# # PCI configuration # config PCI_USE_VECTOR bool "Vector-based interrupt indexing (MSI)" depends on (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC) || IA64 default n help This replaces the current existing IRQ-based index interrupt scheme with the vector-base index scheme. The advantages of vector base over IRQ base are listed below: 1) Support MSI implementation. 2) Support future IOxAPIC hotplug Note that this allows the device drivers to enable MSI, Message Signaled Interrupt, on all MSI capable device functions detected. Message Signal Interrupt enables an MSI-capable hardware device to send an inbound Memory Write on its PCI bus instead of asserting IRQ signal on device IRQ pin. If you don't know what to do here, say N. config PCI_LEGACY_PROC bool "Legacy /proc/pci interface" depends on PCI ---help--- This feature enables a procfs file -- /proc/pci -- that provides a summary of PCI devices in the system. This feature has been deprecated as of v2.5.53, in favor of using the tool lspci(8). This feature may be removed at a future date. lspci can provide the same data, as well as much more. lspci is a part of the pci-utils package, which should be installed by your distribution. See Documentation/Changes for information on where to get the latest version. When in doubt, say N. config PCI_NAMES bool "PCI device name database" depends on PCI ---help--- By default, the kernel contains a database of all known PCI device names to make the information in /proc/pci, /proc/ioports and similar files comprehensible to the user. This database increases size of the kernel image by about 80KB. This memory is freed after the system boots up if CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set. Anyway, if you are building an installation floppy or kernel for an embedded system where kernel image size really matters, you can disable this feature and you'll get device ID numbers instead of names. When in doubt, say Y.