2 files changed, 28 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c b/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
index 75298fe2edca..6ec6bb6e9957 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/cpu.c
@@ -59,17 +59,18 @@ int validate_cpu(void)
                         u32 e = err_flags[i];
 
                         for (j = 0; j < 32; j++) {
-                                int n = (i << 5)+j;
-                                if (*msg_strs < n) {
+                                if (msg_strs[0] < i ||
+                                    (msg_strs[0] == i && msg_strs[1] < j)) {
                                         /* Skip to the next string */
-                                        do {
-                                                msg_strs++;
-                                        } while (*msg_strs);
-                                        msg_strs++;
+                                        msg_strs += 2;
+                                        while (*msg_strs++)
+                                                ;
                                 }
                                 if (e & 1) {
-                                        if (*msg_strs == n && msg_strs[1])
-                                                printf("%s ", msg_strs+1);
+                                        if (msg_strs[0] == i &&
+                                            msg_strs[1] == j &&
+                                            msg_strs[2])
+                                                printf("%s ", msg_strs+2);
                                         else
                                                 printf("%d:%d ", i, j);
                                 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
index 4589caa3e9d1..8ef60f20b371 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr.c
@@ -17,31 +17,31 @@
 
 #include "../kernel/cpu/capflags.c"
 
-#if NCAPFLAGS > 8
-# error "Need to adjust the boot code handling of CPUID strings"
-#endif
-
 int main(void)
 {
-        int i;
+        int i, j;
         const char *str;
 
         printf("static const char x86_cap_strs[] = \n");
 
-        for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS*32; i++) {
-                str = x86_cap_flags[i];
-
-                if (i == NCAPINTS*32-1) {
-                        /* The last entry must be unconditional; this
-                           also consumes the compiler-added null character */
-                        if (!str)
-                                str = "";
-                        printf("\t\"\\x%02x\"\"%s\"\n", i, str);
-                } else if (str) {
-                        printf("#if REQUIRED_MASK%d & (1 << %d)\n"
-                               "\t\"\\x%02x\"\"%s\\0\"\n"
-                               "#endif\n",
-                               i >> 5, i & 31, i, str);
+        for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
+                for (j = 0; j < 32; j++) {
+                        str = x86_cap_flags[i*32+j];
+
+                        if (i == NCAPINTS-1 && j == 31) {
+                                /* The last entry must be unconditional; this
+                                   also consumes the compiler-added null
+                                   character */
+                                if (!str)
+                                        str = "";
+                                printf("\t\"\\x%02x\\x%02x\"\"%s\"\n",
+                                       i, j, str);
+                        } else if (str) {
+                                printf("#if REQUIRED_MASK%d & (1 << %d)\n"
+                                       "\t\"\\x%02x\\x%02x\"\"%s\\0\"\n"
+                                       "#endif\n",
+                                       i, j, i, j, str);
+                        }
                 }
         }
         printf("\t;\n");