@ static inline void copy_edd(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p)
-{
-	char c = ' ', *to = command_line, *from = saved_command_line;
-	int len = 0;
-	int userdef = 0;
+static int __initdata user_defined_memmap = 0;
 
-	/* Save unparsed command line copy for /proc/cmdline */
-	saved_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';
+/*
+ * "mem=nopentium" disables the 4MB page tables.
+ * "mem=XXX[kKmM]" defines a memory region from HIGH_MEM
+ * to <mem>, overriding the bios size.
+ * "memmap=XXX[KkmM]@XXX[KkmM]" defines a memory region from
+ * <start> to <start>+<mem>, overriding the bios size.
+ *
+ * HPA tells me bootloaders need to parse mem=, so no new
+ * option should be mem=  [also see Documentation/i386/boot.txt]
+ */
+static int __init parse_mem(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (;;) {
-		if (c != ' ')
-			goto next_char;
-		/*
-		 * "mem=nopentium" disables the 4MB page tables.
-		 * "mem=XXX[kKmM]" defines a memory region from HIGH_MEM
-		 * to <mem>, overriding the bios size.
-		 * "memmap=XXX[KkmM]@XXX[KkmM]" defines a memory region from
-		 * <start> to <start>+<mem>, overriding the bios size.
-		 *
-		 * HPA tells me bootloaders need to parse mem=, so no new
-		 * option should be mem=  [also see Documentation/i386/boot.txt]
+	if (strcmp(arg, "nopentium") == 0) {
+		clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+		disable_pse = 1;
+	} else {
+		/* If the user specifies memory size, we
+		 * limit the BIOS-provided memory map to
+		 * that size. exactmap can be used to specify
+		 * the exact map. mem=number can be used to
+		 * trim the existing memory map.
 		 */
-		if (!memcmp(from, "mem=", 4)) {
-			if (to != command_line)
-				to--;
-			if (!memcmp(from+4, "nopentium", 9)) {
-				from += 9+4;
-				clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-				disable_pse = 1;
-			} else {
-				/* If the user specifies memory size, we
-				 * limit the BIOS-provided memory map to
-				 * that size. exactmap can be used to specify
-				 * the exact map. mem=number can be used to
-				 * trim the existing memory map.
-				 */
-				unsigned long long mem_size;
+		unsigned long long mem_size;
  
-				mem_size = memparse(from+4, &from);
-				limit_regions(mem_size);
-				userdef=1;
-			}
-		}
-
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "memmap=", 7)) {
-			if (to != command_line)
-				to--;
-			if (!memcmp(from+7, "exactmap", 8)) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-				/* If we are doing a crash dump, we
-				 * still need to know the real mem
-				 * size before original memory map is
-				 * reset.
-				 */
-				find_max_pfn();
-				saved_max_pfn = max_pfn;
-#endif
-				from += 8+7;
-				e820.nr_map = 0;
-				userdef = 1;
-			} else {
-				/* If the user specifies memory size, we
-				 * limit the BIOS-provided memory map to
-				 * that size. exactmap can be used to specify
-				 * the exact map. mem=number can be used to
-				 * trim the existing memory map.
-				 */
-				unsigned long long start_at, mem_size;
- 
-				mem_size = memparse(from+7, &from);
-				if (*from == '@') {
-					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
-					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RAM);
-				} else if (*from == '#') {
-					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
-					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_ACPI);
-				} else if (*from == '$') {
-					start_at = memparse(from+1, &from);
-					add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED);
-				} else {
-					limit_regions(mem_size);
-					userdef=1;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "noexec=", 7))
-			noexec_setup(from + 7);
+		mem_size = memparse(arg, &arg);
+		limit_regions(mem_size);
+		user_defined_memmap = 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("mem", parse_mem);
 
