2 mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration for x86"
6 bool "64-bit kernel" if ARCH = "x86"
7 default ARCH = "x86_64"
9 Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64
10 Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386
21 select HAVE_AOUT if X86_32
24 select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
27 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS if (!M386 && !M486)
28 select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
30 select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
31 select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
33 select HAVE_KRETPROBES
35 select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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
54 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
55 select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
56 select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
58 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
60 select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
61 select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
62 select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
63 select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
64 select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
65 select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
67 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
68 def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
72 default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
73 default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64
77 default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
78 default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
80 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
83 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
86 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
89 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
91 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
93 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
96 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
99 config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
111 config NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
112 def_bool (X86_64 || DMAR || DMA_API_DEBUG)
114 config NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
117 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
126 select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64
128 config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
131 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
137 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
140 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
143 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
146 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
149 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
152 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
156 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
159 config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
162 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
165 config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
168 config NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
171 config NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
174 config HAVE_CPUMASK_OF_CPU_MAP
177 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
180 config ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
187 config ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
194 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING
197 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
200 config HAVE_EARLY_RES
203 config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
205 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && DMAR && ACPI
207 config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
213 depends on X86_32 && SMP
217 depends on X86_64 && SMP
223 config X86_TRAMPOLINE
225 depends on SMP || (64BIT && ACPI_SLEEP)
227 config X86_32_LAZY_GS
229 depends on X86_32 && !CC_STACKPROTECTOR
231 config ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS
233 default "-fcall-saved-ecx -fcall-saved-edx" if X86_32
234 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
239 config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
241 depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
243 source "init/Kconfig"
244 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
246 menu "Processor type and features"
248 source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
251 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
253 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
254 a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
255 you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
257 If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
258 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
259 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
260 singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
261 will run faster if you say N here.
263 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
264 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
265 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
266 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
268 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
269 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
270 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
272 See also <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
273 <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
274 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
276 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
279 bool "Support x2apic"
280 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && INTR_REMAP
282 This enables x2apic support on CPUs that have this feature.
284 This allows 32-bit apic IDs (so it can support very large systems),
285 and accesses the local apic via MSRs not via mmio.
287 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
290 bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
292 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
294 For old smp systems that do not have proper acpi support. Newer systems
295 (esp with 64bit cpus) with acpi support, MADT and DSDT will override it
298 bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
299 depends on X86_32 && SMP
301 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
304 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
305 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
308 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
309 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
312 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
313 for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms:
317 SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)
318 Summit/EXA (IBM x440)
319 Unisys ES7000 IA32 series
320 Moorestown MID devices
322 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
323 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
327 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
328 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
331 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
332 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
335 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
336 for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms:
340 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
341 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
343 # This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms
344 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
349 depends on X86_64 && PCI
350 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
352 Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
353 supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option
354 if you have one of these machines.
357 bool "SGI Ultraviolet"
359 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
361 depends on X86_X2APIC
363 This option is needed in order to support SGI Ultraviolet systems.
364 If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
366 # Following is an alphabetically sorted list of 32 bit extended platforms
367 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
372 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
374 Select this for an AMD Elan processor.
376 Do not use this option for K6/Athlon/Opteron processors!
378 If unsure, choose "PC-compatible" instead.
381 bool "Moorestown MID platform"
385 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
386 depends on X86_IO_APIC
389 Moorestown is Intel's Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) based Moblin
390 Internet Device(MID) platform. Moorestown consists of two chips:
391 Lincroft (CPU core, graphics, and memory controller) and Langwell IOH.
392 Unlike standard x86 PCs, Moorestown does not have many legacy devices
393 nor standard legacy replacement devices/features. e.g. Moorestown does
394 not contain i8259, i8254, HPET, legacy BIOS, most of the io ports.
397 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
399 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
401 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
403 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
405 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
407 config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
408 bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures"
409 depends on X86_32 && SMP
410 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
412 This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
413 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
414 if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
417 # Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
420 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
421 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
426 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
427 NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
428 bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
429 of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
430 firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
432 config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
434 # MCE code calls memory_failure():
436 # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
437 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
438 # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
439 depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
440 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
443 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
444 depends on X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
445 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
447 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
448 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
450 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
452 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
453 PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
456 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
457 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
459 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
460 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
463 bool "Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
464 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && X86_BIGSMP
466 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
467 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
469 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
471 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
474 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
475 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
476 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
477 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
479 If in doubt, say "Y".
481 menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
482 bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
484 Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
485 various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
487 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
491 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
494 bool "VMI Guest support (DEPRECATED)"
498 VMI provides a paravirtualized interface to the VMware ESX server
499 (it could be used by other hypervisors in theory too, but is not
500 at the moment), by linking the kernel to a GPL-ed ROM module
501 provided by the hypervisor.
