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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
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+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Christoph Hellwig.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Intel Corporation.
+ */
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/ioport.h>
+
+static int found(struct resource *res, void *data)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static __init int register_e820_pmem(void)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = walk_iomem_res_desc(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY,
+				 IORESOURCE_MEM, 0, -1, NULL, found);
+	if (rc <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * See drivers/nvdimm/e820.c for the implementation, this is
+	 * simply here to trigger the module to load on demand.
+	 */
+	pdev = platform_device_alloc("e820_pmem", -1);
+
+	rc = platform_device_add(pdev);
+	if (rc)
+		platform_device_put(pdev);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+device_initcall(register_e820_pmem);