1 comment "Processor Type"
3 # Select CPU types depending on the architecture selected. This selects
4 # which CPUs we support in the kernel image, and the compiler instruction
14 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
16 A 32-bit RISC microprocessor based on the ARM7 processor core
17 which has no memory control unit and cache.
19 Say Y if you want support for the ARM7TDMI processor.
29 select CPU_COPY_V4WT if MMU
31 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
32 select CPU_TLB_V4WT if MMU
34 A 32-bit RISC processor with 8kByte Cache, Write Buffer and
35 MMU built around an ARM7TDMI core.
37 Say Y if you want support for the ARM720T processor.
48 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
50 A 32-bit RISC processor with 8KB cache or 4KB variants,
51 write buffer and MPU(Protection Unit) built around
54 Say Y if you want support for the ARM740T processor.
64 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
66 A 32-bit RISC microprocessor based on the ARM9 processor core
67 which has no memory control unit and cache.
69 Say Y if you want support for the ARM9TDMI processor.
79 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
81 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
82 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
84 The ARM920T is licensed to be produced by numerous vendors,
85 and is used in the Cirrus EP93xx and the Samsung S3C2410.
87 Say Y if you want support for the ARM920T processor.
97 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
99 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
100 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
102 The ARM922T is a version of the ARM920T, but with smaller
103 instruction and data caches. It is used in Altera's
104 Excalibur XA device family and Micrel's KS8695 Centaur.
106 Say Y if you want support for the ARM922T processor.
114 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT
115 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
116 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
118 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
119 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
121 The ARM925T is a mix between the ARM920T and ARM926T, but with
122 different instruction and data caches. It is used in TI's OMAP
125 Say Y if you want support for the ARM925T processor.
132 select CPU_ABRT_EV5TJ
133 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
134 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
136 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
137 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
139 This is a variant of the ARM920. It has slightly different
140 instruction sequences for cache and TLB operations. Curiously,
141 there is no documentation on it at the ARM corporate website.
143 Say Y if you want support for the ARM926T processor.
152 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
153 select CPU_COPY_FA if MMU
155 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
156 select CPU_TLB_FA if MMU
158 The FA526 is a version of the ARMv4 compatible processor with
159 Branch Target Buffer, Unified TLB and cache line size 16.
161 Say Y if you want support for the FA526 processor.
169 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU
170 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
172 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
174 ARM940T is a member of the ARM9TDMI family of general-
175 purpose microprocessors with MPU and separate 4KB
176 instruction and 4KB data cases, each with a 4-word line
179 Say Y if you want support for the ARM940T processor.
187 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU
188 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
190 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
192 ARM946E-S is a member of the ARM9E-S family of high-
193 performance, 32-bit system-on-chip processor solutions.
194 The TCM and ARMv5TE 32-bit instruction set is supported.
196 Say Y if you want support for the ARM946E-S processor.
199 # ARM1020 - needs validating
204 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT
205 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
206 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
208 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
209 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
211 The ARM1020 is the 32K cached version of the ARM10 processor,
212 with an addition of a floating-point unit.
214 Say Y if you want support for the ARM1020 processor.
217 # ARM1020E - needs validating
223 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT
224 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
225 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
227 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
228 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
235 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
236 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU # can probably do better
238 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
239 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
241 The ARM1022E is an implementation of the ARMv5TE architecture
242 based upon the ARM10 integer core with a 16KiB L1 Harvard cache,
243 embedded trace macrocell, and a floating-point unit.
245 Say Y if you want support for the ARM1022E processor.
252 select CPU_ABRT_EV5T # But need Jazelle, but EV5TJ ignores bit 10
253 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
254 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU # can probably do better
256 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
257 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
259 The ARM1026EJ-S is an implementation of the ARMv5TEJ architecture
260 based upon the ARM10 integer core.
262 Say Y if you want support for the ARM1026EJ-S processor.
268 select CPU_32v3 if ARCH_RPC
269 select CPU_32v4 if !ARCH_RPC
271 select CPU_CACHE_V4WB
272 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
273 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
275 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
276 select CPU_TLB_V4WB if MMU
278 The Intel StrongARM(R) SA-110 is a 32-bit microprocessor and
279 is available at five speeds ranging from 100 MHz to 233 MHz.
