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1 #
2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
4 #
6 mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration"
8 config X86_32
9 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.
17 config GENERIC_TIME
18 bool
19 default y
21 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
22 bool
23 default y
25 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
26 bool
27 default y
29 config SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS
30 bool
31 default y
33 config X86
34 bool
35 default y
37 config MMU
38 bool
39 default y
41 config SBUS
42 bool
44 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
45 bool
46 default y
48 config GENERIC_IOMAP
49 bool
50 default y
52 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
53 bool
54 default y
56 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
57 bool
58 default y
60 config DMI
61 bool
62 default y
64 source "init/Kconfig"
66 menu "Processor type and features"
68 config SMP
69 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
70 ---help---
71 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
72 a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
73 you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
75 If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
76 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
77 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
78 singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
79 will run faster if you say N here.
81 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
82 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
83 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
84 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
86 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
87 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
88 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
90 See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
91 <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
92 <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
93 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
95 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
97 choice
98 prompt "Subarchitecture Type"
99 default X86_PC
101 config X86_PC
102 bool "PC-compatible"
103 help
104 Choose this option if your computer is a standard PC or compatible.
106 config X86_ELAN
107 bool "AMD Elan"
108 help
109 Select this for an AMD Elan processor.
111 Do not use this option for K6/Athlon/Opteron processors!
113 If unsure, choose "PC-compatible" instead.
115 config X86_VOYAGER
116 bool "Voyager (NCR)"
117 help
118 Voyager is an MCA-based 32-way capable SMP architecture proprietary
119 to NCR Corp. Machine classes 345x/35xx/4100/51xx are Voyager-based.
121 *** WARNING ***
123 If you do not specifically know you have a Voyager based machine,
124 say N here, otherwise the kernel you build will not be bootable.
126 config X86_NUMAQ
127 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
128 select SMP
129 select NUMA
130 help
131 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) NUMA
132 multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are bootstrapped,
133 and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead of Flat Logical.
134 You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your firmware with - send
135 email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
137 config X86_SUMMIT
138 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
139 depends on SMP
140 help
141 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
142 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
144 If you don't have one of these computers, you should say N here.
145 If you want to build a NUMA kernel, you must select ACPI.
147 config X86_BIGSMP
148 bool "Support for other sub-arch SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
149 depends on SMP
150 help
151 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
152 and if the system is not of any sub-arch type above.
154 If you don't have such a system, you should say N here.
156 config X86_VISWS
157 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
158 help
159 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
160 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
162 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
164 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will not run on PCs
165 and vice versa. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
167 config X86_GENERICARCH
168 bool "Generic architecture (Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default)"
169 help
170 This option compiles in the Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default subarchitectures.
171 It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
172 If you want a NUMA kernel, select ACPI. We need SRAT for NUMA.
174 config X86_ES7000
175 bool "Support for Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
176 depends on SMP
177 help
178 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
179 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
180 Only choose this option if you have such a system, otherwise you
181 should say N here.
183 endchoice
185 config ACPI_SRAT
186 bool
187 default y
188 depends on ACPI && NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
189 select ACPI_NUMA
191 config HAVE_ARCH_PARSE_SRAT
192 bool
193 default y
194 depends on ACPI_SRAT
196 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
197 bool
198 default y
199 depends on NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
201 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
202 bool
203 default y
204 depends on X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH
206 config ES7000_CLUSTERED_APIC
207 bool
208 default y
209 depends on SMP && X86_ES7000 && MPENTIUMIII
211 source "arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu"
213 config HPET_TIMER
214 bool "HPET Timer Support"
215 help
216 This enables the use of the HPET for the kernel's internal timer.
217 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
218 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
219 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
220 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
222 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
224 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
225 bool
226 depends on HPET_TIMER && RTC=y
227 default y
229 config NR_CPUS
230 int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-255)"
231 range 2 255
232 depends on SMP
233 default "32" if X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000
234 default "8"
235 help
236 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
237 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 255 and the
238 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
240 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
241 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
243 config SCHED_SMT
244 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
245 depends on X86_HT
246 help
247 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
248 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
249 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
250 N here.
252 config SCHED_MC
253 bool "Multi-core scheduler support"
254 depends on X86_HT
255 default y
256 help
257 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
258 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
259 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
261 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
263 config X86_UP_APIC
264 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
265 depends on !SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER || X86_GENERICARCH)
266 help
267 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
268 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
269 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
270 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
271 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
272 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
273 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
274 lockups.