503 As of September 2009, VMware has started a phased retirement
504 of this feature from VMware's products. Please see
505 feature-removal-schedule.txt for details. If you are
506 planning to enable this option, please note that you cannot
507 live migrate a VMI enabled VM to a future VMware product,
508 which doesn't support VMI. So if you expect your kernel to
509 seamlessly migrate to newer VMware products, keep this
513 bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
515 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
517 Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
518 when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
519 (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
520 provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
524 bool "KVM Guest support"
527 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
530 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
533 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
535 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
536 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
537 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
538 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
540 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
541 bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
542 depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
544 Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
545 spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
546 (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
548 Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
549 native kernels, with various workloads.
551 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
553 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
558 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
559 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
560 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
562 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
563 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
567 bool "Disable Bootmem code"
569 Use early_res directly instead of bootmem before slab is ready.
570 - allocator (buddy) [generic]
571 - early allocator (bootmem) [generic]
572 - very early allocator (reserve_early*()) [x86]
573 - very very early allocator (early brk model) [x86]
574 So reduce one layer between early allocator to final allocator
580 This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
582 memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
583 memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
585 memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
586 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
588 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
590 depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_32_NON_STANDARD
592 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
594 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
596 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
600 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
602 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
603 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
605 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
606 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
607 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
608 as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
609 <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>.
611 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
612 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
613 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
615 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
617 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
619 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
623 prompt "Langwell APB Timer Support" if X86_MRST
625 APB timer is the replacement for 8254, HPET on X86 MID platforms.
626 The APBT provides a stable time base on SMP
627 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
628 as it is off-chip. APB timers are always running regardless of CPU
629 C states, they are used as per CPU clockevent device when possible.
631 # Mark as embedded because too many people got it wrong.
632 # The code disables itself when not needed.
635 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EMBEDDED
637 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
638 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
639 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
643 bool "GART IOMMU support" if EMBEDDED
646 depends on X86_64 && PCI && K8_NB
648 Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
649 on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
650 sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
651 Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
652 based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
653 on Intel systems and as fallback.
654 The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
655 device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
659 bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
661 depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
663 Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
664 systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
665 properly with 32-bit PCI devices that do not support DAC
666 (Double Address Cycle). Calgary also supports bus level
667 isolation, where all DMAs pass through the IOMMU. This
668 prevents them from going anywhere except their intended
669 destination. This catches hard-to-find kernel bugs and
670 mis-behaving drivers and devices that do not use the DMA-API
671 properly to set up their DMA buffers. The IOMMU can be
672 turned off at boot time with the iommu=off parameter.
673 Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
676 config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
678 prompt "Should Calgary be enabled by default?"
679 depends on CALGARY_IOMMU
681 Should Calgary be enabled by default? if you choose 'y', Calgary
682 will be used (if it exists). If you choose 'n', Calgary will not be
683 used even if it exists. If you choose 'n' and would like to use
684 Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
688 bool "AMD IOMMU support"
691 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
693 With this option you can enable support for AMD IOMMU hardware in
694 your system. An IOMMU is a hardware component which provides
695 remapping of DMA memory accesses from devices. With an AMD IOMMU you
696 can isolate the the DMA memory of different devices and protect the
697 system from misbehaving device drivers or hardware.
699 You can find out if your system has an AMD IOMMU if you look into
700 your BIOS for an option to enable it or if you have an IVRS ACPI
703 config AMD_IOMMU_STATS
704 bool "Export AMD IOMMU statistics to debugfs"
708 This option enables code in the AMD IOMMU driver to collect various
709 statistics about whats happening in the driver and exports that
710 information to userspace via debugfs.
713 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
717 Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
718 which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
719 of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
720 access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
721 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
724 def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
727 def_bool (AMD_IOMMU || DMAR)
730 bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
731 depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
732 select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
734 Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
738 int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
739 range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
740 range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
742 default "4096" if MAXSMP
743 default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
746 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
747 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
748 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
750 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
751 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
754 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
757 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
758 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
759 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
764 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
767 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
768 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
769 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
771 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
774 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
775 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
777 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
778 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
779 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
780 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
781 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
782 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
783 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
787 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
788 depends on X86_UP_APIC
790 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
791 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
792 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
794 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
795 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
796 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
798 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
800 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
804 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
806 config X86_VISWS_APIC
808 depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
810 config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
811 bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
812 depends on X86_IO_APIC
814 This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of
815 spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded
816 interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of
817 superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled.