280 More information is available at
281 <http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/sa110.htm>.
283 Say Y if you want support for the SA-110 processor.
291 select CPU_CACHE_V4WB
292 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
294 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
295 select CPU_TLB_V4WB if MMU
302 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
304 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
305 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
307 # XScale Core Version 3
312 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
314 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
315 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
318 # Marvell PJ1 (Mohawk)
323 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
324 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU
326 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
327 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU
334 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT
335 select CPU_COPY_FEROCEON if MMU
337 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
338 select CPU_TLB_FEROCEON if MMU
340 config CPU_FEROCEON_OLD_ID
341 bool "Accept early Feroceon cores with an ARM926 ID"
342 depends on CPU_FEROCEON && !CPU_ARM926T
345 This enables the usage of some old Feroceon cores
346 for which the CPU ID is equal to the ARM926 ID.
347 Relevant for Feroceon-1850 and early Feroceon-2850.
365 select CPU_CACHE_VIPT
366 select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU
368 select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU
370 select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU
379 select CPU_CACHE_VIPT
380 select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU
382 select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU
384 select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU
393 select CPU_CACHE_VIPT
394 select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU
395 select CPU_CP15_MMU if MMU
396 select CPU_CP15_MPU if !MMU
397 select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU
399 select CPU_TLB_V7 if MMU
405 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU
408 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
413 # There are no CPUs available with MMU that don't implement an ARM ISA:
416 Select this if your CPU doesn't support the 32 bit ARM instructions.
418 # Figure out what processor architecture version we should be using.
419 # This defines the compiler instruction set which depends on the machine type.
422 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
423 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
424 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
425 select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
429 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
430 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
431 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
432 select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
436 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
437 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
438 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
439 select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
443 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
444 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
445 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
449 select TLS_REG_EMUL if !CPU_32v6K && !MMU
461 config CPU_ABRT_NOMMU
476 config CPU_ABRT_EV5TJ
485 config CPU_PABRT_LEGACY
498 config CPU_CACHE_V4WT
501 config CPU_CACHE_V4WB
513 config CPU_CACHE_VIVT
516 config CPU_CACHE_VIPT
526 # The copy-page model
533 config CPU_COPY_FEROCEON
542 # This selects the TLB model
546 ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writethrough cache.
551 ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writeback cache.
556 ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writeback cache and invalidate
557 instruction cache entry.
559 config CPU_TLB_FEROCEON
562 Feroceon TLB (v4wbi with non-outer-cachable page table walks).
567 Faraday ARM FA526 architecture, unified TLB with writeback cache
568 and invalidate instruction cache entry. Branch target buffer is
577 config VERIFY_PERMISSION_FAULT
584 This indicates whether the CPU has the ASID register; used to
585 tag TLB and possibly cache entries.
590 Processor has the CP15 register.
596 Processor has the CP15 register, which has MMU related registers.
602 Processor has the CP15 register, which has MPU related registers.
604 config CPU_USE_DOMAINS
607 This option enables or disables the use of domain switching
608 via the set_fs() function.
610 config CPU_V7M_NUM_IRQ
611 int "Number of external interrupts connected to the NVIC"
613 default 90 if ARCH_STM32
614 default 38 if ARCH_EFM32
615 default 112 if SOC_VF610
618 This option indicates the number of interrupts connected to the NVIC.
619 The value can be larger than the real number of interrupts supported
620 by the system, but must not be lower.
621 The default value is 240, corresponding to the maximum number of
622 interrupts supported by the NVIC on Cortex-M family.
624 If unsure, keep default value.
627 # CPU supports 36-bit I/O
632 comment "Processor Features"
635 bool "Support for the Large Physical Address Extension"
636 depends on MMU && CPU_32v7 && !CPU_32v6 && !CPU_32v5 && \
637 !CPU_32v4 && !CPU_32v3
639 Say Y if you have an ARMv7 processor supporting the LPAE page
640 table format and you would like to access memory beyond the
641 4GB limit. The resulting kernel image will not run on
642 processors without the LPA extension.
