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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001#
2# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
4#
5
6mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration"
7
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -08008config X86_32
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07009 bool
10 default y
11 help
12 This is Linux's home port. Linux was originally native to the Intel
13 386, and runs on all the later x86 processors including the Intel
14 486, 586, Pentiums, and various instruction-set-compatible chips by
15 AMD, Cyrix, and others.
16
Benjamin LaHaise52fdd082005-09-03 15:56:52 -070017config SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS
18 bool
19 default y
20
Brian Gerst0d078f62005-10-30 14:59:20 -080021config X86
22 bool
23 default y
24
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070025config MMU
26 bool
27 default y
28
29config SBUS
30 bool
31
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070032config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
33 bool
34 default y
35
36config GENERIC_IOMAP
37 bool
38 default y
39
viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uka08b6b72005-09-06 01:48:42 +010040config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
41 bool
42 default y
43
Andi Kleene9928672006-01-11 22:43:33 +010044config DMI
45 bool
46 default y
47
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070048source "init/Kconfig"
49
50menu "Processor type and features"
51
52choice
53 prompt "Subarchitecture Type"
54 default X86_PC
55
56config X86_PC
57 bool "PC-compatible"
58 help
59 Choose this option if your computer is a standard PC or compatible.
60
61config X86_ELAN
62 bool "AMD Elan"
63 help
64 Select this for an AMD Elan processor.
65
66 Do not use this option for K6/Athlon/Opteron processors!
67
68 If unsure, choose "PC-compatible" instead.
69
70config X86_VOYAGER
71 bool "Voyager (NCR)"
72 help
73 Voyager is an MCA-based 32-way capable SMP architecture proprietary
74 to NCR Corp. Machine classes 345x/35xx/4100/51xx are Voyager-based.
75
76 *** WARNING ***
77
78 If you do not specifically know you have a Voyager based machine,
79 say N here, otherwise the kernel you build will not be bootable.
80
81config X86_NUMAQ
82 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070083 select NUMA
84 help
85 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) NUMA
86 multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are bootstrapped,
87 and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead of Flat Logical.
88 You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your firmware with - send
89 email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
90
91config X86_SUMMIT
92 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
93 depends on SMP
94 help
95 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
96 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
97
98 If you don't have one of these computers, you should say N here.
99
100config X86_BIGSMP
101 bool "Support for other sub-arch SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
102 depends on SMP
103 help
104 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
105 and if the system is not of any sub-arch type above.
106
107 If you don't have such a system, you should say N here.
108
109config X86_VISWS
110 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
111 help
112 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
113 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
114
115 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
116
117 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will not run on PCs
118 and vice versa. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
119
120config X86_GENERICARCH
121 bool "Generic architecture (Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default)"
122 depends on SMP
123 help
124 This option compiles in the Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default subarchitectures.
125 It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
126
127config X86_ES7000
128 bool "Support for Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
129 depends on SMP
130 help
131 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
132 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
133 Only choose this option if you have such a system, otherwise you
134 should say N here.
135
136endchoice
137
138config ACPI_SRAT
139 bool
140 default y
141 depends on NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
142
143config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
144 bool
145 default y
146 depends on NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
147
148config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
149 bool
150 default y
151 depends on X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH
152
153config ES7000_CLUSTERED_APIC
154 bool
155 default y
156 depends on SMP && X86_ES7000 && MPENTIUMIII
157
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso96d55b82005-10-30 15:00:07 -0800158source "arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700159
160config HPET_TIMER
161 bool "HPET Timer Support"
162 help
163 This enables the use of the HPET for the kernel's internal timer.
164 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
165 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
166 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
167 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
168
169 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
170
171config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
Venkatesh Pallipadic91096d2005-08-04 15:36:10 -0700172 bool
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700173 depends on HPET_TIMER && RTC=y
Venkatesh Pallipadic91096d2005-08-04 15:36:10 -0700174 default y
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700175
176config SMP
177 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
178 ---help---
179 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
180 a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
181 you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
182
183 If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
184 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
185 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
186 singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
187 will run faster if you say N here.