276 config X86_UP_IOAPIC
277 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
278 depends on X86_UP_APIC
279 help
280 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
281 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
282 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
284 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
285 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
286 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
288 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
289 bool
290 depends on X86_UP_APIC || ((X86_VISWS || SMP) && !X86_VOYAGER) || X86_GENERICARCH
291 default y
293 config X86_IO_APIC
294 bool
295 depends on X86_UP_IOAPIC || (SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)) || X86_GENERICARCH
296 default y
298 config X86_VISWS_APIC
299 bool
300 depends on X86_VISWS
301 default y
303 config X86_MCE
304 bool "Machine Check Exception"
305 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
306 ---help---
307 Machine Check Exception support allows the processor to notify the
308 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, component failure).
309 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
310 ranging from a warning message on the console, to halting the machine.
311 Your processor must be a Pentium or newer to support this - check the
312 flags in /proc/cpuinfo for mce. Note that some older Pentium systems
313 have a design flaw which leads to false MCE events - hence MCE is
314 disabled on all P5 processors, unless explicitly enabled with "mce"
315 as a boot argument. Similarly, if MCE is built in and creates a
316 problem on some new non-standard machine, you can boot with "nomce"
317 to disable it. MCE support simply ignores non-MCE processors like
318 the 386 and 486, so nearly everyone can say Y here.
320 config X86_MCE_NONFATAL
321 tristate "Check for non-fatal errors on AMD Athlon/Duron / Intel Pentium 4"
322 depends on X86_MCE
323 help
324 Enabling this feature starts a timer that triggers every 5 seconds which
325 will look at the machine check registers to see if anything happened.
326 Non-fatal problems automatically get corrected (but still logged).
327 Disable this if you don't want to see these messages.
328 Seeing the messages this option prints out may be indicative of dying hardware,
329 or out-of-spec (ie, overclocked) hardware.
330 This option only does something on certain CPUs.
331 (AMD Athlon/Duron and Intel Pentium 4)
333 config X86_MCE_P4THERMAL
334 bool "check for P4 thermal throttling interrupt."
335 depends on X86_MCE && (X86_UP_APIC || SMP) && !X86_VISWS
336 help
337 Enabling this feature will cause a message to be printed when the P4
338 enters thermal throttling.
340 config VM86
341 default y
342 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
343 help
344 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
345 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
346 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
347 option saves about 6k.
349 config TOSHIBA
350 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
351 ---help---
352 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
353 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
354 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
355 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
357 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
358 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
359 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
361 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
362 Say N otherwise.
364 config I8K
365 tristate "Dell laptop support"
366 ---help---
367 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
368 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
369 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
370 control the fans on the I8K portables.
372 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
373 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
374 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
375 your own risk.
377 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
378 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
379 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
381 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
382 Say N otherwise.
384 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
385 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
386 depends on X86
387 default n
388 ---help---
389 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
390 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
391 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
392 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
393 system.
395 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode GX1/CS5530A/TROM2.1.
396 combination.
398 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
399 enable this option even if you don't need it.
400 Say N otherwise.
402 config MICROCODE
403 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
404 select FW_LOADER
405 ---help---
406 If you say Y here and also to "/dev file system support" in the
407 'File systems' section, you will be able to update the microcode on
408 Intel processors in the IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
409 Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon etc. You will obviously need the
410 actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with the
411 Linux kernel.
413 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
414 ingredients for this driver, check:
415 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
417 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
418 module will be called microcode.
420 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
421 bool
422 depends on MICROCODE
423 default y
425 config X86_MSR
426 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
427 help
428 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
429 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
430 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
431 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
432 systems.
434 config X86_CPUID
435 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
436 help
437 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
438 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
439 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
440 /dev/cpu/31/cpuid.
442 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
444 choice
445 prompt "High Memory Support"
446 default NOHIGHMEM
448 config NOHIGHMEM
449 bool "off"
450 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
451 ---help---
452 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
453 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
454 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
455 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
456 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
457 "high memory".
