3 bool "64-bit kernel" if ARCH = "x86"
4 default ARCH = "x86_64"
6 Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64
7 Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386
19 select HAVE_AOUT if X86_32
20 select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
23 select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
24 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
26 select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
29 select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
30 select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
32 select HAVE_KRETPROBES
34 select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
35 select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
36 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
37 select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
38 select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
39 select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
40 select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
41 select HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER if DYNAMIC_FTRACE
42 select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
45 select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
46 select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT if X86_32
47 select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
48 select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
49 select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
50 select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
51 select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
52 select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
53 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
55 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
56 select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
57 select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
59 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
61 select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
62 select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
63 select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
64 select HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
65 select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
66 select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
68 select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
69 select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
70 select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
71 select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
72 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
73 select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
74 select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
75 select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (X86_64 && NET)
77 select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
79 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
80 def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
84 default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
85 default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64
89 default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
90 default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
92 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
95 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
98 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
101 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
105 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
107 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
109 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
112 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
115 config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
122 bool "DMA memory allocation support" if EXPERT
125 DMA memory allocation support allows devices with less than 32-bit
126 addressing to allocate within the first 16MB of address space.
127 Disable if no such devices will be used.
134 config NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
135 def_bool (X86_64 || INTEL_IOMMU || DMA_API_DEBUG)
137 config NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
140 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
149 select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64
151 config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
154 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
160 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
163 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
166 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
169 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
172 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
175 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
179 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
182 config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
185 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
188 config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
191 config NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
194 config NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
197 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
200 config ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
207 config ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
214 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING
217 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
220 config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
222 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INTEL_IOMMU && ACPI
226 depends on X86_32 && SMP
230 depends on X86_64 && SMP
236 config X86_32_LAZY_GS
238 depends on X86_32 && !CC_STACKPROTECTOR
240 config ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS
242 default "-fcall-saved-ecx -fcall-saved-edx" if X86_32
243 default "-fcall-saved-rdi -fcall-saved-rsi -fcall-saved-rdx -fcall-saved-rcx -fcall-saved-r8 -fcall-saved-r9 -fcall-saved-r10 -fcall-saved-r11" if X86_64
248 config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
250 depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
252 source "init/Kconfig"
253 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
255 menu "Processor type and features"
257 source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
260 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
262 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
263 a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
264 you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
266 If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
267 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
268 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
269 singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
270 will run faster if you say N here.
272 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
273 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
274 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
275 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
277 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
278 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
279 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
281 See also <file:Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
282 <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
283 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
285 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
288 bool "Support x2apic"
289 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
291 This enables x2apic support on CPUs that have this feature.
293 This allows 32-bit apic IDs (so it can support very large systems),
294 and accesses the local apic via MSRs not via mmio.
296 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
299 bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
301 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
303 For old smp systems that do not have proper acpi support. Newer systems
304 (esp with 64bit cpus) with acpi support, MADT and DSDT will override it
307 bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
308 depends on X86_32 && SMP
310 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
313 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
314 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
317 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
318 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
321 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
322 for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms:
326 SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)
327 Summit/EXA (IBM x440)
328 Unisys ES7000 IA32 series
329 Moorestown MID devices
331 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
332 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
336 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
337 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
340 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
341 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
344 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
345 for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms:
349 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
350 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
352 # This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms
353 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
357 select PARAVIRT_GUEST
359 depends on X86_64 && PCI
360 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
362 Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
363 supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option
364 if you have one of these machines.
367 bool "SGI Ultraviolet"
369 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
371 depends on X86_X2APIC
373 This option is needed in order to support SGI Ultraviolet systems.
374 If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
376 # Following is an alphabetically sorted list of 32 bit extended platforms
377 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
380 bool "CE4100 TV platform"
382 depends on PCI_GODIRECT
384 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
385 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
387 select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
389 Select for the Intel CE media processor (CE4100) SOC.
390 This option compiles in support for the CE4100 SOC for settop
391 boxes and media devices.
393 config X86_WANT_INTEL_MID
394 bool "Intel MID platform support"
396 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
398 Select to build a kernel capable of supporting Intel MID platform
399 systems which do not have the PCI legacy interfaces (Moorestown,
400 Medfield). If you are building for a PC class system say N here.
402 if X86_WANT_INTEL_MID
408 bool "Moorestown MID platform"
411 depends on X86_IO_APIC
416 select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
419 Moorestown is Intel's Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) based Moblin
420 Internet Device(MID) platform. Moorestown consists of two chips:
421 Lincroft (CPU core, graphics, and memory controller) and Langwell IOH.
422 Unlike standard x86 PCs, Moorestown does not have many legacy devices
423 nor standard legacy replacement devices/features. e.g. Moorestown does
424 not contain i8259, i8254, HPET, legacy BIOS, most of the io ports.
