X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=drivers%2Fpci%2FKconfig;h=c27e782e6df999de618dc5a96e6cfd2ec15f6939;hp=f187fd8aeed6483d72c3b07ae72c49f2333fdbd9;hb=185a257f2f73bcd89050ad02da5bedbc28fc43fa;hpb=ddcc95963449d028b16d9b9fe50f6e91ce7d9e81 diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig index f187fd8aeed6..c27e782e6df9 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig @@ -11,22 +11,34 @@ config PCI_MSI generate an interrupt using an inbound Memory Write on its PCI bus instead of asserting a device IRQ pin. - If you don't know what to do here, say N. - -config PCI_LEGACY_PROC - bool "Legacy /proc/pci interface" - depends on PCI - ---help--- - This feature enables a procfs file -- /proc/pci -- that provides a - summary of PCI devices in the system. + Use of PCI MSI interrupts can be disabled at kernel boot time + by using the 'pci=nomsi' option. This disables MSI for the + entire system. - This feature has been deprecated as of v2.5.53, in favor of using the - tool lspci(8). This feature may be removed at a future date. + If you don't know what to do here, say N. - lspci can provide the same data, as well as much more. lspci is a part of - the pci-utils package, which should be installed by your distribution. - See for information on where to get the latest - version. +config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE + bool "PCI Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL + help + Say Y here if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for + every PCI device that is probed. This can cause a huge + speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a + smaller speedup on single processor machines. + + But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen. A number + of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way, + some will just not work properly at all, while others might + decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once, + so use this option at your own risk. + + It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a + boot process that can handle devices being created in any + order. A program that can create persistant block and network + device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use + this option. + + Again, use this option at your own risk, you have been warned! When in doubt, say N.