459 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
460 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
461 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
462 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
463 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
464 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
465 possible.
467 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
468 answer "4GB" here.
470 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
471 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
472 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
473 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
474 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
475 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
477 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
478 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
479 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
480 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
481 kernel at boot time.)
483 If unsure, say "off".
485 config HIGHMEM4G
486 bool "4GB"
487 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
488 help
489 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
490 gigabytes of physical RAM.
492 config HIGHMEM64G
493 bool "64GB"
494 depends on X86_CMPXCHG64
495 help
496 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
497 gigabytes of physical RAM.
499 endchoice
501 choice
502 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
503 prompt "Memory split" if EMBEDDED
504 default VMSPLIT_3G
505 help
506 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
508 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
509 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
510 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
511 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
512 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
513 available to user programs, making the address space there
514 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
515 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
516 kernel modules.
518 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
519 option alone!
521 config VMSPLIT_3G
522 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
523 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
524 depends on !HIGHMEM
525 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
526 config VMSPLIT_2G
527 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
528 config VMSPLIT_1G
529 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
530 endchoice
532 config PAGE_OFFSET
533 hex
534 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
535 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
536 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
537 default 0xC0000000
539 config HIGHMEM
540 bool
541 depends on HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G
542 default y
544 config X86_PAE
545 bool
546 depends on HIGHMEM64G
547 default y
548 select RESOURCES_64BIT
550 # Common NUMA Features
551 config NUMA
552 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
553 depends on SMP && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && ACPI)
554 default n if X86_PC
555 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT)
557 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
558 depends on X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
560 config NODES_SHIFT
561 int
562 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
563 default "3"
564 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
566 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
567 bool
568 depends on NUMA
569 default y
571 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
572 bool
573 depends on DISCONTIGMEM
574 default y
576 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
577 bool
578 depends on DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM
579 default y
581 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
582 bool
583 depends on NUMA
584 default y
586 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
587 def_bool y
588 depends on (ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && X86_PC)
590 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
591 def_bool y
592 depends on NUMA
594 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
595 def_bool y
596 depends on NUMA
598 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
599 def_bool y
600 depends on (NUMA || (X86_PC && EXPERIMENTAL))
601 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC
603 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
604 def_bool y
605 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
607 config ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
608 def_bool y
610 source "mm/Kconfig"
612 config HIGHPTE
613 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
614 depends on HIGHMEM4G || HIGHMEM64G
615 help
616 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
617 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
618 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
619 entries in high memory.
621 config MATH_EMULATION
622 bool "Math emulation"
623 ---help---
624 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
625 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
626 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
627 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
628 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
629 coprocessor or this emulation.
631 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
632 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
633 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
634 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
635 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
636 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
637 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
638 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
640 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
641 emulation can be found in <file:arch/i386/math-emu/README>.
643 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
644 kernel, it won't hurt.
646 config MTRR
647 bool "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support"
648 ---help---
649 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
650 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
651 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
652 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
653 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
654 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
655 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
656 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
657 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
659 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
660 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
661 as well:
663 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
664 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
665 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
666 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
667 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
668 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
669 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
671 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
672 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
673 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
675 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
676 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
678 See <file:Documentation/mtrr.txt> for more information.
680 config EFI
681 bool "Boot from EFI support"
682 depends on ACPI
683 default n
684 ---help---
685 This enables the kernel to boot on EFI platforms using
686 system configuration information passed to it from the firmware.
687 This also enables the kernel to use any EFI runtime services that are
688 available (such as the EFI variable services).
690 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware
691 and will result in a kernel image that is ~8k larger. In addition,
692 you must use the latest ELILO loader available at
693 <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage of
694 kernel initialization using EFI information (neither GRUB nor LILO know
695 anything about EFI). However, even with this option, the resultant
696 kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI platforms.
698 config IRQBALANCE
699 bool "Enable kernel irq balancing"
700 depends on SMP && X86_IO_APIC
701 default y
702 help
703 The default yes will allow the kernel to do irq load balancing.
704 Saying no will keep the kernel from doing irq load balancing.
706 # turning this on wastes a bunch of space.
