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.
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.
405 bool "Moorestown MID platform"
408 depends on X86_IO_APIC
413 select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
415 Moorestown is Intel's Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) based Moblin
416 Internet Device(MID) platform. Moorestown consists of two chips:
417 Lincroft (CPU core, graphics, and memory controller) and Langwell IOH.
418 Unlike standard x86 PCs, Moorestown does not have many legacy devices
419 nor standard legacy replacement devices/features. e.g. Moorestown does
420 not contain i8259, i8254, HPET, legacy BIOS, most of the io ports.
423 bool "Medfield MID platform"
426 depends on X86_IO_APIC
431 select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
434 Medfield is Intel's Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) based Moblin
435 Internet Device(MID) platform.
436 Unlike standard x86 PCs, Medfield does not have many legacy devices
437 nor standard legacy replacement devices/features. e.g. Medfield does
438 not contain i8259, i8254, HPET, legacy BIOS, most of the io ports.
443 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
445 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
447 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
449 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
451 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
453 config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
454 bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures"
455 depends on X86_32 && SMP
456 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
458 This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
459 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
460 if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
463 # Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
466 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
467 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
472 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
473 NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
474 bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
475 of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
476 firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
478 config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
480 # MCE code calls memory_failure():
482 # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
483 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
484 # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
485 depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
486 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
489 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
490 depends on X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
491 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
493 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
494 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
496 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
498 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
499 PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
502 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
503 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
505 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
506 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
509 bool "Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
510 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && X86_BIGSMP
512 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
513 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
516 tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module"
519 The Iris machines from EuroBraille do not have APM or ACPI support
520 to shut themselves down properly. A special I/O sequence is
521 needed to do so, which is what this module does at
524 This is only for Iris machines from EuroBraille.
528 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
530 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
533 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
534 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
535 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
536 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
538 If in doubt, say "Y".
540 menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
541 bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
543 Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
544 various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
546 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
550 config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
551 bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
555 Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
556 accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
557 the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
558 that, there can be a small performance impact.
560 If in doubt, say N here.
562 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
565 bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
567 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
569 Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
570 when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
571 (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
572 provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
576 bool "KVM Guest support"
579 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
582 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
585 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
587 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
588 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
589 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
590 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
592 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
593 bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
594 depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
596 Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
597 spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
598 (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
600 Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
601 native kernels, with various workloads.
603 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
605 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
610 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
611 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
612 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
614 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
615 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
623 This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
625 memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
626 memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
628 memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
629 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
631 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
633 depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_32_NON_STANDARD
635 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
637 depends on X86_SUMMIT
639 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
643 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
645 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
646 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
648 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
649 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
650 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
651 as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
652 <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>.
654 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
655 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
656 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
658 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
660 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
662 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
666 prompt "Langwell APB Timer Support" if X86_MRST
669 APB timer is the replacement for 8254, HPET on X86 MID platforms.
670 The APBT provides a stable time base on SMP
671 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
672 as it is off-chip. APB timers are always running regardless of CPU
673 C states, they are used as per CPU clockevent device when possible.
675 # Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong.
676 # The code disables itself when not needed.
679 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT
681 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
682 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
683 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
687 bool "GART IOMMU support" if EXPERT
690 depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
692 Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
693 on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
694 sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
695 Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
696 based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
697 on Intel systems and as fallback.
698 The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
699 device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
703 bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
705 depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
707 Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
708 systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
709 properly with 32-bit PCI devices that do not support DAC
710 (Double Address Cycle). Calgary also supports bus level
711 isolation, where all DMAs pass through the IOMMU. This
712 prevents them from going anywhere except their intended
713 destination. This catches hard-to-find kernel bugs and
714 mis-behaving drivers and devices that do not use the DMA-API
715 properly to set up their DMA buffers. The IOMMU can be
716 turned off at boot time with the iommu=off parameter.
717 Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
720 config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
722 prompt "Should Calgary be enabled by default?"
723 depends on CALGARY_IOMMU
725 Should Calgary be enabled by default? if you choose 'y', Calgary
726 will be used (if it exists). If you choose 'n', Calgary will not be
727 used even if it exists. If you choose 'n' and would like to use
728 Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
731 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
735 Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
736 which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
737 of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
738 access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
739 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
742 def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
745 bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
746 depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
747 select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
749 Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
753 int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
754 range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
755 range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
757 default "4096" if MAXSMP
758 default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
761 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
762 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
763 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
765 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
766 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
769 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
772 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
773 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
774 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
779 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
782 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
783 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
784 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
786 config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
787 bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
790 Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
791 accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
792 transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
793 small performance impact.
