__u32 cleared_cpu_caps[NCAPINTS] __cpuinitdata;
 
 static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1;
-static int disable_x86_fxsr __cpuinitdata;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1;
-static int disable_x86_sep __cpuinitdata;
 
 struct cpu_dev * cpu_devs[X86_VENDOR_NUM] = {};
 
-extern int disable_pse;
-
 static void __cpuinit default_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 * c)
 {
        /* Not much we can do here... */
 
 static int __init x86_fxsr_setup(char * s)
 {
-       /* Tell all the other CPUs to not use it... */
-       disable_x86_fxsr = 1;
-
-       /*
-        * ... and clear the bits early in the boot_cpu_data
-        * so that the bootup process doesn't try to do this
-        * either.
-        */
-       clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_FXSR, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-       clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_XMM, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+       setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FXSR);
+       setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XMM);
        return 1;
 }
 __setup("nofxsr", x86_fxsr_setup);
 
 static int __init x86_sep_setup(char * s)
 {
-       disable_x86_sep = 1;
+       setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SEP);
        return 1;
 }
 __setup("nosep", x86_sep_setup);
        if ( tsc_disable )
                clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_TSC, c->x86_capability);
 
-       /* FXSR disabled? */
-       if (disable_x86_fxsr) {
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_FXSR, c->x86_capability);
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_XMM, c->x86_capability);
-       }
-
-       /* SEP disabled? */
-       if (disable_x86_sep)
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SEP, c->x86_capability);
-
-       if (disable_pse)
-               clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, c->x86_capability);
-
        /* If the model name is still unset, do table lookup. */
        if ( !c->x86_model_id[0] ) {
                char *p;
        /* pse is not compatible with on-the-fly unmapping,
         * disable it even if the cpus claim to support it.
         */
-       clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PSE, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-       disable_pse = 1;
+       setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PSE);
 #endif
 }
 
 
    address, and must not be in the .bss segment! */
 unsigned long init_pg_tables_end __initdata = ~0UL;
 
-int disable_pse __cpuinitdata = 0;
-
 /*
  * Machine setup..
  */
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (strcmp(arg, "nopentium") == 0) {
-               clear_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
-               disable_pse = 1;
+               setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PSE);
        } else {
                /* If the user specifies memory size, we
                 * limit the BIOS-provided memory map to