429 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
431 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
433 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
435 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
437 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
439 config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
440 bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures"
441 depends on X86_32 && SMP
442 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
444 This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
445 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
446 if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
449 # Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
452 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
453 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
458 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
459 NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
460 bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
461 of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
462 firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
464 config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
466 # MCE code calls memory_failure():
468 # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
469 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
470 # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
471 depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
472 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
475 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
476 depends on X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
477 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
479 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
480 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
482 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
484 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
485 PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
488 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
489 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
491 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
492 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
495 bool "Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
496 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && X86_BIGSMP
498 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
499 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
502 tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module"
505 The Iris machines from EuroBraille do not have APM or ACPI support
506 to shut themselves down properly. A special I/O sequence is
507 needed to do so, which is what this module does at
510 This is only for Iris machines from EuroBraille.
514 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
516 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
519 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
520 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
521 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
522 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
524 If in doubt, say "Y".
526 menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
527 bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
529 Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
530 various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
532 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
536 config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
537 bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
541 Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
542 accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
543 the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
544 that, there can be a small performance impact.
546 If in doubt, say N here.
548 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
551 bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
553 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
555 Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
556 when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
557 (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
558 provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
562 bool "KVM Guest support"
565 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
568 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
571 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
573 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
574 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
575 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
576 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
578 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
579 bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
580 depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
582 Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
583 spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
584 (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
586 Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
587 native kernels, with various workloads.
589 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
591 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
596 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
597 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
598 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
600 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
601 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
609 This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
611 memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
612 memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
614 memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
615 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
617 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
619 depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_32_NON_STANDARD
621 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
623 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
625 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
629 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
631 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
632 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
634 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
635 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
636 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
637 as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
638 <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>.
640 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
641 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
642 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
644 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
646 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
648 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
652 prompt "Langwell APB Timer Support" if X86_MRST
655 APB timer is the replacement for 8254, HPET on X86 MID platforms.
656 The APBT provides a stable time base on SMP
657 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
658 as it is off-chip. APB timers are always running regardless of CPU
659 C states, they are used as per CPU clockevent device when possible.
661 # Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong.
662 # The code disables itself when not needed.
665 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT
667 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
668 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
669 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
673 bool "GART IOMMU support" if EXPERT
676 depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
678 Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
679 on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
680 sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
681 Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
682 based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
683 on Intel systems and as fallback.
684 The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
685 device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
689 bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
691 depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
693 Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
694 systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
695 properly with 32-bit PCI devices that do not support DAC
696 (Double Address Cycle). Calgary also supports bus level
697 isolation, where all DMAs pass through the IOMMU. This
698 prevents them from going anywhere except their intended
699 destination. This catches hard-to-find kernel bugs and
700 mis-behaving drivers and devices that do not use the DMA-API
701 properly to set up their DMA buffers. The IOMMU can be
702 turned off at boot time with the iommu=off parameter.
703 Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
706 config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
708 prompt "Should Calgary be enabled by default?"
709 depends on CALGARY_IOMMU
711 Should Calgary be enabled by default? if you choose 'y', Calgary
712 will be used (if it exists). If you choose 'n', Calgary will not be
713 used even if it exists. If you choose 'n' and would like to use
714 Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
717 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
721 Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
722 which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
723 of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
724 access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
725 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
728 def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
731 bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
732 depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
733 select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
735 Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
739 int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
740 range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
741 range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
743 default "4096" if MAXSMP
744 default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
747 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
748 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
749 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
751 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
752 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
755 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
758 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
759 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
760 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
765 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
768 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
769 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
770 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
772 config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
773 bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
776 Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
777 accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
778 transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
779 small performance impact.
781 If in doubt, say N here.
783 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
786 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
787 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
789 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
790 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
791 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
792 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
793 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
794 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
795 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
799 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
800 depends on X86_UP_APIC
802 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
803 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
804 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
806 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
807 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
808 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
810 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
812 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
816 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC
818 config X86_VISWS_APIC
820 depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
822 config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
823 bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
824 depends on X86_IO_APIC
826 This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of
827 spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded
828 interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of
829 superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled.
831 Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ
832 entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT
833 kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this
834 boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps
835 the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot
836 IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the
837 kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this
838 way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise
839 the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring
840 down (vital) interrupt lines.
842 Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be
843 increased on these systems.