795 If in doubt, say N here.
797 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
800 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
801 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
803 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
804 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
805 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
806 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
807 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
808 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
809 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
813 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
814 depends on X86_UP_APIC
816 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
817 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
818 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
820 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
821 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
822 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
824 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
826 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
830 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC
832 config X86_VISWS_APIC
834 depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
836 config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
837 bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
838 depends on X86_IO_APIC
840 This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of
841 spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded
842 interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of
843 superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled.
845 Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ
846 entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT
847 kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this
848 boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps
849 the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot
850 IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the
851 kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this
852 way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise
853 the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring
854 down (vital) interrupt lines.
856 Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be
857 increased on these systems.
860 bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
862 Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
863 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
864 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
865 ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
869 prompt "Intel MCE features"
870 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
872 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
877 prompt "AMD MCE features"
878 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
880 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
881 the DRAM Error Threshold.
883 config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
884 bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
885 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
887 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
888 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
891 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
892 depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
895 config X86_MCE_INJECT
897 tristate "Machine check injector support"
899 Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.
900 If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel
901 QA it is safe to say n.
903 config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
905 depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
908 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT
912 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
913 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
914 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
915 option saves about 6k.
918 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
921 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
922 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
923 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
924 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
926 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
927 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
928 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
930 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
934 tristate "Dell laptop support"
937 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
938 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
939 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
940 control the fans on the I8K portables.
942 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
943 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
944 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
947 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
948 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
949 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
951 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
954 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
955 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
958 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
959 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
960 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
961 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
964 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
965 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
967 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
968 enable this option even if you don't need it.
972 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
975 If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
976 certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
977 IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
978 Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
979 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
980 You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
981 which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
983 This option selects the general module only, you need to select
984 at least one vendor specific module as well.
986 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
987 module will be called microcode.
989 config MICROCODE_INTEL
990 bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
995 This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
998 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
999 Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
1000 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
1002 config MICROCODE_AMD
1003 bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
1004 depends on MICROCODE
1007 If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
1008 processors will be enabled.
1010 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
1012 depends on MICROCODE
1015 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
1017 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
1018 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
1019 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
1020 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
1024 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
1026 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
1027 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
1028 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
1032 prompt "High Memory Support"
1033 default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
1039 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1041 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
1042 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
1043 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
1044 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
1045 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
1048 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
1049 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
1050 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
1051 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
1052 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
1053 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
1056 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
1059 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
1060 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
1061 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
1062 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
1063 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
1064 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
1066 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
1067 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
1068 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
1069 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
1070 kernel at boot time.)
1072 If unsure, say "off".
1076 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1078 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
1079 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1083 depends on !M386 && !M486
1086 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
1087 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1092 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1093 prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
1097 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
1099 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
1100 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
1101 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
1102 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
1103 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
1104 available to user programs, making the address space there
1105 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
1106 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
1109 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
1113 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
1114 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1116 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
1118 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
1119 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1121 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
1123 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
1128 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1129 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
1130 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1131 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
1137 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
1140 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
1141 depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
1143 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
1144 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
1145 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
1146 consumes more pagetable space per process.
1148 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1149 def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
1151 config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
1152 def_bool X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
1154 config DIRECT_GBPAGES
1155 bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EXPERT
1159 Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that
1160 support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by
1161 reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y".
1163 # Common NUMA Features
1165 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
1167 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
1168 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
1170 Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
1172 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
1173 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
1174 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
1176 For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
1177 (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
1179 For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
1180 that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
1181 boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
1183 Otherwise, you should say N.
1185 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
1186 depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
1190 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
1191 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
1193 Enable AMD NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
1194 you have a multi processor AMD system. This uses an old method to
1195 read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin Northbridge
1196 of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA instead,
1197 which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
1199 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1201 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
1202 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1205 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1207 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
1208 # other nodes. Even though a pfn is valid and
1209 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
1210 # reside on that node. See memmap_init_zone()
1212 config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
1214 depends on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1217 bool "NUMA emulation"
1220 Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
1221 into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
1222 number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
1225 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1227 default "10" if MAXSMP
1228 default "6" if X86_64
1229 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
1231 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
1233 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1234 system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
1236 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
1238 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1240 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
1242 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1244 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
1246 depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
1248 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
1250 depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
1252 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1254 depends on X86_32 && !NUMA
1256 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
1258 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1260 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
1262 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1264 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1266 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_32) || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1267 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1268 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1270 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1274 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1276 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1278 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1280 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1282 config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
1284 depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
1286 config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
1289 default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
1294 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1297 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1298 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1299 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1300 entries in high memory.
1302 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1303 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1305 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1306 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1307 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1308 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1309 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1310 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1311 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1312 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
1314 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1315 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1316 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1317 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1319 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1320 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1321 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1324 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1325 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1326 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1329 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1332 config X86_RESERVE_LOW
1333 int "Amount of low memory, in kilobytes, to reserve for the BIOS"
1337 Specify the amount of low memory to reserve for the BIOS.
1339 The first page contains BIOS data structures that the kernel
1340 must not use, so that page must always be reserved.