819 Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ
820 entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT
821 kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this
822 boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps
823 the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot
824 IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the
825 kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this
826 way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise
827 the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring
828 down (vital) interrupt lines.
830 Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be
831 increased on these systems.
834 bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
836 Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
837 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
838 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
839 ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
843 prompt "Intel MCE features"
844 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
846 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
851 prompt "AMD MCE features"
852 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
854 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
855 the DRAM Error Threshold.
857 config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
858 bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
859 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
861 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
862 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
865 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
866 depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
869 config X86_MCE_INJECT
871 tristate "Machine check injector support"
873 Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.
874 If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel
875 QA it is safe to say n.
877 config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
879 depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
882 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
886 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
887 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
888 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
889 option saves about 6k.
892 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
895 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
896 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
897 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
898 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
900 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
901 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
902 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
904 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
908 tristate "Dell laptop support"
910 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
911 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
912 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
913 control the fans on the I8K portables.
915 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
916 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
917 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
920 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
921 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
922 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
924 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
927 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
928 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
931 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
932 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
933 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
934 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
937 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
938 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
940 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
941 enable this option even if you don't need it.
945 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
948 If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
949 certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
950 IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
951 Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
952 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
953 You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
954 which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
956 This option selects the general module only, you need to select
957 at least one vendor specific module as well.
959 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
960 module will be called microcode.
962 config MICROCODE_INTEL
963 bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
968 This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
971 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
972 Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
973 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
976 bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
980 If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
981 processors will be enabled.
983 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
988 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
990 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
991 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
992 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
993 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
997 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
999 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
1000 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
1001 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
1005 prompt "High Memory Support"
1006 default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
1012 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1014 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
1015 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
1016 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
1017 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
1018 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
1021 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
1022 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
1023 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
1024 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
1025 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
1026 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
1029 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
1032 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
1033 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
1034 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
1035 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
1036 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
1037 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
1039 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
1040 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
1041 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
1042 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
1043 kernel at boot time.)
1045 If unsure, say "off".
1049 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1051 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
1052 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1056 depends on !M386 && !M486
1059 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
1060 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1065 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1066 prompt "Memory split" if EMBEDDED
1070 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
1072 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
1073 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
1074 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
1075 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
1076 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
1077 available to user programs, making the address space there
1078 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
1079 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
1082 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
1086 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
1087 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1089 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
1091 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
1092 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1094 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
1096 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
1101 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1102 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
1103 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1104 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
1110 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
1113 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
1114 depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
1116 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
1117 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
1118 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
1119 consumes more pagetable space per process.
1121 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1122 def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
1124 config DIRECT_GBPAGES
1125 bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EMBEDDED
1129 Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that
1130 support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by
1131 reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y".
1133 # Common NUMA Features
1135 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
1137 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
1138 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
1140 Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
1142 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
1143 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
1144 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
1146 For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
1147 (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
1149 For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
1150 that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
1151 boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
1153 Otherwise, you should say N.
1155 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
1156 depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
1160 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
1161 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
1163 Enable K8 NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
1164 you have a multi processor AMD K8 system. This uses an old
1165 method to read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin
1166 Northbridge of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1167 instead, which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
1169 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1171 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
1172 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1175 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1177 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
1178 # other nodes. Even though a pfn is valid and
1179 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
1180 # reside on that node. See memmap_init_zone()
1182 config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
1184 depends on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1187 bool "NUMA emulation"
1188 depends on X86_64 && NUMA
1190 Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
1191 into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
1192 number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
1195 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1197 default "10" if MAXSMP
1198 default "6" if X86_64
1199 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
1201 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
1203 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1204 system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
1206 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
1208 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1210 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
1212 depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
1214 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
1216 depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
1218 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
1220 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1222 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1224 depends on X86_32 && ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && !NUMA
1226 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
1228 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1230 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
1232 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1234 config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
1236 depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
1238 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1242 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1244 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_32) || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1245 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1246 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1248 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1250 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1252 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1254 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1256 config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
1259 default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
1264 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1267 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1268 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1269 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1270 entries in high memory.
1272 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1273 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1275 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1276 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1277 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1278 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1279 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1280 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1281 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1282 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
1284 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1285 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1286 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1287 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1289 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1290 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1291 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1294 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1295 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1296 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1299 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1302 config X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K
1303 bool "Reserve low 64K of RAM on AMI/Phoenix BIOSen"
1306 Reserve the first 64K of physical RAM on BIOSes that are known
1307 to potentially corrupt that memory range. A numbers of BIOSes are
1308 known to utilize this area during suspend/resume, so it must not
1309 be used by the kernel.
