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# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
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mainmenu "IA-64 Linux Kernel Configuration"
source "init/Kconfig"
menu "Processor type and features"
config IA64
bool
default y
help
The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to
the 32-bit X86 line. The IA-64 Linux project has a home
page at and a mailing list at
.
config 64BIT
bool
default y
config MMU
bool
default y
config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
bool
default y
config TIME_INTERPOLATION
bool
default y
config EFI
bool
default y
choice
prompt "System type"
default IA64_GENERIC
config IA64_GENERIC
bool "generic"
select NUMA
select ACPI_NUMA
select VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
select DISCONTIGMEM
help
This selects the system type of your hardware. A "generic" kernel
will run on any supported IA-64 system. However, if you configure
a kernel for your specific system, it will be faster and smaller.
generic For any supported IA-64 system
DIG-compliant For DIG ("Developer's Interface Guide") compliant systems
HP-zx1/sx1000 For HP systems
SGI-SN2 For SGI Altix systems
Ski-simulator For the HP simulator
If you don't know what to do, choose "generic".
config IA64_DIG
bool "DIG-compliant"
config IA64_HP_ZX1
bool "HP-zx1/sx1000"
help
Build a kernel that runs on HP zx1 and sx1000 systems. This adds
support for the HP I/O MMU.
config IA64_SGI_SN2
bool "SGI-SN2"
config IA64_HP_SIM
bool "Ski-simulator"
endchoice
choice
prompt "Processor type"
default ITANIUM
config ITANIUM
bool "Itanium"
help
Select your IA-64 processor type. The default is Itanium.
This choice is safe for all IA-64 systems, but may not perform
optimally on systems with, say, Itanium 2 or newer processors.
config MCKINLEY
bool "Itanium 2"
help
Select this to configure for an Itanium 2 (McKinley) processor.
endchoice
choice
prompt "Kernel page size"
default IA64_PAGE_SIZE_16KB
config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_4KB
bool "4KB"
help
This lets you select the page size of the kernel. For best IA-64
performance, a page size of 8KB or 16KB is recommended. For best
IA-32 compatibility, a page size of 4KB should be selected (the vast
majority of IA-32 binaries work perfectly fine with a larger page
size). For Itanium 2 or newer systems, a page size of 64KB can also
be selected.
4KB For best IA-32 compatibility
8KB For best IA-64 performance
16KB For best IA-64 performance
64KB Requires Itanium 2 or newer processor.
If you don't know what to do, choose 16KB.
config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_8KB
bool "8KB"
config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_16KB
bool "16KB"
config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB
depends on !ITANIUM
bool "64KB"
endchoice
config IA64_BRL_EMU
bool
depends on ITANIUM
default y
config ITANIUM_BSTEP_SPECIFIC
bool "Itanium B-step specific code"
depends on ITANIUM
help
Select this option to build a kernel for an Itanium prototype system
with a B-step CPU. You have a B-step CPU if the "revision" field in
/proc/cpuinfo has a value in the range from 1 to 4.
# align cache-sensitive data to 128 bytes
config IA64_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
int
default "7" if MCKINLEY
default "6" if ITANIUM
# align cache-sensitive data to 64 bytes
config MCKINLEY_ASTEP_SPECIFIC
bool "McKinley A-step specific code"
depends on MCKINLEY
help
Select this option to build a kernel for an IA-64 McKinley prototype
system with any A-stepping CPU.
config MCKINLEY_A0_SPECIFIC
bool "McKinley A0/A1-step specific code"
depends on MCKINLEY_ASTEP_SPECIFIC
help
Select this option to build a kernel for an IA-64 McKinley prototype
system with an A0 or A1 stepping CPU.
config NUMA
bool "NUMA support"
depends on !IA64_HP_SIM
default y if IA64_SGI_SN2
help
Say Y to compile the kernel to support NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory
Access). This option is for configuring high-end multiprocessor
server systems. If in doubt, say N.
config VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
bool "Virtual mem map"
default y if !IA64_HP_SIM
help
Say Y to compile the kernel with support for a virtual mem map.
This code also only takes effect if a memory hole of greater than
1 Gb is found during boot. You must turn this option on if you
require the DISCONTIGMEM option for your machine. If you are
unsure, say Y.
config DISCONTIGMEM
bool "Discontiguous memory support"
depends on (IA64_DIG || IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) && NUMA && VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
default y if (IA64_SGI_SN2 || IA64_GENERIC) && NUMA
help
Say Y to support efficient handling of discontiguous physical memory,
for architectures which are either NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)
or have huge holes in the physical address space for other reasons.
See for more.
config IA64_CYCLONE
bool "Support Cyclone(EXA) Time Source"
help
Say Y here to enable support for IBM EXA Cyclone time source.
If you're unsure, answer N.
config IOSAPIC
bool
depends on !IA64_HP_SIM
default y
config IA64_SGI_SN_SIM
bool "SGI Medusa Simulator Support"
depends on IA64_SGI_SN2
help
If you are compiling a kernel that will run under SGI's IA-64
simulator (Medusa) then say Y, otherwise say N.
config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER
int
default "18"
config SMP
bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
help
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
than one CPU, say Y.
If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
systems, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor system. If
you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
single processor systems. On a single processor system, the kernel
will run faster if you say N here.
See also the and the SMP-HOWTO
available at .
If you don't know what to do here, say N.
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-512)"
range 2 512
depends on SMP
default "64"
help
You should set this to the number of CPUs in your system, but
keep in mind that a kernel compiled for, e.g., 2 CPUs will boot but
only use 2 CPUs on a >2 CPU system. Setting this to a value larger
than 64 will cause the use of a CPU mask array, causing a small
performance hit.
config PREEMPT
bool "Preemptible Kernel"
help
This option reduces the latency of the kernel when reacting to
real-time or interactive events by allowing a low priority process to
be preempted even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call.