+static int __init parse_memmap(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-#ifdef  CONFIG_X86_SMP
-		/*
-		 * If the BIOS enumerates physical processors before logical,
-		 * maxcpus=N at enumeration-time can be used to disable HT.
+	if (strcmp(arg, "exactmap") == 0) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+		/* If we are doing a crash dump, we
+		 * still need to know the real mem
+		 * size before original memory map is
+		 * reset.
 		 */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "maxcpus=", 8)) {
-			extern unsigned int maxcpus;
-
-			maxcpus = simple_strtoul(from + 8, NULL, 0);
-		}
+		find_max_pfn();
+		saved_max_pfn = max_pfn;
 #endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-		/* "acpi=off" disables both ACPI table parsing and interpreter */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi=off", 8)) {
-			disable_acpi();
-		}
-
-		/* acpi=force to over-ride black-list */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi=force", 10)) {
-			acpi_force = 1;
-			acpi_ht = 1;
-			acpi_disabled = 0;
-		}
-
-		/* acpi=strict disables out-of-spec workarounds */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi=strict", 11)) {
-			acpi_strict = 1;
-		}
-
-		/* Limit ACPI just to boot-time to enable HT */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi=ht", 7)) {
-			if (!acpi_force)
-				disable_acpi();
-			acpi_ht = 1;
-		}
-		
-		/* "pci=noacpi" disable ACPI IRQ routing and PCI scan */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "pci=noacpi", 10)) {
-			acpi_disable_pci();
-		}
-		/* "acpi=noirq" disables ACPI interrupt routing */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi=noirq", 10)) {
-			acpi_noirq_set();
+		e820.nr_map = 0;
+		user_defined_memmap = 1;
+	} else {
+		/* If the user specifies memory size, we
+		 * limit the BIOS-provided memory map to
+		 * that size. exactmap can be used to specify
+		 * the exact map. mem=number can be used to
+		 * trim the existing memory map.
+		 */
+		unsigned long long start_at, mem_size;
+
+		mem_size = memparse(arg, &arg);
+		if (*arg == '@') {
+			start_at = memparse(arg+1, &arg);
+			add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RAM);
+		} else if (*arg == '#') {
+			start_at = memparse(arg+1, &arg);
+			add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_ACPI);
+		} else if (*arg == '$') {
+			start_at = memparse(arg+1, &arg);
+			add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED);
+		} else {
+			limit_regions(mem_size);
+			user_defined_memmap = 1;
 		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("memmap", parse_memmap);
 
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi_sci=edge", 13))
-			acpi_sci_flags.trigger =  1;
-
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi_sci=level", 14))
-			acpi_sci_flags.trigger = 3;
-
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi_sci=high", 13))
-			acpi_sci_flags.polarity = 1;
-
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi_sci=low", 12))
-			acpi_sci_flags.polarity = 3;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "acpi_skip_timer_override", 24))
-			acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
-
-		if (!memcmp(from, "disable_timer_pin_1", 19))
-			disable_timer_pin_1 = 1;
-		if (!memcmp(from, "enable_timer_pin_1", 18))
-			disable_timer_pin_1 = -1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+/* elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header
+ * stored by the crashed kernel.
+ */
+static int __init parse_elfcorehdr(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-		/* disable IO-APIC */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "noapic", 6))
-			disable_ioapic_setup();
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
-#endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
+	elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(arg, &arg);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("elfcorehdr", parse_elfcorehdr);
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-		/* enable local APIC */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "lapic", 5))
-			lapic_enable();
+/*
+ * highmem=size forces highmem to be exactly 'size' bytes.
+ * This works even on boxes that have no highmem otherwise.
+ * This also works to reduce highmem size on bigger boxes.
+ */
+static int __init parse_highmem(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-		/* disable local APIC */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "nolapic", 6))
-			lapic_disable();
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
+	highmem_pages = memparse(arg, &arg) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("highmem", parse_highmem);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
-		/* crashkernel=size@addr specifies the location to reserve for
-		 * a crash kernel.  By reserving this memory we guarantee
-		 * that linux never set's it up as a DMA target.
-		 * Useful for holding code to do something appropriate
-		 * after a kernel panic.
-		 */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "crashkernel=", 12)) {
-			unsigned long size, base;
-			size = memparse(from+12, &from);
-			if (*from == '@') {
-				base = memparse(from+1, &from);
-				/* FIXME: Do I want a sanity check
-				 * to validate the memory range?
-				 */
-				crashk_res.start = base;
-				crashk_res.end   = base + size - 1;
-			}
-		}
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
-		/* elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header
-		 * stored by the crashed kernel.
-		 */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "elfcorehdr=", 11))
-			elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(from+11, &from);
-#endif
+/*
+ * vmalloc=size forces the vmalloc area to be exactly 'size'
+ * bytes. This can be used to increase (or decrease) the
+ * vmalloc area - the default is 128m.
+ */
+static int __init parse_vmalloc(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-		/*
-		 * highmem=size forces highmem to be exactly 'size' bytes.
-		 * This works even on boxes that have no highmem otherwise.
-		 * This also works to reduce highmem size on bigger boxes.
-		 */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "highmem=", 8))
-			highmem_pages = memparse(from+8, &from) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	
-		/*
-		 * vmalloc=size forces the vmalloc area to be exactly 'size'
-		 * bytes. This can be used to increase (or decrease) the
-		 * vmalloc area - the default is 128m.
-		 */
-		else if (!memcmp(from, "vmalloc=", 8))
-			__VMALLOC_RESERVE = memparse(from+8, &from);
-
-	next_char:
-		c = *(from++);
-		if (!c)
-			break;
-		if (COMMAND_LINE_SIZE <= ++len)
-			break;
-		*(to++) = c;
-	}
-	*to = '\0';
-	*cmdline_p = command_line;
-	if (userdef) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "user-defined physical RAM map:\n");
-		print_memory_map("user");
-	}
+	__VMALLOC_RESERVE = memparse(arg, &arg);
+	return 0;
 }
+early_param("vmalloc", parse_vmalloc);
 
