486, 586, Pentiums, and various instruction-set-compatible chips by
AMD, Cyrix, and others.
+config GENERIC_TIME
+ bool
+ depends on !X86_XEN
+ default y
+
+config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
+ bool
+ default y
+
+config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
+ bool
+ default y
+
config SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS
bool
default y
bool
default y
+config GENERIC_BUG
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on BUG
+
config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
bool
default y
In particular, it is needed for the x440.
If you don't have one of these computers, you should say N here.
+ If you want to build a NUMA kernel, you must select ACPI.
config X86_BIGSMP
bool "Support for other sub-arch SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
config X86_GENERICARCH
bool "Generic architecture (Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default)"
- depends on SMP
help
This option compiles in the Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default subarchitectures.
It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
+ If you want a NUMA kernel, select ACPI. We need SRAT for NUMA.
config X86_ES7000
bool "Support for Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
endchoice
+config PARAVIRT
+ bool "Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
+ help
+ Paravirtualization is a way of running multiple instances of
+ Linux on the same machine, under a hypervisor. This option
+ changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
+ under a hypervisor, improving performance significantly.
+ However, when run without a hypervisor the kernel is
+ theoretically slower. If in doubt, say N.
+
config ACPI_SRAT
bool
default y
- depends on NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
+ depends on ACPI && NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
+ select ACPI_NUMA
+
+config HAVE_ARCH_PARSE_SRAT
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on ACPI_SRAT
config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
bool
config SCHED_SMT
bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
- depends on SMP && !X86_XEN
- default off
+ depends on X86_HT
help
SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
config SCHED_MC
bool "Multi-core scheduler support"
- depends on SMP && !X86_XEN
+ depends on X86_HT
default y
help
Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
config X86_UP_APIC
bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
- depends on !SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER || XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST)
+ depends on !SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER || X86_GENERICARCH || XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST)
help
A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
config X86_LOCAL_APIC
bool
- depends on X86_UP_APIC || ((X86_VISWS || SMP) && !(X86_VOYAGER || XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST))
+ depends on X86_UP_APIC || ((X86_VISWS || SMP) && !(X86_VOYAGER || XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST)) || X86_GENERICARCH
default y
config X86_IO_APIC
bool
- depends on X86_UP_IOAPIC || (SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER || XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST))
+ depends on X86_UP_IOAPIC || (SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER || XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST)) || X86_GENERICARCH
default y
config X86_VISWS_APIC
depends on X86_VISWS
default y
-config X86_TSC
- bool
- depends on (MWINCHIP3D || MWINCHIP2 || MCRUSOE || MEFFICEON || MCYRIXIII || MK7 || MK6 || MPENTIUM4 || MPENTIUMM || MPENTIUMIII || MPENTIUMII || M686 || M586MMX || M586TSC || MK8 || MVIAC3_2 || MGEODEGX1) && !X86_NUMAQ && !X86_XEN
- default y
-
config X86_MCE
bool "Machine Check Exception"
depends on !(X86_VOYAGER || X86_XEN)
Enabling this feature will cause a message to be printed when the P4
enters thermal throttling.
+config VM86
+ default y
+ bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
+ help
+ This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
+ code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
+ XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
+ option saves about 6k.
+
config TOSHIBA
tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
---help---
config MICROCODE
tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
depends on !XEN_UNPRIVILEGED_GUEST
+ select FW_LOADER
---help---
If you say Y here and also to "/dev file system support" in the
'File systems' section, you will be able to update the microcode on
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called microcode.
+config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
+ bool
+ depends on MICROCODE
+ default y
+
config X86_MSR
tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
depends on !X86_XEN
choice
prompt "High Memory Support"
- default NOHIGHMEM
+ default HIGHMEM4G if !X86_NUMAQ
+ default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
config NOHIGHMEM
bool "off"
endchoice
choice
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_PAE
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
prompt "Memory split" if EMBEDDED
default VMSPLIT_3G
help
config VMSPLIT_3G
bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
+ depends on !HIGHMEM
bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
config VMSPLIT_2G
bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
bool
depends on HIGHMEM64G
default y
+ select RESOURCES_64BIT
# Common NUMA Features
config NUMA
bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
- depends on SMP && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_GENERICARCH || (X86_SUMMIT && ACPI))
+ depends on SMP && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && ACPI)
default n if X86_PC
default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT)
def_bool y
depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
-source "mm/Kconfig"
+config ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
+ def_bool y
-config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
- bool
- default y
- depends on NUMA
+source "mm/Kconfig"
config HIGHPTE
bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
See <file:Documentation/mtrr.txt> for more information.
config EFI
- bool "Boot from EFI support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "Boot from EFI support"
depends on ACPI && !X86_XEN
default n
---help---
- This enables the the kernel to boot on EFI platforms using
+ This enables the kernel to boot on EFI platforms using
system configuration information passed to it from the firmware.
