diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 71d05f481727669ce88a517a3cd631988fd9c32b..4ae99f6e9938852c4a2b45a4a2966c68f6a594fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1240,7 +1240,11 @@ running once the system is up.
 				bootloader. This is currently used on
 				IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
 				configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
-
+		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
+				This might help on some broken boards which
+				machine check when some devices' config space
+				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
+				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
 	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
 
 	pd.		[PARIDE]
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
index 1649a175a206ab4bd6ed0add0040580ff83d036e..fe799b11ac0a7e9ce0b6707fe561902a4b4ad4ab 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ void __init check_acpi_pci(void)
 	int num, slot, func;
 
 	/* Assume the machine supports type 1. If not it will 
-	   always read ffffffff and should not have any side effect. */
+	   always read ffffffff and should not have any side effect.
+	   Actually a few buggy systems can machine check. Allow the user
+	   to disable it by command line option at least -AK */
+	if (!early_pci_allowed())
+		return;
 
 	/* Poor man's PCI discovery */
 	for (num = 0; num < 32; num++) {
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/common.c b/arch/i386/pci/common.c
index 0a362e3aeac55aba443e5901a71bbe7e465e841a..68bce194e688a1903480425b3db8dc37802127f0 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/common.c
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ char * __devinit  pcibios_setup(char *str)
 		acpi_noirq_set();
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "noearly")) {
+		pci_probe |= PCI_PROBE_NOEARLY;
+		return NULL;
+	}
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_VISWS
 	else if (!strcmp(str, "usepirqmask")) {
 		pci_probe |= PCI_USE_PIRQ_MASK;
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/early.c b/arch/i386/pci/early.c
index b1f7f40d809b6969b100c0dc24568391f7730540..713d6c866cae0b9f8ecc56c82fc04cebde642d80 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/early.c
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/early.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <asm/pci-direct.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include "pci.h"
 
 /* Direct PCI access. This is used for PCI accesses in early boot before
    the PCI subsystem works. */
@@ -42,3 +44,9 @@ void write_pci_config(u8 bus, u8 slot, u8 func, u8 offset,
 	outl(0x80000000 | (bus<<16) | (slot<<11) | (func<<8) | offset, 0xcf8);
 	outl(val, 0xcfc);
 }
+
+int early_pci_allowed(void)
+{
+	return (pci_probe & (PCI_PROBE_CONF1|PCI_PROBE_NOEARLY)) ==
+			PCI_PROBE_CONF1;
+}
diff --git a/arch/i386/pci/pci.h b/arch/i386/pci/pci.h
index 8a7cf1f23684dc4b39b42255f35957ec8b542952..1814f74569c63efd415bdfa4393a9471107a3742 100644
--- a/arch/i386/pci/pci.h
+++ b/arch/i386/pci/pci.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define PCI_PROBE_CONF2		0x0004
 #define PCI_PROBE_MMCONF	0x0008
 #define PCI_PROBE_MASK		0x000f
+#define PCI_PROBE_NOEARLY	0x0010
 
 #define PCI_NO_SORT		0x0100
 #define PCI_BIOS_SORT		0x0200
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/aperture.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/aperture.c
index f851e1f9c82aa955ad2e5fa89eed1b297e71e778..b487396c4c5bc4e8e3310a9702e03ea5b4e88ed9 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/aperture.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/aperture.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void __init iommu_hole_init(void)
 	u64 aper_base, last_aper_base = 0;
 	int valid_agp = 0;
 
-	if (iommu_aperture_disabled || !fix_aperture)
+	if (iommu_aperture_disabled || !fix_aperture || !early_pci_allowed())
 		return;
 
 	printk("Checking aperture...\n"); 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
index d637cff1c4b1adcce70a830d486a3f68ba4a7b20..208e38a372c107f0704dd16e77f56437c404f1e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ static struct chipset early_qrk[] = {
 void __init early_quirks(void)
 {
 	int num, slot, func;
+
+	if (!early_pci_allowed())
+		return;
+
 	/* Poor man's PCI discovery */
 	for (num = 0; num < 32; num++) {
 		for (slot = 0; slot < 32; slot++) {
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
index 466588f956013233942e07d9e4287e6caf871430..cfb09b07ae99864b90062b6f96fc60201341a654 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c
@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@ void __init detect_calgary(void)
 	if (swiotlb || no_iommu || iommu_detected)
 		return;
 
+	if (!early_pci_allowed())
+		return;
+
 	specified_table_size = determine_tce_table_size(end_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	for (bus = 0; bus < MAX_PHB_BUS_NUM; bus++) {
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsmp.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsmp.c
index 92f70c74965f8cbb29e44bf9e36e41b3b9b6dc89..044e852bd25efb297c10545211d5fe80d5dfbf22 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsmp.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsmp.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ static int __init vsmp_init(void)
 	void *address;
 	unsigned int cap, ctl;
 
+	if (!early_pci_allowed())
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Check if we are running on a ScaleMP vSMP box */
 	if ((read_pci_config_16(0, 0x1f, 0, PCI_VENDOR_ID) != PCI_VENDOR_ID_SCALEMP) ||
 	    (read_pci_config_16(0, 0x1f, 0, PCI_DEVICE_ID) != PCI_DEVICE_ID_SCALEMP_VSMP_CTL))
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/k8topology.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/k8topology.c
index 7c45c2d2b8b28780e4338f3317523dd2dca136b8..5cf594f9230d49e724bf1504177c6403f6b7a01d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/k8topology.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/k8topology.c
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ int __init k8_scan_nodes(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 
 	nodes_clear(nodes_parsed);
 
+	if (!early_pci_allowed())
+		return -1;
+
 	nb = find_northbridge(); 
 	if (nb < 0) 
 		return nb;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c
index 9f79dd6d51ab7b8b0fbe18ab77f20fd0630e81ee..684deb6b03aafa05150fdee22732ebd4fe91a834 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c
@@ -953,13 +953,12 @@ static int __devinit pci_setup(char *str)
 		}
 		str = k;
 	}
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
+early_param("pci", pci_setup);
 
 device_initcall(pci_init);
 
-__setup("pci=", pci_setup);
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_ISA) || defined(CONFIG_EISA)
 /* FIXME: Some boxes have multiple ISA bridges! */
 struct pci_dev *isa_bridge;
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/pci-direct.h b/include/asm-x86_64/pci-direct.h
index 9d916cdaa18ef22028899f342613e5ba08f77d6f..eba9cb471df38b1bee0b4893482fccb576411795 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/pci-direct.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/pci-direct.h
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ extern u8 read_pci_config_byte(u8 bus, u8 slot, u8 func, u8 offset);
 extern u16 read_pci_config_16(u8 bus, u8 slot, u8 func, u8 offset);
 extern void write_pci_config(u8 bus, u8 slot, u8 func, u8 offset, u32 val);
 
+extern int early_pci_allowed(void);
+
 #endif