188
189 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
190 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
191 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
192 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
193
194 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
195 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
196 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
197
198 See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
199 <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
200 <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
201 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
202
203 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
204
205config NR_CPUS
206 int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-255)"
207 range 2 255
208 depends on SMP
209 default "32" if X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000
210 default "8"
211 help
212 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
213 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 255 and the
214 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
215
216 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
217 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
218
219config SCHED_SMT
220 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
221 depends on SMP
222 default off
223 help
224 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
225 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
226 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
227 N here.
228
Ingo Molnarcc19ca82005-06-25 14:57:36 -0700229source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700230
231config X86_UP_APIC
232 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
233 depends on !SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
234 help
235 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
236 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
237 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
238 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
239 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
240 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
241 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
242 lockups.
243
244config X86_UP_IOAPIC
245 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
246 depends on X86_UP_APIC
247 help
248 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
249 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
250 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
251
252 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
253 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
254 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
255
256config X86_LOCAL_APIC
257 bool
258 depends on X86_UP_APIC || ((X86_VISWS || SMP) && !X86_VOYAGER)
259 default y
260
261config X86_IO_APIC
262 bool
263 depends on X86_UP_IOAPIC || (SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER))
264 default y
265
266config X86_VISWS_APIC
267 bool
268 depends on X86_VISWS
269 default y
270
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700271config X86_MCE
272 bool "Machine Check Exception"
273 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
274 ---help---
275 Machine Check Exception support allows the processor to notify the
276 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, component failure).
277 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
278 ranging from a warning message on the console, to halting the machine.
279 Your processor must be a Pentium or newer to support this - check the
280 flags in /proc/cpuinfo for mce. Note that some older Pentium systems
281 have a design flaw which leads to false MCE events - hence MCE is
282 disabled on all P5 processors, unless explicitly enabled with "mce"
283 as a boot argument. Similarly, if MCE is built in and creates a
284 problem on some new non-standard machine, you can boot with "nomce"
285 to disable it. MCE support simply ignores non-MCE processors like
286 the 386 and 486, so nearly everyone can say Y here.
287
288config X86_MCE_NONFATAL
289 tristate "Check for non-fatal errors on AMD Athlon/Duron / Intel Pentium 4"
290 depends on X86_MCE
291 help
292 Enabling this feature starts a timer that triggers every 5 seconds which
293 will look at the machine check registers to see if anything happened.
294 Non-fatal problems automatically get corrected (but still logged).
295 Disable this if you don't want to see these messages.
296 Seeing the messages this option prints out may be indicative of dying hardware,
297 or out-of-spec (ie, overclocked) hardware.
298 This option only does something on certain CPUs.
299 (AMD Athlon/Duron and Intel Pentium 4)
300
301config X86_MCE_P4THERMAL
302 bool "check for P4 thermal throttling interrupt."
303 depends on X86_MCE && (X86_UP_APIC || SMP) && !X86_VISWS
304 help
305 Enabling this feature will cause a message to be printed when the P4
306 enters thermal throttling.
307
308config TOSHIBA
309 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
310 ---help---
311 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
312 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
313 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
314 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
315
316 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
317 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
318 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
319
320 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
321 Say N otherwise.
322
323config I8K
324 tristate "Dell laptop support"
325 ---help---
326 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
327 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
328 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
329 control the fans on the I8K portables.
330
331 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
332 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
333 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
334 your own risk.
335
336 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
337 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
338 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
339
340 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
341 Say N otherwise.
342
Jaya Kumara2f7c352005-05-01 08:58:49 -0700343config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
344 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
345 depends on X86
346 default n
347 ---help---
348 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
349 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
350 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
351 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
352 system.
353
354 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode GX1/CS5530A/TROM2.1.
355 combination.
356
357 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
358 enable this option even if you don't need it.
