diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index 8a778db..991e315 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 {
 	if (x2apic_phys)
 		return x2apic_enabled();
+	else if ((acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID) &&
+		(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL) &&
+		x2apic_enabled()) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "System requires x2apic physical mode\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
 	else
 		return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index 73d08ed..b8f3653 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -433,14 +433,14 @@
 	/*  check if @slot is already used or the index is already disabled */
 	ret = amd_get_l3_disable_slot(nb, slot);
 	if (ret >= 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EEXIST;
 
 	if (index > nb->l3_cache.indices)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* check whether the other slot has disabled the same index already */
 	if (index == amd_get_l3_disable_slot(nb, !slot))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EEXIST;
 
 	amd_l3_disable_index(nb, cpu, slot, index);
 
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@
 	err = amd_set_l3_disable_slot(this_leaf->base.nb, cpu, slot, val);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EEXIST)
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "L3 disable slot %d in use!\n",
-					    slot);
+			pr_warning("L3 slot %d in use/index already disabled!\n",
+				   slot);
 		return err;
 	}
 	return count;
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/mrst/mrst.c b/arch/x86/platform/mrst/mrst.c
index e0a3723..e31bcd8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/mrst/mrst.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/mrst/mrst.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
 		} else
 			i2c_register_board_info(i2c_bus[i], i2c_devs[i], 1);
 	}
-	intel_scu_notifier_post(SCU_AVAILABLE, 0L);
+	intel_scu_notifier_post(SCU_AVAILABLE, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_scu_devices_create);
 
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@
 {
 	int i;
 
-	intel_scu_notifier_post(SCU_DOWN, 0L);
+	intel_scu_notifier_post(SCU_DOWN, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ipc_next_dev; i++)
 		platform_device_del(ipc_devs[i]);