707 # Summit needs it only when NUMA is on
708 config BOOT_IOREMAP
709 bool
710 depends on (((X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && NUMA) || (X86 && EFI))
711 default y
713 config REGPARM
714 bool "Use register arguments"
715 default y
716 help
717 Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This instructs gcc to use
718 a more efficient function call ABI which passes the first three
719 arguments of a function call via registers, which results in denser
720 and faster code.
722 If this option is disabled, then the default ABI of passing
723 arguments via the stack is used.
725 If unsure, say Y.
727 config SECCOMP
728 bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
729 depends on PROC_FS
730 default y
731 help
732 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
733 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
734 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
735 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
736 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
737 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
738 enabled via /proc/<pid>/seccomp, it cannot be disabled
739 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
740 defined by each seccomp mode.
742 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
744 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
746 config KEXEC
747 bool "kexec system call"
748 help
749 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
750 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
751 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
752 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
754 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
756 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
757 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
758 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
759 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
760 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
762 config CRASH_DUMP
763 bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)"
764 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
765 depends on HIGHMEM
766 help
767 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
768 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
769 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
770 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
771 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
772 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
773 PHYSICAL_START.
774 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
776 config PHYSICAL_START
777 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
779 default "0x1000000" if CRASH_DUMP
780 default "0x100000"
781 help
782 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. Normally
783 for regular kernels this value is 0x100000 (1MB). But in the case
784 of kexec on panic the fail safe kernel needs to run at a different
785 address than the panic-ed kernel. This option is used to set the load
786 address for kernels used to capture crash dump on being kexec'ed
787 after panic. The default value for crash dump kernels is
788 0x1000000 (16MB). This can also be set based on the "X" value as
789 specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter
790 passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as
791 crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at
792 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps.
794 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
796 config HOTPLUG_CPU
797 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
798 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_VOYAGER
799 ---help---
800 Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on, and to
801 enable suspend on SMP systems. CPUs can be controlled through
802 /sys/devices/system/cpu.
804 config COMPAT_VDSO
805 bool "Compat VDSO support"
806 default y
807 depends on !PARAVIRT
808 help
809 Map the VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
810 ---help---
811 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
812 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
813 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
815 If unsure, say Y.
817 endmenu
819 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
820 def_bool y
821 depends on HIGHMEM
823 menu "Power management options (ACPI, APM)"
824 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
826 source kernel/power/Kconfig
828 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
830 menu "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support"
831 depends on PM && !X86_VISWS
833 config APM
834 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
835 depends on PM
836 ---help---
837 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
838 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
839 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
840 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
841 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
842 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
844 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
845 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
847 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
848 machines with more than one CPU.
850 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
851 and more information, read <file:Documentation/pm.txt> and the
852 Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
853 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
855 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
856 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
857 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
859 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
860 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
861 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
862 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
864 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
865 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
866 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
867 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
868 APM in your BIOS).
870 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
871 "weird" problems:
873 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
874 enabled.
875 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
876 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
877 the "no387" option to the kernel
878 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
879 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
880 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
881 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
882 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
883 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
884 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
885 10) install a better fan for the CPU
886 11) exchange RAM chips
887 12) exchange the motherboard.
889 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
890 module will be called apm.
892 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
893 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
894 depends on APM
895 help
896 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
897 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
898 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
900 config APM_DO_ENABLE
901 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
902 depends on APM
903 ---help---
904 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
905 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
906 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
907 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
908 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
909 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
910 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
911 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
912 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
913 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
914 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
915 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
916 this feature.
918 config APM_CPU_IDLE
919 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
920 depends on APM
921 help
922 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
923 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
924 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
925 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
926 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
927 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
928 this option does nothing.)
930 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
931 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
932 depends on APM
933 help
934 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
935 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
936 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
937 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
938 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
939 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
940 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
941 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
942 especially if you are using gpm.
944 config APM_RTC_IS_GMT
945 bool "RTC stores time in GMT"
946 depends on APM
947 help
948 Say Y here if your RTC (Real Time Clock a.k.a. hardware clock)
949 stores the time in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Say N if your RTC
950 stores localtime.
952 It is in fact recommended to store GMT in your RTC, because then you
953 don't have to worry about daylight savings time changes. The only
954 reason not to use GMT in your RTC is if you also run a broken OS
955 that doesn't understand GMT.