1311 Set this to N if you are absolutely sure that you trust the BIOS
1312 to get all its memory reservations and usages right.
1314 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does not
1315 work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware hotplug
1316 events) and it's not AMI or Phoenix, then you might want to enable
1317 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check typical
1318 corruption patterns.
1322 config MATH_EMULATION
1324 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
1326 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1327 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1328 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1329 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1330 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1331 coprocessor or this emulation.
1333 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1334 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1335 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1336 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1337 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1338 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1339 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1340 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1342 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1343 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1345 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1346 kernel, it won't hurt.
1350 prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EMBEDDED
1352 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1353 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1354 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1355 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1356 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1357 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1358 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1359 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1360 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1362 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1363 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1366 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1367 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1368 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1369 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1370 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1371 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1372 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1374 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1375 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1376 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1378 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1379 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1381 See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
1383 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1385 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1388 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1389 add writeback entries.
1391 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1392 The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
1397 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1398 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1401 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1403 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1405 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1406 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1409 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1411 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1412 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1416 prompt "x86 PAT support" if EMBEDDED
1419 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1421 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1422 flexible than MTRRs.
1424 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1425 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1429 config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
1434 bool "EFI runtime service support"
1437 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
1438 available (such as the EFI variable services).
1440 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
1441 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
1442 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
1443 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
1444 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
1449 prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
1451 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
1452 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
1453 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
1454 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
1455 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
1456 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
1457 enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
1458 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
1459 defined by each seccomp mode.
1461 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
1463 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1464 bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1466 This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
1467 feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
1468 the stack just before the return address, and validates
1469 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
1470 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
1471 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
1472 neutralized via a kernel panic.
1474 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
1475 gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
1476 detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
1477 ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
1479 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
1482 bool "kexec system call"
1484 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
1485 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
1486 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
1487 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
1489 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
1491 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
1492 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
1493 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
1494 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
1495 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
1498 bool "kernel crash dumps"
1499 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1501 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
1502 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
1503 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
1504 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
1505 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
1506 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
1507 PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
1508 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
1509 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1512 bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1513 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1514 depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
1516 Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
1517 code in physical address mode via KEXEC
1519 config PHYSICAL_START
1520 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
1523 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
1525 If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
1526 bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
1527 run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
1528 it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
1531 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
1532 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
1533 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
1534 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
1535 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
1536 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
1537 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
1538 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
1540 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
1541 leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
1542 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
1543 for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
1544 the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
1545 the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
1546 command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
1547 kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1548 for more details about crash dumps.
1550 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
1551 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
1552 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
1553 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
1554 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
1555 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
1558 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1561 bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
1564 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
1565 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
1566 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
1567 but are discarded at runtime.
1569 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
1570 must live at a different physical address than the primary
1573 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
1574 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
1575 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
1577 # Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
1578 config X86_NEED_RELOCS
1580 depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
1582 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
1583 hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
1585 range 0x2000 0x1000000
1587 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
1588 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
1589 address which meets above alignment restriction.
1591 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1592 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
1593 address aligned to above value and run from there.
1595 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1596 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
1597 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
1598 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
1599 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
1600 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
1601 above alignment restrictions.
1603 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1606 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
1607 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
1609 Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
1610 controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
1611 ( Note: power management support will enable this option
1612 automatically on SMP systems. )
1613 Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
1617 prompt "Compat VDSO support"
1618 depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
1620 Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
1622 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
1623 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
1624 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
1629 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
1631 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
1632 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
1633 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
1634 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
1635 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
1637 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
1638 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
1639 the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
1641 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
1642 should leave this option set to 'N'.
1645 string "Built-in kernel command string"
1646 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1649 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
1650 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
1651 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
1652 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
1654 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
1655 change this behavior.
1657 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
1658 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
1661 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
1662 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
1663 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1665 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
1666 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
1668 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
1669 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
1673 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1675 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1677 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
1679 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1681 config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
1685 config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
1689 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
1691 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
1693 depends on X86_64 && HIBERNATION
1695 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
1697 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
1699 source "drivers/sfi/Kconfig"
1703 depends on APM || APM_MODULE
1706 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
1707 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
1709 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
1710 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
1711 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
1712 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
1713 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
1714 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
1716 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
1717 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
1719 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
1720 machines with more than one CPU.
1722 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
1723 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/pm.txt> and the
1724 Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
1725 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1727 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
1728 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
1729 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
1731 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
1732 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
1733 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
1734 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
1736 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
1737 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
1738 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
1739 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
1742 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
1745 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
1747 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
1748 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
1749 the "no387" option to the kernel
1750 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
1751 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
1752 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
1753 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
1754 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
1755 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
1756 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
1757 10) install a better fan for the CPU
1758 11) exchange RAM chips
1759 12) exchange the motherboard.