1342 By default we reserve the first 64K of physical RAM, as a
1343 number of BIOSes are known to corrupt that memory range
1344 during events such as suspend/resume or monitor cable
1345 insertion, so it must not be used by the kernel.
1347 You can set this to 4 if you are absolutely sure that you
1348 trust the BIOS to get all its memory reservations and usages
1349 right. If you know your BIOS have problems beyond the
1350 default 64K area, you can set this to 640 to avoid using the
1351 entire low memory range.
1353 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does
1354 not work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware
1355 hotplug events) then you might want to enable
1356 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check
1357 typical corruption patterns.
1359 Leave this to the default value of 64 if you are unsure.
1361 config MATH_EMULATION
1363 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
1365 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1366 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1367 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1368 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1369 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1370 coprocessor or this emulation.
1372 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1373 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1374 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1375 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1376 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1377 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1378 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1379 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1381 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1382 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1384 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1385 kernel, it won't hurt.
1389 prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
1391 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1392 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1393 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1394 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1395 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1396 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1397 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1398 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1399 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1401 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1402 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1405 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1406 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1407 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1408 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1409 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1410 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1411 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1413 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1414 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1415 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1417 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1418 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1420 See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
1422 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1424 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1427 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1428 add writeback entries.
1430 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1431 The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
1436 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1437 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1440 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1442 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1444 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1445 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1448 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1450 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1451 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1455 prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
1458 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1460 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1461 flexible than MTRRs.
1463 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1464 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1468 config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
1474 prompt "x86 architectural random number generator" if EXPERT
1476 Enable the x86 architectural RDRAND instruction
1477 (Intel Bull Mountain technology) to generate random numbers.
1478 If supported, this is a high bandwidth, cryptographically
1479 secure hardware random number generator.
1482 bool "EFI runtime service support"
1485 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
1486 available (such as the EFI variable services).
1488 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
1489 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
1490 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
1491 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
1492 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
1497 prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
1499 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
1500 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
1501 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
1502 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
1503 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
1504 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
1505 enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
1506 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
1507 defined by each seccomp mode.
1509 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
1511 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1512 bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1514 This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
1515 feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
1516 the stack just before the return address, and validates
1517 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
1518 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
1519 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
1520 neutralized via a kernel panic.
1522 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
1523 gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
1524 detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
1525 ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
1527 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
1530 bool "kexec system call"
1532 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
1533 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
1534 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
1535 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
1537 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
1539 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
1540 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
1541 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
1542 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
1543 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
1546 bool "kernel crash dumps"
1547 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1549 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
1550 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
1551 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
1552 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
1553 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
1554 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
1555 PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
1556 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
1557 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1560 bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1561 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1562 depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
1564 Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
1565 code in physical address mode via KEXEC
1567 config PHYSICAL_START
1568 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP)
1571 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
1573 If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
1574 bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
1575 run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
1576 it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
1579 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
1580 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
1581 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
1582 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
1583 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
1584 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
1585 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
1586 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
1588 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
1589 leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
1590 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
1591 for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
1592 the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
1593 the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
1594 command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
1595 kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1596 for more details about crash dumps.
1598 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
1599 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
1600 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
1601 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
1602 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
1603 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
1606 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1609 bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
1612 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
1613 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
1614 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
1615 but are discarded at runtime.
1617 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
1618 must live at a different physical address than the primary
1621 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
1622 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
1623 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
1625 # Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
1626 config X86_NEED_RELOCS
1628 depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
1630 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
1631 hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
1633 range 0x2000 0x1000000
1635 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
1636 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
1637 address which meets above alignment restriction.
1639 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1640 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
1641 address aligned to above value and run from there.
1643 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1644 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
1645 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
1646 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
1647 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
1648 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
1649 above alignment restrictions.
1651 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1654 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
1655 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
1657 Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
1658 controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
1659 ( Note: power management support will enable this option
1660 automatically on SMP systems. )
1661 Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
1665 prompt "Compat VDSO support"
1666 depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
1668 Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
1670 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
1671 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
1672 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
1677 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
1679 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
1680 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
1681 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
1682 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
1683 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
1685 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
1686 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
1687 the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
1689 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
1690 should leave this option set to 'N'.
1693 string "Built-in kernel command string"
1694 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1697 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
1698 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
1699 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
1700 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
1702 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
1703 change this behavior.
1705 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
1706 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
1709 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
1710 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
1711 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1713 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
1714 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
1716 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
1717 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
1721 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1723 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1725 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
1727 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1729 config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
1733 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
1735 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
1737 depends on X86_64 && HIBERNATION
1739 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
1741 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
1743 source "drivers/sfi/Kconfig"
1747 depends on APM || APM_MODULE
1750 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
1751 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
1753 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
1754 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
1755 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
1756 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
1757 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
1758 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
1760 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
1761 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
1763 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
1764 machines with more than one CPU.