This also enables the kernel to use any EFI runtime services that are
available (such as the EFI variable services).
depends on (((X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && NUMA) || (X86 && EFI))
default y
-config REGPARM
- bool "Use register arguments"
- default y
- help
- Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This instructs gcc to use
- a more efficient function call ABI which passes the first three
- arguments of a function call via registers, which results in denser
- and faster code.
-
- If this option is disabled, then the default ABI of passing
- arguments via the stack is used.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
-
config SECCOMP
bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
depends on PROC_FS
source kernel/Kconfig.hz
config KEXEC
- bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_XEN
+ bool "kexec system call"
+ depends on !X86_XEN
help
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
- but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
+ but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
- The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
+ The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
depends on HIGHMEM
help
Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
+ This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
+ which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
+ a specially reserved region and then later executed after
+ a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
+ to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
+ PHYSICAL_START.
+ For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
config PHYSICAL_START
hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded"
-
- default "0x1000000" if CRASH_DUMP
default "0x100000"
help
- This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. Normally
- for regular kernels this value is 0x100000 (1MB). But in the case
- of kexec on panic the fail safe kernel needs to run at a different
- address than the panic-ed kernel. This option is used to set the load
- address for kernels used to capture crash dump on being kexec'ed
- after panic. The default value for crash dump kernels is
- 0x1000000 (16MB). This can also be set based on the "X" value as
+ This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
+
+ If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
+ bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
+ run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
+ it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
+ address.
+
+ In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
+ as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
+ (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
+ address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
+ to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
+ vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
+ to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
+ (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
+
+ So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, leave
+ the value here unchanged to 0x100000 and set CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y.
+ Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux for capturing the crash dump
+ change this value to start of the reserved region (Typically 16MB
+ 0x1000000). In other words, it can be set based on the "X" value as
specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter
passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as
crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at
Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps.
+ Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
+ one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
+ as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
+ gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
+ is present because there are users out there who continue to use
+ vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
+ line.
+
+ Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
+
+config RELOCATABLE
+ bool "Build a relocatable kernel(EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ help
+ This build a kernel image that retains relocation information
+ so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
+ The relocations tend to the kernel binary about 10% larger,
+ but are discarded at runtime.
+
+ One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
+ must live at a different physical address than the primary
+ kernel.
+
+config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
+ hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned"
+ default "0x100000"
+ range 0x2000 0x400000
+ help
+ This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
+ where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
+ address which meets above alignment restriction.
+
+ If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
+ CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
+ address aligned to above value and run from there.
+
+ If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
+ CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
+ load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
+ compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
+ compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
+ end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
+ above alignment restrictions.
+
Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
config HOTPLUG_CPU
enable suspend on SMP systems. CPUs can be controlled through
/sys/devices/system/cpu.
+config COMPAT_VDSO
+ bool "Compat VDSO support"
+ default y
+ depends on !X86_XEN
+ help
+ Map the VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
+ ---help---
+ Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
+ version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
+ VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
endmenu
tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
depends on !X86_VOYAGER
help
- This provides basic support for the National Semiconductor SCx200
- processor. Right now this is just a driver for the GPIO pins.
+ This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
+ (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
+ PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
+ for other scx200_* drivers.
- If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+ If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
- This support is also available as a module. If compiled as a
- module, it will be called scx200.
+config SCx200HR_TIMER
+ tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
+ depends on SCx200 && GENERIC_TIME
+ default y
+ help
+ This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
+ 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
+ NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
+ processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
+ other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
+
+config K8_NB
+ def_bool y
+ depends on AGP_AMD64
source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
config KPROBES
bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
+ depends on KALLSYMS && EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
help
Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
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