648 depends on ARM_LPAE && ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT && ARCH_KEYSTONE
650 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
653 config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
657 bool "Support Thumb user binaries" if !CPU_THUMBONLY
658 depends on CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM920T || CPU_ARM922T || \
659 CPU_ARM925T || CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM940T || CPU_ARM946E || \
660 CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_ARM1020E || CPU_ARM1022 || CPU_ARM1026 || \
661 CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || \
662 CPU_V7 || CPU_FEROCEON || CPU_V7M
665 Say Y if you want to include kernel support for running user space
668 The Thumb instruction set is a compressed form of the standard ARM
669 instruction set resulting in smaller binaries at the expense of
670 slightly less efficient code.
672 If you don't know what this all is, saying Y is a safe choice.
675 bool "Enable ThumbEE CPU extension"
678 Say Y here if you have a CPU with the ThumbEE extension and code to
679 make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE.
686 Enable the kernel to make use of the ARM Virtualization
687 Extensions to install hypervisors without run-time firmware
690 A compliant bootloader is required in order to make maximum
691 use of this feature. Refer to Documentation/arm/Booting for
695 bool "Emulate SWP/SWPB instructions" if !SMP
698 select HAVE_PROC_CPU if PROC_FS
700 ARMv6 architecture deprecates use of the SWP/SWPB instructions.
701 ARMv7 multiprocessing extensions introduce the ability to disable
702 these instructions, triggering an undefined instruction exception
703 when executed. Say Y here to enable software emulation of these
704 instructions for userspace (not kernel) using LDREX/STREX.
705 Also creates /proc/cpu/swp_emulation for statistics.
707 In some older versions of glibc [<=2.8] SWP is used during futex
708 trylock() operations with the assumption that the code will not
709 be preempted. This invalid assumption may be more likely to fail
710 with SWP emulation enabled, leading to deadlock of the user
713 NOTE: when accessing uncached shared regions, LDREX/STREX rely
714 on an external transaction monitoring block called a global
715 monitor to maintain update atomicity. If your system does not
716 implement a global monitor, this option can cause programs that
717 perform SWP operations to uncached memory to deadlock.
721 config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
722 bool "Build big-endian kernel"
723 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
725 Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode.
726 Note that your board must be properly built and your board
727 port must properly enable any big-endian related features
728 of your chipset/board/processor.
730 config CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
732 depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
733 default CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7
735 Support for the BE-8 (big-endian) mode on ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors.
737 config CPU_ENDIAN_BE32
739 depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
740 default !CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
742 Support for the BE-32 (big-endian) mode on pre-ARMv6 processors.
744 config CPU_HIGH_VECTOR
745 depends on !MMU && CPU_CP15 && !CPU_ARM740T
746 bool "Select the High exception vector"
748 Say Y here to select high exception vector(0xFFFF0000~).
749 The exception vector can vary depending on the platform
750 design in nommu mode. If your platform needs to select
751 high exception vector, say Y.
752 Otherwise or if you are unsure, say N, and the low exception
753 vector (0x00000000~) will be used.
755 config CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE
756 bool "Disable I-Cache (I-bit)"
757 depends on (CPU_CP15 && !(CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3)) || CPU_V7M
759 Say Y here to disable the processor instruction cache. Unless
760 you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N.
762 config CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
763 bool "Disable D-Cache (C-bit)"
764 depends on (CPU_CP15 && !SMP) || CPU_V7M
766 Say Y here to disable the processor data cache. Unless
767 you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N.
769 config CPU_DCACHE_SIZE
771 depends on CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM946E
772 default 0x00001000 if CPU_ARM740T
773 default 0x00002000 # default size for ARM946E-S
775 Some cores are synthesizable to have various sized cache. For
776 ARM946E-S case, it can vary from 0KB to 1MB.
777 To support such cache operations, it is efficient to know the size
779 If your SoC is configured to have a different size, define the value
780 here with proper conditions.
782 config CPU_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH
783 bool "Force write through D-cache"
784 depends on (CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM920T || CPU_ARM922T || CPU_ARM925T || CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM940T || CPU_ARM946E || CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_FA526) && !CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
785 default y if CPU_ARM925T
787 Say Y here to use the data cache in writethrough mode. Unless you
788 specifically require this or are unsure, say N.