359 Say N otherwise.
360
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700361config MICROCODE
362 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
363 ---help---
364 If you say Y here and also to "/dev file system support" in the
365 'File systems' section, you will be able to update the microcode on
366 Intel processors in the IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
367 Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon etc. You will obviously need the
368 actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with the
369 Linux kernel.
370
371 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
372 ingredients for this driver, check:
373 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
374
375 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
376 module will be called microcode.
377
378config X86_MSR
379 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
380 help
381 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
382 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
383 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
384 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
385 systems.
386
387config X86_CPUID
388 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
389 help
390 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
391 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
392 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
393 /dev/cpu/31/cpuid.
394
395source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
396
397choice
398 prompt "High Memory Support"
399 default NOHIGHMEM
400
401config NOHIGHMEM
402 bool "off"
403 ---help---
404 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
405 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
406 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
407 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
408 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
409 "high memory".
410
411 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
412 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
413 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
414 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
415 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
416 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
417 possible.
418
419 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
420 answer "4GB" here.
421
422 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
423 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
424 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
425 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
426 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
427 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
428
429 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
430 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
431 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
432 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
433 kernel at boot time.)
434
435 If unsure, say "off".
436
437config HIGHMEM4G
438 bool "4GB"
439 help
440 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
441 gigabytes of physical RAM.
442
443config HIGHMEM64G
444 bool "64GB"
Adrian Bunk4be68a72006-02-04 23:28:05 -0800445 depends on X86_CMPXCHG64
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700446 help
447 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
448 gigabytes of physical RAM.
449
450endchoice
451
Mark Lord975b3d32006-02-01 03:06:11 -0800452choice
453 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_PAE
454 prompt "Memory split"
455 default VMSPLIT_3G
456 help
457 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
458
459 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
460 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
461 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
462 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
463 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
464 available to user programs, making the address space there
465 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
466 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
467 kernel modules.
468
469 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
470 option alone!
471
472 config VMSPLIT_3G
473 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
474 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
475 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
476 config VMSPLIT_2G
477 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
478 config VMSPLIT_1G
479 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
480endchoice
481
482config PAGE_OFFSET
483 hex
484 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
485 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
486 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
487 default 0xC0000000
488
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700489config HIGHMEM
490 bool
491 depends on HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G
492 default y
493
494config X86_PAE
495 bool
496 depends on HIGHMEM64G
497 default y
498
499# Common NUMA Features
500config NUMA
501 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
502 depends on SMP && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_GENERICARCH || (X86_SUMMIT && ACPI))
503 default n if X86_PC
504 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT)
505
506# Need comments to help the hapless user trying to turn on NUMA support
507comment "NUMA (NUMA-Q) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support"
508 depends on X86_NUMAQ && (!HIGHMEM64G || !SMP)
509
510comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
511 depends on X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
512
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700513config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
514 bool
515 depends on NUMA
516 default y
517
Andy Whitcroftaf705362005-06-23 00:07:53 -0700518config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700519 bool
520 depends on DISCONTIGMEM
521 default y
522
523config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
524 bool
Andy Whitcroft05b79bd2005-06-23 00:07:57 -0700525 depends on DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700526 default y
527
Dave Hansen6f167ec2005-06-23 00:07:39 -0700528config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
529 bool
530 depends on NUMA
531 default y
532
Andy Whitcroft215c3402006-01-06 00:12:06 -0800533config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
534 def_bool y
535 depends on (ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && X86_PC)
536
Andy Whitcroft05b79bd2005-06-23 00:07:57 -0700537config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
538 def_bool y
539 depends on NUMA
540
541config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
542 def_bool y
543 depends on NUMA
544
545config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
546 def_bool y
Andy Whitcroft215c3402006-01-06 00:12:06 -0800547 depends on (NUMA || (X86_PC && EXPERIMENTAL))
548 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC
Andy Whitcroft05b79bd2005-06-23 00:07:57 -0700549
550config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
551 def_bool y
552 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
553
Dave Hansen3f22ab22005-06-23 00:07:43 -0700554source "mm/Kconfig"
555
Andy Whitcroftb159d432005-06-23 00:07:52 -0700556config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
557 bool
558 default y
Andy Whitcroftd41dee32005-06-23 00:07:54 -0700559 depends on NUMA
Andy Whitcroftb159d432005-06-23 00:07:52 -0700560
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700561config HIGHPTE
562 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
563 depends on HIGHMEM4G || HIGHMEM64G
564 help
565 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
566 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
567 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
568 entries in high memory.