846 bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
848 Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
849 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
850 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
851 ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
855 prompt "Intel MCE features"
856 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
858 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
863 prompt "AMD MCE features"
864 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
866 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
867 the DRAM Error Threshold.
869 config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
870 bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
871 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
873 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
874 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
877 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
878 depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
881 config X86_MCE_INJECT
883 tristate "Machine check injector support"
885 Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.
886 If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel
887 QA it is safe to say n.
889 config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
891 depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
894 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT
898 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
899 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
900 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
901 option saves about 6k.
904 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
907 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
908 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
909 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
910 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
912 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
913 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
914 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
916 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
920 tristate "Dell laptop support"
923 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
924 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
925 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
926 control the fans on the I8K portables.
928 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
929 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
930 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
933 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
934 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
935 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
937 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
940 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
941 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
944 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
945 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
946 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
947 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
950 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
951 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
953 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
954 enable this option even if you don't need it.
958 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
961 If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
962 certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
963 IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
964 Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
965 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
966 You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
967 which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
969 This option selects the general module only, you need to select
970 at least one vendor specific module as well.
972 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
973 module will be called microcode.
975 config MICROCODE_INTEL
976 bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
981 This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
984 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
985 Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
986 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
989 bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
993 If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
994 processors will be enabled.
996 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
1001 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
1003 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
1004 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
1005 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
1006 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
1010 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
1012 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
1013 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
1014 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
1018 prompt "High Memory Support"
1019 default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
1025 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1027 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
1028 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
1029 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
1030 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
1031 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
1034 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
1035 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
1036 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
1037 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
1038 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
1039 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
1042 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
1045 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
1046 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
1047 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
1048 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
1049 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
1050 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
1052 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
1053 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
1054 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
1055 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
1056 kernel at boot time.)
1058 If unsure, say "off".
1062 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1064 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
1065 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1069 depends on !M386 && !M486
1072 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
1073 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1078 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1079 prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
1083 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
1085 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
1086 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
1087 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
1088 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
1089 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
1090 available to user programs, making the address space there
1091 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
1092 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
1095 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
1099 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
1100 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1102 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
1104 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
1105 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1107 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
1109 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
1114 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1115 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
1116 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1117 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
1123 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
1126 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
1127 depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
1129 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
1130 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
1131 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
1132 consumes more pagetable space per process.
1134 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1135 def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
1137 config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
1138 def_bool X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
1140 config DIRECT_GBPAGES
1141 bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EXPERT
1145 Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that
1146 support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by
1147 reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y".
1149 # Common NUMA Features
1151 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
1153 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
1154 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
1156 Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
1158 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
1159 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
1160 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
1162 For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
1163 (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
1165 For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
1166 that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
1167 boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
1169 Otherwise, you should say N.
1171 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
1172 depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
1176 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
1177 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
1179 Enable AMD NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
1180 you have a multi processor AMD system. This uses an old method to
1181 read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin Northbridge
1182 of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA instead,
1183 which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
1185 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1187 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
1188 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1191 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1193 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
1194 # other nodes. Even though a pfn is valid and
1195 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
1196 # reside on that node. See memmap_init_zone()
1198 config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
1200 depends on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1203 bool "NUMA emulation"
1206 Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
1207 into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
1208 number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
1211 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1213 default "10" if MAXSMP
1214 default "6" if X86_64
1215 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
1217 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
1219 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1220 system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
1222 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
1224 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1226 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
1228 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1230 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
1232 depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
1234 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
1236 depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
1238 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1240 depends on X86_32 && !NUMA
1242 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
1244 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1246 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
1248 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1250 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1252 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_32) || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1253 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1254 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1256 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1260 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1262 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1264 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1266 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1268 config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
1270 depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
1272 config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
1275 default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
1280 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1283 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1284 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1285 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1286 entries in high memory.
1288 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1289 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1291 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1292 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1293 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1294 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1295 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1296 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1297 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1298 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
1300 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1301 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1302 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1303 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1305 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1306 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1307 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1310 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1311 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1312 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1315 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1318 config X86_RESERVE_LOW
1319 int "Amount of low memory, in kilobytes, to reserve for the BIOS"
1323 Specify the amount of low memory to reserve for the BIOS.
1325 The first page contains BIOS data structures that the kernel
1326 must not use, so that page must always be reserved.
1328 By default we reserve the first 64K of physical RAM, as a
1329 number of BIOSes are known to corrupt that memory range
1330 during events such as suspend/resume or monitor cable
1331 insertion, so it must not be used by the kernel.
