Merge commit 'linux-2.6/master' (early part) into oprofile/core

This branch depends on these apic patches:

      apic, x86: Use BIOS settings for IBS and MCE threshold interrupt LVT offsets
      apic, x86: Check if EILVT APIC registers are available (AMD only)

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>