569
570config MATH_EMULATION
571 bool "Math emulation"
572 ---help---
573 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
574 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
575 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
576 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
577 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
578 coprocessor or this emulation.
579
580 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
581 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
582 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
583 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
584 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
585 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
586 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
587 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
588
589 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
590 emulation can be found in <file:arch/i386/math-emu/README>.
591
592 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
593 kernel, it won't hurt.
594
595config MTRR
596 bool "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support"
597 ---help---
598 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
599 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
600 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
601 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
602 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
603 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
604 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
605 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
606 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
607
608 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
609 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
610 as well:
611
612 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
613 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
614 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
615 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
616 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
617 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
618 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
619
620 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
621 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
622 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
623
624 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
625 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
626
627 See <file:Documentation/mtrr.txt> for more information.
628
629config EFI
630 bool "Boot from EFI support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
631 depends on ACPI
632 default n
633 ---help---
634 This enables the the kernel to boot on EFI platforms using
635 system configuration information passed to it from the firmware.
636 This also enables the kernel to use any EFI runtime services that are
637 available (such as the EFI variable services).
638
639 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware
640 and will result in a kernel image that is ~8k larger. In addition,
641 you must use the latest ELILO loader available at
642 <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage of
643 kernel initialization using EFI information (neither GRUB nor LILO know
644 anything about EFI). However, even with this option, the resultant
645 kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI platforms.
646
647config IRQBALANCE
648 bool "Enable kernel irq balancing"
649 depends on SMP && X86_IO_APIC
650 default y
651 help
652 The default yes will allow the kernel to do irq load balancing.
653 Saying no will keep the kernel from doing irq load balancing.
654
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700655# turning this on wastes a bunch of space.
656# Summit needs it only when NUMA is on
657config BOOT_IOREMAP
658 bool
659 depends on (((X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && NUMA) || (X86 && EFI))
660 default y
661
662config REGPARM
Adrian Bunk69ef4142006-03-23 02:59:28 -0800663 bool "Use register arguments"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700664 help
665 Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This uses a different ABI
666 and passes the first three arguments of a function call in registers.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700667
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700668config SECCOMP
669 bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
670 depends on PROC_FS
671 default y
672 help
673 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
674 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
675 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
676 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
677 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
678 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
679 enabled via /proc/<pid>/seccomp, it cannot be disabled
680 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
681 defined by each seccomp mode.
682
683 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
684
Christoph Lameter59121002005-06-23 00:08:25 -0700685source kernel/Kconfig.hz
686
Eric W. Biederman5033cba2005-06-25 14:57:56 -0700687config KEXEC
688 bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)"
689 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
690 help
691 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
692 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
693 but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
694 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
695
696 The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
697
698 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
699 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
700 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
701 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
702 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
703
Vivek Goyal5f016452005-06-25 14:58:19 -0700704config CRASH_DUMP
705 bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Vivek Goyal5f016452005-06-25 14:58:19 -0700706 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
707 depends on HIGHMEM
708 help
709 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
Maneesh Soni05970d42006-01-09 20:51:52 -0800710
711config PHYSICAL_START
712 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
713
714 default "0x1000000" if CRASH_DUMP
715 default "0x100000"
716 help
717 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. Normally
718 for regular kernels this value is 0x100000 (1MB). But in the case
719 of kexec on panic the fail safe kernel needs to run at a different
720 address than the panic-ed kernel. This option is used to set the load
721 address for kernels used to capture crash dump on being kexec'ed
722 after panic. The default value for crash dump kernels is
723 0x1000000 (16MB). This can also be set based on the "X" value as
724 specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter
725 passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as
726 crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at
727 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps.