1333 You can set this to 4 if you are absolutely sure that you
1334 trust the BIOS to get all its memory reservations and usages
1335 right. If you know your BIOS have problems beyond the
1336 default 64K area, you can set this to 640 to avoid using the
1337 entire low memory range.
1339 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does
1340 not work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware
1341 hotplug events) then you might want to enable
1342 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check
1343 typical corruption patterns.
1345 Leave this to the default value of 64 if you are unsure.
1347 config MATH_EMULATION
1349 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
1351 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1352 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1353 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1354 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1355 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1356 coprocessor or this emulation.
1358 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1359 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1360 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1361 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1362 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1363 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1364 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1365 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1367 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1368 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1370 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1371 kernel, it won't hurt.
1375 prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
1377 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1378 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1379 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1380 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1381 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1382 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1383 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1384 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1385 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1387 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1388 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1391 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1392 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1393 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1394 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1395 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1396 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1397 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1399 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1400 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1401 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1403 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1404 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1406 See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
1408 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1410 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1413 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1414 add writeback entries.
1416 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1417 The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
1422 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1423 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1426 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1428 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1430 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1431 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1434 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1436 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1437 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1441 prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
1444 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1446 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1447 flexible than MTRRs.
1449 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1450 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1454 config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
1460 prompt "x86 architectural random number generator" if EXPERT
1462 Enable the x86 architectural RDRAND instruction
1463 (Intel Bull Mountain technology) to generate random numbers.
1464 If supported, this is a high bandwidth, cryptographically
1465 secure hardware random number generator.
1468 bool "EFI runtime service support"
1471 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
1472 available (such as the EFI variable services).
1474 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
1475 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
1476 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
1477 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
1478 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
1483 prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
1485 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
1486 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
1487 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
1488 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
1489 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
1490 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
1491 enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
1492 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
1493 defined by each seccomp mode.
1495 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
1497 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1498 bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1500 This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
1501 feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
1502 the stack just before the return address, and validates
1503 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
1504 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
1505 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
1506 neutralized via a kernel panic.
1508 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
1509 gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
1510 detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
1511 ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
1513 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
1516 bool "kexec system call"
1518 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
1519 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
1520 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
1521 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
1523 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
1525 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
1526 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
1527 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
1528 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
1529 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
1532 bool "kernel crash dumps"
1533 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1535 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
1536 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
1537 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
1538 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
1539 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
1540 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
1541 PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
1542 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
1543 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1546 bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1547 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1548 depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
1550 Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
1551 code in physical address mode via KEXEC
1553 config PHYSICAL_START
1554 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP)
1557 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
1559 If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
1560 bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
1561 run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
1562 it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
1565 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
1566 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
1567 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
1568 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
1569 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
1570 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
1571 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
1572 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
1574 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
1575 leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
1576 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
1577 for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
1578 the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
1579 the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
1580 command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
1581 kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1582 for more details about crash dumps.
1584 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
1585 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
1586 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
1587 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
1588 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
1589 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
1592 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1595 bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
1598 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
1599 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
1600 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
1601 but are discarded at runtime.
1603 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
1604 must live at a different physical address than the primary
1607 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
1608 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
1609 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
1611 # Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
1612 config X86_NEED_RELOCS
1614 depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
1616 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
1617 hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
1619 range 0x2000 0x1000000
1621 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
1622 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
1623 address which meets above alignment restriction.
1625 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1626 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
1627 address aligned to above value and run from there.
1629 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1630 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
1631 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
1632 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
1633 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
1634 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
1635 above alignment restrictions.
1637 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1640 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
1641 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
1643 Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
1644 controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
1645 ( Note: power management support will enable this option
1646 automatically on SMP systems. )
1647 Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
1651 prompt "Compat VDSO support"
1652 depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
1654 Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
1656 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
1657 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
1658 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
1663 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
1665 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
1666 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
1667 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
1668 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
1669 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
1671 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
1672 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
1673 the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
1675 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
1676 should leave this option set to 'N'.
1679 string "Built-in kernel command string"
1680 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1683 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
1684 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
1685 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
1686 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
1688 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
1689 change this behavior.
1691 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
1692 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
1695 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
1696 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
1697 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1699 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
1700 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
1702 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
1703 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
1707 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1709 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1711 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
1713 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1715 config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
1719 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
1721 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
1723 depends on X86_64 && HIBERNATION
1725 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
1727 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
1729 source "drivers/sfi/Kconfig"
1733 depends on APM || APM_MODULE
1736 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
1737 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
1739 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
1740 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
1741 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
1742 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
1743 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
1744 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
1746 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
1747 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
1749 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
1750 machines with more than one CPU.