1766 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
1767 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt>
1768 and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
1769 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1771 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
1772 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
1773 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
1775 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
1776 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
1777 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
1778 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
1780 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
1781 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
1782 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
1783 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
1786 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
1789 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
1791 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
1792 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
1793 the "no387" option to the kernel
1794 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
1795 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
1796 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
1797 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
1798 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
1799 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
1800 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
1801 10) install a better fan for the CPU
1802 11) exchange RAM chips
1803 12) exchange the motherboard.
1805 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1806 module will be called apm.
1810 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
1811 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
1813 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
1814 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
1815 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
1817 config APM_DO_ENABLE
1818 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
1820 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
1821 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
1822 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
1823 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
1824 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
1825 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
1826 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
1827 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
1828 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
1829 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
1830 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
1831 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
1835 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
1837 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
1838 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
1839 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
1840 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
1841 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
1842 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
1843 this option does nothing.)
1845 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
1846 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
1848 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
1849 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
1850 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
1851 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
1852 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
1853 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
1854 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
1855 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
1856 especially if you are using gpm.
1858 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
1859 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
1861 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
1862 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
1863 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
1864 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
1865 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
1866 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
1870 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig"
1872 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
1874 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
1879 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
1884 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
1886 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
1887 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
1888 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
1889 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
1892 prompt "PCI access mode"
1893 depends on X86_32 && PCI
1896 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1897 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1898 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1899 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1900 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1902 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1903 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1904 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1905 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1906 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1907 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1908 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1913 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1930 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1932 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
1935 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOMMCONFIG))
1939 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (ACPI || SFI) && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1943 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
1947 depends on PCI && XEN
1955 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access"
1956 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
1958 config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
1959 bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
1961 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1963 Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
1964 PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
1967 There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
1968 is known to be incomplete.
1970 You should say N unless you know you need this.
1972 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1974 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1976 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
1978 bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
1981 Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
1989 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1990 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
1991 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
1992 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
1993 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
1999 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
2000 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
2002 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
2003 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
2004 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
2005 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
2007 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
2011 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
2016 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
2017 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
2018 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
2019 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
2021 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
2024 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
2026 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
2027 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
2028 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
2029 for other scx200_* drivers.
2031 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
2033 config SCx200HR_TIMER
2034 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
2038 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
2039 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
2040 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
2041 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
2042 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
2045 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
2051 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
2055 bool "OLPC XO-1 Power Management"
2056 depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535 && PM_SLEEP
2059 Add support for poweroff and suspend of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
2062 bool "OLPC XO-1 Real Time Clock"
2063 depends on OLPC_XO1_PM && RTC_DRV_CMOS
2065 Add support for the XO-1 real time clock, which can be used as a
2066 programmable wakeup source.
2069 bool "OLPC XO-1 SCI extras"
2070 depends on OLPC && OLPC_XO1_PM
2075 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop:
2076 - EC-driven system wakeups
2080 - AC adapter status updates
2081 - Battery status updates
2083 config OLPC_XO15_SCI
2084 bool "OLPC XO-1.5 SCI extras"
2085 depends on OLPC && ACPI
2088 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop:
2089 - EC-driven system wakeups
2090 - AC adapter status updates
2091 - Battery status updates
2094 bool "PCEngines ALIX System Support (LED setup)"
2097 This option enables system support for the PCEngines ALIX.
2098 At present this just sets up LEDs for GPIO control on
2099 ALIX2/3/6 boards. However, other system specific setup should
2102 Note: You must still enable the drivers for GPIO and LED support
2103 (GPIO_CS5535 & LEDS_GPIO) to actually use the LEDs
2105 Note: You have to set alix.force=1 for boards with Award BIOS.
2111 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
2113 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2115 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
2118 bool "RapidIO support"
2122 If you say Y here, the kernel will include drivers and
2123 infrastructure code to support RapidIO interconnect devices.
2125 source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
2130 menu "Executable file formats / Emulations"
2132 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
2134 config IA32_EMULATION
2135 bool "IA32 Emulation"
2137 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
2139 Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
2140 likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
2141 32-bit programs left.
2144 tristate "IA32 a.out support"
2145 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2147 Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
2151 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2153 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
2157 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
2159 depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
2163 depends on COMPAT && KEYS
2169 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
2173 config HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
2175 select STOP_MACHINE if SMP
2177 source "net/Kconfig"
2179 source "drivers/Kconfig"
2181 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
2185 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.debug"
2187 source "security/Kconfig"
2189 source "crypto/Kconfig"
2191 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
2193 source "lib/Kconfig"