728
729 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
730
Randy Dunlapce63ad72006-01-14 13:20:51 -0800731config HOTPLUG_CPU
732 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
James Bottomleye18f9b42006-02-26 17:07:45 -0600733 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_VOYAGER
Randy Dunlapce63ad72006-01-14 13:20:51 -0800734 ---help---
735 Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on. CPUs
736 can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
737
738 Say N.
739
Ingo Molnar389d1ea2006-02-01 03:04:35 -0800740config DOUBLEFAULT
741 default y
742 bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
743 help
744 This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
745 would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
746 option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
747 hair.
748
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700749endmenu
750
751
752menu "Power management options (ACPI, APM)"
753 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
754
755source kernel/power/Kconfig
756
757source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
758
759menu "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support"
760depends on PM && !X86_VISWS
761
762config APM
763 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
Dave Jones987d46132006-01-08 01:05:09 -0800764 depends on PM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700765 ---help---
766 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
767 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
768 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
769 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
770 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
771 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
772
773 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
774 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
775
776 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
777 machines with more than one CPU.
778
779 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
780 and more information, read <file:Documentation/pm.txt> and the
781 Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
782 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
783
784 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
785 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
786 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
787
788 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
789 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
790 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
791 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
792
793 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
794 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
795 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
796 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
797 APM in your BIOS).
798
799 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
800 "weird" problems:
801
802 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
803 enabled.
804 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
805 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
806 the "no387" option to the kernel
807 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
808 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
809 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
810 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
811 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
812 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
813 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
814 10) install a better fan for the CPU
815 11) exchange RAM chips
816 12) exchange the motherboard.
817
818 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
819 module will be called apm.
820
821config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
822 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
823 depends on APM
824 help
825 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
826 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
827 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
828
829config APM_DO_ENABLE
830 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
831 depends on APM
832 ---help---
833 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
834 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
835 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
836 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
837 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
838 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
839 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
840 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
841 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
842 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
843 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
844 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
845 this feature.
846
847config APM_CPU_IDLE
848 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
849 depends on APM
850 help
851 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
852 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
853 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
854 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
855 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
856 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
857 this option does nothing.)
858
859config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
860 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
861 depends on APM
862 help
863 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
864 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
865 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
866 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
867 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
868 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
869 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
870 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
871 especially if you are using gpm.
872
873config APM_RTC_IS_GMT
874 bool "RTC stores time in GMT"
875 depends on APM
876 help
877 Say Y here if your RTC (Real Time Clock a.k.a. hardware clock)
878 stores the time in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Say N if your RTC
879 stores localtime.
880
881 It is in fact recommended to store GMT in your RTC, because then you
882 don't have to worry about daylight savings time changes. The only
883 reason not to use GMT in your RTC is if you also run a broken OS
884 that doesn't understand GMT.
885
886config APM_ALLOW_INTS
887 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
888 depends on APM
889 help
890 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
891 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
892 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
893 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
894 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
895 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
896
897config APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF
898 bool "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off"
899 depends on APM
900 help
901 Use real mode APM BIOS calls to switch off the computer. This is
902 a work-around for a number of buggy BIOSes. Switch this option on if
903 your computer crashes instead of powering off properly.
904
905endmenu
906
907source "arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig"
908
909endmenu
910
911menu "Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA)"
912
913config PCI
914 bool "PCI support" if !X86_VISWS
915 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
916 default y if X86_VISWS
917 help
918 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
919 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
920 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
921 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
922
923 The PCI-HOWTO, available from
924 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
925 information about which PCI hardware does work under Linux and which
926 doesn't.