1752 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
1753 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt>
1754 and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
1755 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1757 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
1758 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
1759 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
1761 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
1762 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
1763 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
1764 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
1766 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
1767 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
1768 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
1769 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
1772 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
1775 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
1777 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
1778 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
1779 the "no387" option to the kernel
1780 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
1781 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
1782 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
1783 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
1784 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
1785 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
1786 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
1787 10) install a better fan for the CPU
1788 11) exchange RAM chips
1789 12) exchange the motherboard.
1791 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1792 module will be called apm.
1796 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
1797 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
1799 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
1800 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
1801 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
1803 config APM_DO_ENABLE
1804 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
1806 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
1807 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
1808 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
1809 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
1810 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
1811 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
1812 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
1813 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
1814 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
1815 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
1816 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
1817 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
1821 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
1823 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
1824 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
1825 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
1826 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
1827 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
1828 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
1829 this option does nothing.)
1831 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
1832 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
1834 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
1835 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
1836 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
1837 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
1838 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
1839 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
1840 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
1841 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
1842 especially if you are using gpm.
1844 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
1845 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
1847 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
1848 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
1849 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
1850 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
1851 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
1852 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
1856 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig"
1858 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
1860 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
1865 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
1870 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
1872 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
1873 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
1874 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
1875 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
1878 prompt "PCI access mode"
1879 depends on X86_32 && PCI
1882 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1883 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1884 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1885 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1886 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1888 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1889 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1890 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1891 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1892 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1893 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1894 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1899 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1916 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1918 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
1921 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOMMCONFIG))
1925 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (ACPI || SFI) && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1929 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
1933 depends on PCI && XEN
1941 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access"
1942 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
1944 config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
1945 bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
1947 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1949 Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
1950 PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
1953 There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
1954 is known to be incomplete.
1956 You should say N unless you know you need this.
1958 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1960 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1962 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
1964 bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
1967 Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
1975 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1976 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
1977 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
1978 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
1979 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
1985 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
1986 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
1988 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
1989 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
1990 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1991 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
1993 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
1997 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
2002 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
2003 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
2004 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
2005 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
2007 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
2010 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
2012 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
2013 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
2014 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
2015 for other scx200_* drivers.
2017 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
2019 config SCx200HR_TIMER
2020 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
2024 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
2025 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
2026 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
2027 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
2028 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
2031 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
2037 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
2041 bool "OLPC XO-1 Power Management"
2042 depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535 && PM_SLEEP
2045 Add support for poweroff and suspend of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
2048 bool "OLPC XO-1 Real Time Clock"
2049 depends on OLPC_XO1_PM && RTC_DRV_CMOS
2051 Add support for the XO-1 real time clock, which can be used as a
2052 programmable wakeup source.
2055 bool "OLPC XO-1 SCI extras"
2056 depends on OLPC && OLPC_XO1_PM
2061 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop:
2062 - EC-driven system wakeups
2066 - AC adapter status updates
2067 - Battery status updates
2069 config OLPC_XO15_SCI
2070 bool "OLPC XO-1.5 SCI extras"
2071 depends on OLPC && ACPI
2074 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop:
2075 - EC-driven system wakeups
2076 - AC adapter status updates
2077 - Battery status updates
2080 bool "PCEngines ALIX System Support (LED setup)"
2083 This option enables system support for the PCEngines ALIX.
2084 At present this just sets up LEDs for GPIO control on
2085 ALIX2/3/6 boards. However, other system specific setup should
2088 Note: You must still enable the drivers for GPIO and LED support
2089 (GPIO_CS5535 & LEDS_GPIO) to actually use the LEDs
2091 Note: You have to set alix.force=1 for boards with Award BIOS.
2097 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
2099 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2101 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
2104 bool "RapidIO support"
2108 If you say Y here, the kernel will include drivers and
2109 infrastructure code to support RapidIO interconnect devices.
2111 source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
2116 menu "Executable file formats / Emulations"
2118 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
2120 config IA32_EMULATION
2121 bool "IA32 Emulation"
2123 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
2125 Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
2126 likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
2127 32-bit programs left.
2130 tristate "IA32 a.out support"
2131 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2133 Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
2137 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2139 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
2143 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
2145 depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
2149 depends on COMPAT && KEYS
2155 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
2159 config HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
2161 select STOP_MACHINE if SMP
2163 source "net/Kconfig"
2165 source "drivers/Kconfig"
2167 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
2171 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.debug"
2173 source "security/Kconfig"
2175 source "crypto/Kconfig"
2177 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
2179 source "lib/Kconfig"