diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index a6efe0a..c1c5ccd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -789,6 +789,22 @@
 	  to disable it.  MCE support simply ignores non-MCE processors like
 	  the 386 and 486, so nearly everyone can say Y here.
 
+config X86_OLD_MCE
+	depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
+	bool "Use legacy machine check code (will go away)"
+	default n
+	select X86_ANCIENT_MCE
+	---help---
+	  Use the old i386 machine check code. This is merely intended for
+	  testing in a transition period. Try this if you run into any machine
+	  check related software problems, but report the problem to
+	  linux-kernel.  When in doubt say no.
+
+config X86_NEW_MCE
+	depends on X86_MCE
+	bool
+	default y if (!X86_OLD_MCE && X86_32) || X86_64
+
 config X86_MCE_INTEL
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Intel MCE features"
@@ -805,6 +821,15 @@
 	   Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
 	   the DRAM Error Threshold.
 
+config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
+       def_bool n
+       depends on X86_32
+       prompt "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
+       ---help---
+	 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
+	 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
+	 line.
+
 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
 	depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
 	bool
@@ -812,7 +837,7 @@
 
 config X86_MCE_NONFATAL
 	tristate "Check for non-fatal errors on AMD Athlon/Duron / Intel Pentium 4"
-	depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
+	depends on X86_OLD_MCE
 	---help---
 	  Enabling this feature starts a timer that triggers every 5 seconds which
 	  will look at the machine check registers to see if anything happened.
@@ -825,11 +850,15 @@
 
 config X86_MCE_P4THERMAL
 	bool "check for P4 thermal throttling interrupt."
-	depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE && (X86_UP_APIC || SMP)
+	depends on X86_OLD_MCE && X86_MCE && (X86_UP_APIC || SMP)
 	---help---
 	  Enabling this feature will cause a message to be printed when the P4
 	  enters thermal throttling.
 
+config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
+	def_bool y
+	depends on X86_MCE_P4THERMAL || X86_MCE_INTEL
+
 config VM86
 	bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
 	default y