 /*
  * Callback for efi_memory_walk.
@@ -1507,17 +1395,15 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	data_resource.start = virt_to_phys(_etext);
 	data_resource.end = virt_to_phys(_edata)-1;
 
-	parse_cmdline_early(cmdline_p);
+	parse_early_param();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
-	{
-		char *s = strstr(*cmdline_p, "earlyprintk=");
-		if (s) {
-			setup_early_printk(strchr(s, '=') + 1);
-			printk("early console enabled\n");
-		}
+	if (user_defined_memmap) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "user-defined physical RAM map:\n");
+		print_memory_map("user");
 	}
-#endif
+
+	strlcpy(command_line, saved_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	*cmdline_p = command_line;
 
 	max_low_pfn = setup_memory();
 
@@ -1546,7 +1432,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	dmi_scan_machine();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH
-	generic_apic_probe(*cmdline_p);
+	generic_apic_probe();
 #endif	
 	if (efi_enabled)
 		efi_map_memmap();
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
index 9367af76ce3765aabfc3803bdc24575ff0568deb..517eb3874550c8513ba7f45fa91be7eeedd276ca 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1491,3 +1491,16 @@ void __init smp_intr_init(void)
 	/* IPI for generic function call */
 	set_intr_gate(CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR, call_function_interrupt);
 }
+
+/*
+ * If the BIOS enumerates physical processors before logical,
+ * maxcpus=N at enumeration-time can be used to disable HT.
+ */
+static int __init parse_maxcpus(char *arg)
+{
+	extern unsigned int maxcpus;
+
+	maxcpus = simple_strtoul(arg, NULL, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("maxcpus", parse_maxcpus);
diff --git a/arch/i386/mach-generic/probe.c b/arch/i386/mach-generic/probe.c
index 793d1b473251053bed12fc24894e49f61709d7b6..94b1fd9cbe3cdaef7aaed0b5dcb84bfcff12d7a4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mach-generic/probe.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mach-generic/probe.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/mpspec.h>
 #include <asm/apicdef.h>
@@ -29,7 +30,24 @@ struct genapic *apic_probe[] __initdata = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static int cmdline_apic;
+static int cmdline_apic __initdata;
+static int __init parse_apic(char *arg)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; apic_probe[i]; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(apic_probe[i]->name, arg)) {
+			genapic = apic_probe[i];
+			cmdline_apic = 1;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+early_param("apic", parse_apic);
 
 void __init generic_bigsmp_probe(void)
 {
@@ -48,40 +66,20 @@ void __init generic_bigsmp_probe(void)
 		}
 }
 