957 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
958 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
959 depends on APM
960 help
961 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
962 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
963 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
964 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
965 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
966 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
968 config APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF
969 bool "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off"
970 depends on APM
971 help
972 Use real mode APM BIOS calls to switch off the computer. This is
973 a work-around for a number of buggy BIOSes. Switch this option on if
974 your computer crashes instead of powering off properly.
976 endmenu
978 source "arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig"
980 endmenu
982 menu "Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA)"
984 config PCI
985 bool "PCI support" if !X86_VISWS
986 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
987 default y if X86_VISWS
988 help
989 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
990 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
991 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
992 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
994 The PCI-HOWTO, available from
995 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
996 information about which PCI hardware does work under Linux and which
997 doesn't.
999 choice
1000 prompt "PCI access mode"
1001 depends on PCI && !X86_VISWS
1002 default PCI_GOANY
1003 ---help---
1004 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1005 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1006 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1007 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1008 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1010 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1011 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1012 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1013 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1014 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1015 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1016 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1018 config PCI_GOBIOS
1019 bool "BIOS"
1021 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1022 bool "MMConfig"
1024 config PCI_GODIRECT
1025 bool "Direct"
1027 config PCI_GOANY
1028 bool "Any"
1030 endchoice
1032 config PCI_BIOS
1033 bool
1034 depends on !X86_VISWS && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1035 default y
1037 config PCI_DIRECT
1038 bool
1039 depends on PCI && ((PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY) || X86_VISWS)
1040 default y
1042 config PCI_MMCONFIG
1043 bool
1044 depends on PCI && ACPI && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1045 default y
1047 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1049 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1051 config ISA_DMA_API
1052 bool
1053 default y
1055 config ISA
1056 bool "ISA support"
1057 depends on !(X86_VOYAGER || X86_VISWS)
1058 help
1059 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1060 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
1061 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
1062 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
1063 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
1065 config EISA
1066 bool "EISA support"
1067 depends on ISA
1068 ---help---
1069 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
1070 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
1072 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
1073 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
1074 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1075 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
1077 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
1079 Otherwise, say N.
1081 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
1083 config MCA
1084 bool "MCA support" if !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
1085 default y if X86_VOYAGER
1086 help
1087 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
1088 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
1089 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
1090 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
1092 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
1094 config SCx200
1095 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
1096 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
1097 help
1098 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
1099 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
1100 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
1101 for other scx200_* drivers.
1103 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
1105 config SCx200HR_TIMER
1106 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
1107 depends on SCx200 && GENERIC_TIME
1108 default y
1109 help
1110 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
1111 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
1112 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
1113 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
1114 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
1116 config K8_NB
1117 def_bool y
1118 depends on AGP_AMD64
1120 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
1122 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
1124 endmenu
1126 menu "Executable file formats"
1128 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
1130 endmenu
1132 source "net/Kconfig"
1134 source "drivers/Kconfig"
1136 source "fs/Kconfig"
1138 menu "Instrumentation Support"
1139 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1141 source "arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig"
1143 config KPROBES
1144 bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1145 depends on KALLSYMS && EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
1146 help
1147 Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
1148 execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
1149 a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
1150 for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
1151 If in doubt, say "N".
1152 endmenu
1154 source "arch/i386/Kconfig.debug"
1156 source "security/Kconfig"
1158 source "crypto/Kconfig"
1160 source "lib/Kconfig"
1162 #
1163 # Use the generic interrupt handling code in kernel/irq/:
1164 #
1165 config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
1166 bool
1167 default y
1169 config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
1170 bool
1171 default y
1173 config GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ
1174 bool
1175 depends on GENERIC_HARDIRQS && SMP
1176 default y
1178 config X86_SMP
1179 bool
1180 depends on SMP && !X86_VOYAGER
1181 default y
1183 config X86_HT
1184 bool
1185 depends on SMP && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
1186 default y
1188 config X86_BIOS_REBOOT
1189 bool
1190 depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
1191 default y
1193 config X86_TRAMPOLINE
1194 bool
1195 depends on X86_SMP || (X86_VOYAGER && SMP)
1196 default y
1198 config KTIME_SCALAR
1199 bool
1200 default y