1761 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1762 module will be called apm.
1766 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
1767 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
1769 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
1770 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
1771 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
1773 config APM_DO_ENABLE
1774 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
1776 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
1777 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
1778 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
1779 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
1780 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
1781 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
1782 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
1783 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
1784 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
1785 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
1786 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
1787 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
1791 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
1793 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
1794 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
1795 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
1796 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
1797 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
1798 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
1799 this option does nothing.)
1801 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
1802 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
1804 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
1805 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
1806 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
1807 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
1808 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
1809 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
1810 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
1811 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
1812 especially if you are using gpm.
1814 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
1815 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
1817 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
1818 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
1819 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
1820 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
1821 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
1822 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
1826 source "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig"
1828 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
1830 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
1835 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
1840 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
1842 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
1843 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
1844 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
1845 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
1848 prompt "PCI access mode"
1849 depends on X86_32 && PCI
1852 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1853 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1854 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1855 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1856 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1858 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1859 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1860 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1861 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1862 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1863 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1864 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1869 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1886 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1888 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
1891 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC))
1895 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (ACPI || SFI) && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1899 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
1906 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access"
1907 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
1909 config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
1910 bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows"
1913 Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
1914 PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
1918 bool "Support for DMA Remapping Devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1919 depends on PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
1921 DMA remapping (DMAR) devices support enables independent address
1922 translations for Direct Memory Access (DMA) from devices.
1923 These DMA remapping devices are reported via ACPI tables
1924 and include PCI device scope covered by these DMA
1927 config DMAR_DEFAULT_ON
1929 prompt "Enable DMA Remapping Devices by default"
1932 Selecting this option will enable a DMAR device at boot time if
1933 one is found. If this option is not selected, DMAR support can
1934 be enabled by passing intel_iommu=on to the kernel. It is
1935 recommended you say N here while the DMAR code remains
1938 config DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA
1939 bool "Workaround broken graphics drivers (going away soon)"
1940 depends on DMAR && BROKEN
1942 Current Graphics drivers tend to use physical address
1943 for DMA and avoid using DMA APIs. Setting this config
1944 option permits the IOMMU driver to set a unity map for
1945 all the OS-visible memory. Hence the driver can continue
1946 to use physical addresses for DMA, at least until this
1947 option is removed in the 2.6.32 kernel.
1949 config DMAR_FLOPPY_WA
1953 Floppy disk drivers are known to bypass DMA API calls
1954 thereby failing to work when IOMMU is enabled. This
1955 workaround will setup a 1:1 mapping for the first
1956 16MiB to make floppy (an ISA device) work.
1959 bool "Support for Interrupt Remapping (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1960 depends on X86_64 && X86_IO_APIC && PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
1962 Supports Interrupt remapping for IO-APIC and MSI devices.
1963 To use x2apic mode in the CPU's which support x2APIC enhancements or
1964 to support platforms with CPU's having > 8 bit APIC ID, say Y.
1966 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1968 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1970 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but do have ISA-style DMA.
1979 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1980 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
1981 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
1982 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
1983 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
1989 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
1990 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
1992 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
1993 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
1994 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1995 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
1997 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
2001 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
2006 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
2007 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
2008 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
2009 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
2011 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
2014 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
2016 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
2017 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
2018 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
2019 for other scx200_* drivers.
2021 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
2023 config SCx200HR_TIMER
2024 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
2028 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
2029 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
2030 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
2031 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
2032 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
2035 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
2038 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
2041 config OLPC_OPENFIRMWARE
2042 bool "Support for OLPC's Open Firmware"
2043 depends on !X86_64 && !X86_PAE
2046 This option adds support for the implementation of Open Firmware
2047 that is used on the OLPC XO-1 Children's Machine.
2048 If unsure, say N here.
2054 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
2056 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2058 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
2063 menu "Executable file formats / Emulations"
2065 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
2067 config IA32_EMULATION
2068 bool "IA32 Emulation"
2070 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
2072 Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
2073 likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
2074 32-bit programs left.
2077 tristate "IA32 a.out support"
2078 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2080 Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
2084 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2086 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
2090 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
2092 depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
2097 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
2101 source "net/Kconfig"
2103 source "drivers/Kconfig"
2105 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
2109 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.debug"
2111 source "security/Kconfig"
2113 source "crypto/Kconfig"
2115 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
2117 source "lib/Kconfig"