790 config CPU_CACHE_ROUND_ROBIN
791 bool "Round robin I and D cache replacement algorithm"
792 depends on (CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM946E || CPU_ARM1020) && (!CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE || !CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE)
794 Say Y here to use the predictable round-robin cache replacement
795 policy. Unless you specifically require this or are unsure, say N.
797 config CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE
798 bool "Disable branch prediction"
799 depends on CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_V7 || CPU_FA526 || CPU_V7M
801 Say Y here to disable branch prediction. If unsure, say N.
805 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
807 An SMP system using a pre-ARMv6 processor (there are apparently
808 a few prototypes like that in existence) and therefore access to
809 that required register must be emulated.
811 config NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
815 bool "Enable kuser helpers in vector page" if !NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
819 Warning: disabling this option may break user programs.
821 Provide kuser helpers in the vector page. The kernel provides
822 helper code to userspace in read only form at a fixed location
823 in the high vector page to allow userspace to be independent of
824 the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be
825 run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification.
827 See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for details.
829 However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used
830 by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating
833 If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform
834 are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of
835 these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder
836 such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library
837 relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal,
838 which will terminate the program.
840 Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
841 need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.
844 bool "Enable VDSO for acceleration of some system calls"
845 depends on AEABI && MMU && CPU_V7
846 default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER
847 select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
849 Place in the process address space an ELF shared object
850 providing fast implementations of gettimeofday and
851 clock_gettime. Systems that implement the ARM architected
852 timer will receive maximum benefit.
854 You must have glibc 2.22 or later for programs to seamlessly
855 take advantage of this.
857 config DMA_CACHE_RWFO
858 bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance"
859 depends on CPU_V6K && SMP
862 The Snoop Control Unit on ARM11MPCore does not detect the
863 cache maintenance operations and the dma_{map,unmap}_area()
864 functions may leave stale cache entries on other CPUs. By
865 enabling this option, Read or Write For Ownership in the ARMv6
866 DMA cache maintenance functions is performed. These LDR/STR
867 instructions change the cache line state to shared or modified
868 so that the cache operation has the desired effect.
870 Note that the workaround is only valid on processors that do
871 not perform speculative loads into the D-cache. For such
872 processors, if cache maintenance operations are not broadcast
873 in hardware, other workarounds are needed (e.g. cache
874 maintenance broadcasting in software via FIQ).
879 config OUTER_CACHE_SYNC
883 The outer cache has a outer_cache_fns.sync function pointer
884 that can be used to drain the write buffer of the outer cache.
886 config CACHE_FEROCEON_L2
887 bool "Enable the Feroceon L2 cache controller"
888 depends on ARCH_MV78XX0 || ARCH_MVEBU
892 This option enables the Feroceon L2 cache controller.
894 config CACHE_FEROCEON_L2_WRITETHROUGH
895 bool "Force Feroceon L2 cache write through"
896 depends on CACHE_FEROCEON_L2
898 Say Y here to use the Feroceon L2 cache in writethrough mode.
899 Unless you specifically require this, say N for writeback mode.
901 config MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0
904 This option should be selected by machines which have a L2x0
905 or PL310 cache controller, but where its use is optional.
907 The only effect of this option is to make CACHE_L2X0 and
908 related options available to the user for configuration.
910 Boards or SoCs which always require the cache controller
911 support to be present should select CACHE_L2X0 directly
912 instead of this option, thus preventing the user from
913 inadvertently configuring a broken kernel.
916 bool "Enable the L2x0 outer cache controller" if MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0
917 default MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0
919 select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC
921 This option enables the L2x0 PrimeCell.
923 config CACHE_L2X0_PMU
924 bool "L2x0 performance monitor support" if CACHE_L2X0
925 depends on PERF_EVENTS
927 This option enables support for the performance monitoring features
928 of the L220 and PL310 outer cache controllers.