-void __init generic_apic_probe(char *command_line) 
+void __init generic_apic_probe(void)
 { 
-	char *s;
-	int i;
-	int changed = 0;
-
-	s = strstr(command_line, "apic=");
-	if (s && (s == command_line || isspace(s[-1]))) { 
-		char *p = strchr(s, ' '), old; 
-		if (!p)
-			p = strchr(s, '\0'); 
-		old = *p; 
-		*p = 0; 
-		for (i = 0; !changed && apic_probe[i]; i++) {
-			if (!strcmp(apic_probe[i]->name, s+5)) { 
-				changed = 1;
+	if (!cmdline_apic) {
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; apic_probe[i]; i++) {
+			if (apic_probe[i]->probe()) {
 				genapic = apic_probe[i];
+				break;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!changed)
-			printk(KERN_ERR "Unknown genapic `%s' specified.\n", s);
-		*p = old;
-		cmdline_apic = changed;
-	} 
-	for (i = 0; !changed && apic_probe[i]; i++) { 
-		if (apic_probe[i]->probe()) {
-			changed = 1;
-			genapic = apic_probe[i]; 
-		} 
+		/* Not visible without early console */
+		if (!apic_probe[i])
+			panic("Didn't find an APIC driver");
 	}
-	/* Not visible without early console */ 
-	if (!changed) 
-		panic("Didn't find an APIC driver"); 
-
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Using APIC driver %s\n", genapic->name);
 } 
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
index d0c2fdf6a4d7fdf2dfefd570f6899a6030cdb6e1..951386606d09af4783bb9ac8898c69ec113e0cb5 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -435,16 +435,22 @@ u64 __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = ~_PAGE_NX;
  * on      Enable
  * off     Disable
  */
-void __init noexec_setup(const char *str)
+static int __init noexec_setup(char *str)
 {
-	if (!strncmp(str, "on",2) && cpu_has_nx) {
-		__supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX;
-		disable_nx = 0;
-	} else if (!strncmp(str,"off",3)) {
+	if (!str || !strcmp(str, "on")) {
+		if (cpu_has_nx) {
+			__supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX;
+			disable_nx = 0;
+		}
+	} else if (!strcmp(str,"off")) {
 		disable_nx = 1;
 		__supported_pte_mask &= ~_PAGE_NX;
-	}
+	} else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
 }
+early_param("noexec", noexec_setup);
 
 int nx_enabled = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
index 20f52395421877301bdcc0203d4095dc378c8563..6016632d032f745106ec8cf08ab99ff0a3c90559 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
@@ -131,21 +131,7 @@ static inline void disable_acpi(void)
 extern int acpi_gsi_to_irq(u32 gsi, unsigned int *irq);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
-extern int skip_ioapic_setup;
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
-
-static inline void disable_ioapic_setup(void)
-{
-	skip_ioapic_setup = 1;
-}
-
-static inline int ioapic_setup_disabled(void)
-{
-	return skip_ioapic_setup;
-}
-
-#else
-static inline void disable_ioapic_setup(void) { }
 #endif
 
 static inline void acpi_noirq_set(void) { acpi_noirq = 1; }
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/apic.h b/include/asm-i386/apic.h
index 2c1e371cebb6beb318b1aca3743603541ec732dc..8c5331ceca7bdbd4787f239241b6f884fe17ee48 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/apic.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static inline void lapic_enable(void)
 	} while (0)
 
 
+extern void generic_apic_probe(void);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 
 /*
@@ -117,8 +119,6 @@ extern void enable_APIC_timer(void);
 
 extern void enable_NMI_through_LVT0 (void * dummy);
 
-extern int disable_timer_pin_1;
-
 void smp_send_timer_broadcast_ipi(struct pt_regs *regs);
 void switch_APIC_timer_to_ipi(void *cpumask);
 void switch_ipi_to_APIC_timer(void *cpumask);
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h b/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h
index 5092e819b8a2b23c336a79840e8ca2a955599c4a..5d309275a1dc13aef51ab44383c6edd98081b99a 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ static inline void io_apic_modify(unsigned int apic, unsigned int reg, unsigned
 /* 1 if "noapic" boot option passed */
 extern int skip_ioapic_setup;
 
+static inline void disable_ioapic_setup(void)
+{
+	skip_ioapic_setup = 1;
+}
+
+static inline int ioapic_setup_disabled(void)
+{
+	return skip_ioapic_setup;
+}
+
 /*
  * If we use the IO-APIC for IRQ routing, disable automatic
  * assignment of PCI IRQ's.
@@ -206,6 +216,7 @@ extern int (*ioapic_renumber_irq)(int ioapic, int irq);
 
 #else  /* !CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
 #define io_apic_assign_pci_irqs 0
+static inline void disable_ioapic_setup(void) { }
 #endif
 
 extern int assign_irq_vector(int irq);
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h b/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h
index 09697fec3d2b33a29ab990abe03505625a85400d..64140f2f1b958d24c340e8fc099ff24985863ae9 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h
@@ -391,8 +391,6 @@ extern pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address);
  static inline int set_kernel_exec(unsigned long vaddr, int enable) { return 0;}
 #endif
 
-extern void noexec_setup(const char *str);
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_HIGHPTE)
 #define pte_offset_map(dir, address) \
 	((pte_t *)kmap_atomic(pmd_page(*(dir)),KM_PTE0) + pte_index(address))