This allows applications to run more reliably even when the system is
under load.
Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop, embedded
or real-time system. Say N if you are unsure.
config HAVE_DEC_LOCK
bool
depends on (SMP || PREEMPT)
default y
config IA32_SUPPORT
bool "Support for Linux/x86 binaries"
help
IA-64 processors can execute IA-32 (X86) instructions. By
saying Y here, the kernel will include IA-32 system call
emulation support which makes it possible to transparently
run IA-32 Linux binaries on an IA-64 Linux system.
If in doubt, say Y.
config COMPAT
bool
depends on IA32_SUPPORT
default y
config PERFMON
bool "Performance monitor support"
help
Selects whether support for the IA-64 performance monitor hardware
is included in the kernel. This makes some kernel data-structures a
little bigger and slows down execution a bit, but it is generally
a good idea to turn this on. If you're unsure, say Y.
config IA64_PALINFO
tristate "/proc/pal support"
help
If you say Y here, you are able to get PAL (Processor Abstraction
Layer) information in /proc/pal. This contains useful information
about the processors in your systems, such as cache and TLB sizes
and the PAL firmware version in use.
To use this option, you have to ensure that the "/proc file system
support" (CONFIG_PROC_FS) is enabled, too.
source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
endmenu
menu "Power management and ACPI"
config PM
bool "Power Management support"
depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_DIG || IA64_HP_ZX1
default y
help
"Power Management" means that parts of your computer are shut
off or put into a power conserving "sleep" mode if they are not
being used. There are two competing standards for doing this: APM
and ACPI. If you want to use either one, say Y here and then also
to the requisite support below.
Power Management is most important for battery powered laptop
computers; if you have a laptop, check out the Linux Laptop home
page on the WWW at and the
Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
.
Note that, even if you say N here, Linux on the x86 architecture
will issue the hlt instruction if nothing is to be done, thereby
sending the processor to sleep and saving power.
config ACPI
bool
depends on !IA64_HP_SIM
default y
if !IA64_HP_SIM
source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
endif
endmenu
if !IA64_HP_SIM
menu "Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA)"
config PCI
bool "PCI support"
help
Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
The PCI-HOWTO, available from
, contains valuable
information about which PCI hardware does work under Linux and which
doesn't.
config PCI_DOMAINS
bool
default PCI
source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
endmenu
endif
source "drivers/Kconfig"
source "fs/Kconfig"
source "lib/Kconfig"
source "arch/ia64/hp/sim/Kconfig"
source "arch/ia64/oprofile/Kconfig"
menu "Kernel hacking"
choice
prompt "Physical memory granularity"
default IA64_GRANULE_64MB
config IA64_GRANULE_16MB
bool "16MB"
help
IA-64 identity-mapped regions use a large page size called "granules".
Select "16MB" for a small granule size.
Select "64MB" for a large granule size. This is the current default.
config IA64_GRANULE_64MB
bool "64MB"
depends on !(IA64_GENERIC || IA64_HP_ZX1)
endchoice
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
help
Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
identify kernel problems.
config IA64_PRINT_HAZARDS
bool "Print possible IA-64 dependency violations to console"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
Selecting this option prints more information for Illegal Dependency
Faults, that is, for Read-after-Write (RAW), Write-after-Write (WAW),
or Write-after-Read (WAR) violations. This option is ignored if you
are compiling for an Itanium A step processor
(CONFIG_ITANIUM_ASTEP_SPECIFIC). If you're unsure, select Y.
config DISABLE_VHPT
bool "Disable VHPT"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
The Virtual Hash Page Table (VHPT) enhances virtual address
translation performance. Normally you want the VHPT active but you
can select this option to disable the VHPT for debugging. If you're
unsure, answer N.
config MAGIC_SYSRQ
bool "Magic SysRq key"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system
immediately or dump some status information). This is accomplished
by pressing various keys while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen). It
also works on a serial console (on PC hardware at least), if you
send a BREAK and then within 5 seconds a command keypress. The
keys are documented in . Don't say Y
unless you really know what this hack does.
config DEBUG_SLAB
bool "Debug memory allocations"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
Say Y here to have the kernel do limited verification on memory
allocation as well as poisoning memory on free to catch use of freed
memory.
config DEBUG_SPINLOCK
bool "Spinlock debugging"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
Say Y here and build SMP to catch missing spinlock initialization
and certain other kinds of spinlock errors commonly made. This is
best used in conjunction with the NMI watchdog so that spinlock
deadlocks are also debuggable.
config DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
bool "Sleep-inside-spinlock checking"
help
If you say Y here, various routines which may sleep will become very
noisy if they are called with a spinlock held.
config IA64_DEBUG_CMPXCHG
bool "Turn on compare-and-exchange bug checking (slow!)"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
Selecting this option turns on bug checking for the IA-64
compare-and-exchange instructions. This is slow! Itaniums
from step B3 or later don't have this problem. If you're unsure,
select N.
config IA64_DEBUG_IRQ
bool "Turn on irq debug checks (slow!)"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
Selecting this option turns on bug checking for the IA-64 irq_save
and restore instructions. It's useful for tracking down spinlock
problems, but slow! If you're unsure, select N.
config DEBUG_INFO
bool "Compile the kernel with debug info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
help
If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will include
debugging info resulting in a larger kernel image.
Say Y here only if you plan to use gdb to debug the kernel.
If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N.
config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
bool
depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
default y
endmenu
source "security/Kconfig"
source "crypto/Kconfig"