932 config PL310_ERRATA_588369
933 bool "PL310 errata: Clean & Invalidate maintenance operations do not invalidate clean lines"
935 The PL310 L2 cache controller implements three types of Clean &
936 Invalidate maintenance operations: by Physical Address
937 (offset 0x7F0), by Index/Way (0x7F8) and by Way (0x7FC).
938 They are architecturally defined to behave as the execution of a
939 clean operation followed immediately by an invalidate operation,
940 both performing to the same memory location. This functionality
941 is not correctly implemented in PL310 prior to r2p0 (fixed in r2p0)
942 as clean lines are not invalidated as a result of these operations.
944 config PL310_ERRATA_727915
945 bool "PL310 errata: Background Clean & Invalidate by Way operation can cause data corruption"
947 PL310 implements the Clean & Invalidate by Way L2 cache maintenance
948 operation (offset 0x7FC). This operation runs in background so that
949 PL310 can handle normal accesses while it is in progress. Under very
950 rare circumstances, due to this erratum, write data can be lost when
951 PL310 treats a cacheable write transaction during a Clean &
952 Invalidate by Way operation. Revisions prior to r3p1 are affected by
953 this errata (fixed in r3p1).
955 config PL310_ERRATA_753970
956 bool "PL310 errata: cache sync operation may be faulty"
958 This option enables the workaround for the 753970 PL310 (r3p0) erratum.
960 Under some condition the effect of cache sync operation on
961 the store buffer still remains when the operation completes.
962 This means that the store buffer is always asked to drain and
963 this prevents it from merging any further writes. The workaround
964 is to replace the normal offset of cache sync operation (0x730)
965 by another offset targeting an unmapped PL310 register 0x740.
966 This has the same effect as the cache sync operation: store buffer
967 drain and waiting for all buffers empty.
969 config PL310_ERRATA_769419
970 bool "PL310 errata: no automatic Store Buffer drain"
972 On revisions of the PL310 prior to r3p2, the Store Buffer does
973 not automatically drain. This can cause normal, non-cacheable
974 writes to be retained when the memory system is idle, leading
975 to suboptimal I/O performance for drivers using coherent DMA.
976 This option adds a write barrier to the cpu_idle loop so that,
977 on systems with an outer cache, the store buffer is drained
983 bool "Enable the Tauros2 L2 cache controller"
984 depends on (ARCH_DOVE || ARCH_MMP || CPU_PJ4)
988 This option enables the Tauros2 L2 cache controller (as
991 config CACHE_UNIPHIER
992 bool "Enable the UniPhier outer cache controller"
993 depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER
994 select ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7
996 select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC
998 This option enables the UniPhier outer cache (system cache)
1002 bool "Enable the L2 cache on XScale3"
1007 This option enables the L2 cache on XScale3.
1009 config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6
1013 Setting ARM L1 cache line size to 64 Bytes.
1015 config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7
1018 Setting ARM L1 cache line size to 128 Bytes.
1020 config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
1022 default 7 if ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7
1023 default 6 if ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6
1026 config ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
1027 bool "Use non-cacheable memory for DMA" if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K) && !CPU_V7
1028 default y if CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7
1030 Historically, the kernel has used strongly ordered mappings to
1031 provide DMA coherent memory. With the advent of ARMv7, mapping
1032 memory with differing types results in unpredictable behaviour,
1033 so on these CPUs, this option is forced on.
1035 Multiple mappings with differing attributes is also unpredictable
1036 on ARMv6 CPUs, but since they do not have aggressive speculative
1037 prefetch, no harm appears to occur.
1039 However, drivers may be missing the necessary barriers for ARMv6,
1040 and therefore turning this on may result in unpredictable driver
1041 behaviour. Therefore, we offer this as an option.
1043 You are recommended say 'Y' here and debug any affected drivers.
1048 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
1051 This option specifies the architecture can support big endian
1054 config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
1055 bool "Make rodata strictly non-executable"
1056 depends on DEBUG_RODATA
1059 If this is set, rodata will be made explicitly non-executable. This
1060 provides protection on the rare chance that attackers might find and
1061 use ROP gadgets that exist in the rodata section. This adds an
1062 additional section-aligned split of rodata from kernel text so it
1063 can be made explicitly non-executable. This padding may waste memory
1064 space to gain the additional protection.