927
928choice
929 prompt "PCI access mode"
930 depends on PCI && !X86_VISWS
931 default PCI_GOANY
932 ---help---
933 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
934 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
935 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
936 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
937 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
938
939 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
940 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
941 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
942 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
943 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
944 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
945 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
946
947config PCI_GOBIOS
948 bool "BIOS"
949
950config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
951 bool "MMConfig"
952
953config PCI_GODIRECT
954 bool "Direct"
955
956config PCI_GOANY
957 bool "Any"
958
959endchoice
960
961config PCI_BIOS
962 bool
963 depends on !X86_VISWS && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
964 default y
965
966config PCI_DIRECT
967 bool
968 depends on PCI && ((PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY) || X86_VISWS)
969 default y
970
971config PCI_MMCONFIG
972 bool
Alexander Nyberg8aadff72005-05-27 12:48:50 +0200973 depends on PCI && ACPI && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700974 default y
975
976source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
977
978source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
979
Al Viro5cae8412005-05-04 05:39:22 +0100980config ISA_DMA_API
981 bool
982 default y
983
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700984config ISA
985 bool "ISA support"
986 depends on !(X86_VOYAGER || X86_VISWS)
987 help
988 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
989 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
990 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
991 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
992 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
993
994config EISA
995 bool "EISA support"
996 depends on ISA
997 ---help---
998 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
999 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
1000
1001 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
1002 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
1003 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1004 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
1005
1006 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
1007
1008 Otherwise, say N.
1009
1010source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
1011
1012config MCA
1013 bool "MCA support" if !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
1014 default y if X86_VOYAGER
1015 help
1016 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
1017 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
1018 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
1019 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
1020
1021source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
1022
1023config SCx200
1024 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
1025 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
1026 help
1027 This provides basic support for the National Semiconductor SCx200
1028 processor. Right now this is just a driver for the GPIO pins.
1029
1030 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
1031
1032 This support is also available as a module. If compiled as a
1033 module, it will be called scx200.
1034
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001035source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
1036
1037source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
1038
1039endmenu
1040
1041menu "Executable file formats"
1042
1043source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
1044
1045endmenu
1046
Sam Ravnborgd5950b42005-07-11 21:03:49 -07001047source "net/Kconfig"
1048
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001049source "drivers/Kconfig"
1050
1051source "fs/Kconfig"
1052
Prasanna S Panchamukhicd6b0762005-11-07 00:59:14 -08001053menu "Instrumentation Support"
1054 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1055
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001056source "arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig"
1057
Prasanna S Panchamukhicd6b0762005-11-07 00:59:14 -08001058config KPROBES
1059 bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Linus Torvaldsadd2b6f2006-02-26 20:24:40 -08001060 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
Prasanna S Panchamukhicd6b0762005-11-07 00:59:14 -08001061 help
1062 Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
1063 execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
1064 a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
1065 for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
1066 If in doubt, say "N".
1067endmenu
1068
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001069source "arch/i386/Kconfig.debug"
1070
1071source "security/Kconfig"
1072
1073source "crypto/Kconfig"
1074
1075source "lib/Kconfig"
1076
1077#
1078# Use the generic interrupt handling code in kernel/irq/:
1079#
1080config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
1081 bool
1082 default y
1083
1084config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
1085 bool
1086 default y
1087
Ashok Raj54d5d422005-09-06 15:16:15 -07001088config GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ
1089 bool
1090 depends on GENERIC_HARDIRQS && SMP
1091 default y
1092
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001093config X86_SMP
1094 bool
1095 depends on SMP && !X86_VOYAGER
1096 default y
1097
1098config X86_HT
1099 bool
1100 depends on SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
1101 default y
1102
1103config X86_BIOS_REBOOT
1104 bool
1105 depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
1106 default y
1107
1108config X86_TRAMPOLINE
1109 bool
1110 depends on X86_SMP || (X86_VOYAGER && SMP)
1111 default y
Thomas Gleixner97fc79f2006-01-09 20:52:31 -08001112
1113config KTIME_SCALAR
1114 bool
1115 default y