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 HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
30 select ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK
31 select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
32 select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
34 select HAVE_KRETPROBES
36 select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
37 select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
38 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
39 select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
40 select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
41 select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
42 select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
43 select HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER if DYNAMIC_FTRACE
44 select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
47 select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
48 select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT if X86_32
49 select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
50 select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
51 select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
52 select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
53 select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
54 select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
55 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
57 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
58 select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
59 select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
61 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
63 select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE if SLUB && !M386
64 select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL if !M386
65 select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
66 select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
67 select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
68 select ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_RANDOMIZE_PIE
69 select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
70 select HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
71 select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
72 select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
74 select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
75 select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
76 select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
77 select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
78 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
79 select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
80 select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
81 select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (X86_64 && NET)
83 select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
86 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
87 def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
91 default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
92 default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64
96 default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
97 default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
99 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
102 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
105 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
108 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
112 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
114 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
116 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
119 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
122 config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
131 config NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
132 def_bool (X86_64 || INTEL_IOMMU || DMA_API_DEBUG)
134 config NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
137 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
143 select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64
145 config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
148 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
154 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
157 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
160 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
163 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
166 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
169 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
173 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
176 config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
179 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
182 config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
185 config NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
188 config NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
191 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
194 config ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
205 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING
208 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
211 config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
213 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INTEL_IOMMU && ACPI
217 depends on X86_32 && SMP
221 depends on X86_64 && SMP
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"
249 bool "DMA memory allocation support" if EXPERT
252 DMA memory allocation support allows devices with less than 32-bit
253 addressing to allocate within the first 16MB of address space.
254 Disable if no such devices will be used.
258 source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
261 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
263 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
264 a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
265 you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
267 If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
268 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
269 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
270 singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
271 will run faster if you say N here.
273 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
274 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
275 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
276 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
278 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
279 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
280 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
282 See also <file:Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
283 <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
284 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
286 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
289 bool "Support x2apic"
290 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
292 This enables x2apic support on CPUs that have this feature.
294 This allows 32-bit apic IDs (so it can support very large systems),
295 and accesses the local apic via MSRs not via mmio.
297 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
300 bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
302 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
304 For old smp systems that do not have proper acpi support. Newer systems
305 (esp with 64bit cpus) with acpi support, MADT and DSDT will override it
308 bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
309 depends on X86_32 && SMP
311 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
314 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
315 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
318 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
319 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
322 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
323 for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms:
327 SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)
328 Summit/EXA (IBM x440)
329 Unisys ES7000 IA32 series
330 Moorestown MID devices
332 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
333 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
337 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
338 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
341 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
342 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
345 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
346 for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms:
351 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
352 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
354 # This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms
355 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
357 bool "Numascale NumaChip"
359 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
362 depends on X86_X2APIC
364 Adds support for Numascale NumaChip large-SMP systems. Needed to
365 enable more than ~168 cores.
366 If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
370 select PARAVIRT_GUEST
372 depends on X86_64 && PCI
373 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
375 Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
376 supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option
377 if you have one of these machines.
380 bool "SGI Ultraviolet"
382 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
384 depends on X86_X2APIC
386 This option is needed in order to support SGI Ultraviolet systems.
387 If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
389 # Following is an alphabetically sorted list of 32 bit extended platforms
390 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
393 bool "CE4100 TV platform"
395 depends on PCI_GODIRECT
397 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
398 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
400 select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
402 Select for the Intel CE media processor (CE4100) SOC.
403 This option compiles in support for the CE4100 SOC for settop
404 boxes and media devices.
406 config X86_WANT_INTEL_MID
407 bool "Intel MID platform support"
409 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
411 Select to build a kernel capable of supporting Intel MID platform
412 systems which do not have the PCI legacy interfaces (Moorestown,
413 Medfield). If you are building for a PC class system say N here.
415 if X86_WANT_INTEL_MID
421 bool "Medfield MID platform"
424 depends on X86_IO_APIC
432 select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
433 select MFD_INTEL_MSIC
435 Medfield is Intel's Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) based Moblin
436 Internet Device(MID) platform.
437 Unlike standard x86 PCs, Medfield does not have many legacy devices
438 nor standard legacy replacement devices/features. e.g. Medfield does
439 not contain i8259, i8254, HPET, legacy BIOS, most of the io ports.
444 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
446 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
448 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
450 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
452 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
454 config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
455 bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures"
456 depends on X86_32 && SMP
457 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
459 This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
460 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
461 if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
464 # Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
467 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
468 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
473 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
474 NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
475 bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
476 of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
477 firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
479 config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
481 # MCE code calls memory_failure():
483 # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
484 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
485 # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
486 depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
487 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
490 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
491 depends on X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
492 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
494 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
495 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
497 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
499 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
500 PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
503 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
504 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
506 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
507 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
510 bool "Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
511 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && X86_BIGSMP
513 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
514 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
517 tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module"
520 The Iris machines from EuroBraille do not have APM or ACPI support
521 to shut themselves down properly. A special I/O sequence is
522 needed to do so, which is what this module does at
525 This is only for Iris machines from EuroBraille.
529 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
531 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
534 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
535 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
536 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
537 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
539 If in doubt, say "Y".
541 menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
542 bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
544 Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
545 various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
547 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
551 config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
552 bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
556 Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
557 accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
558 the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
559 that, there can be a small performance impact.
561 If in doubt, say N here.
563 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
566 bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
568 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
570 Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
571 when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
572 (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
573 provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
577 bool "KVM Guest support"
580 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
583 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
586 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
588 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
589 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
590 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
591 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
593 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
594 bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
595 depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
597 Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
598 spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
599 (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
601 Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
602 native kernels, with various workloads.
604 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
606 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
611 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
612 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
613 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
615 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
616 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
624 This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
626 memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
627 memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
629 memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
630 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
632 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
634 depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_32_NON_STANDARD
636 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
638 depends on X86_SUMMIT
640 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
644 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
646 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
647 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
649 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
650 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
651 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
652 as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
653 <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>.
655 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
656 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
657 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
659 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
661 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
663 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
666 def_bool y if X86_INTEL_MID
667 prompt "Intel MID APB Timer Support" if X86_INTEL_MID
669 depends on X86_INTEL_MID && SFI
671 APB timer is the replacement for 8254, HPET on X86 MID platforms.
672 The APBT provides a stable time base on SMP
673 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
674 as it is off-chip. APB timers are always running regardless of CPU
675 C states, they are used as per CPU clockevent device when possible.
677 # Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong.
678 # The code disables itself when not needed.
681 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT
683 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
684 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
685 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
689 bool "GART IOMMU support" if EXPERT
692 depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
694 Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
695 on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
696 sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
697 Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
698 based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
699 on Intel systems and as fallback.
700 The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
701 device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
705 bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
707 depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
709 Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
710 systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
711 properly with 32-bit PCI devices that do not support DAC
712 (Double Address Cycle). Calgary also supports bus level
713 isolation, where all DMAs pass through the IOMMU. This
714 prevents them from going anywhere except their intended
715 destination. This catches hard-to-find kernel bugs and
716 mis-behaving drivers and devices that do not use the DMA-API
717 properly to set up their DMA buffers. The IOMMU can be
718 turned off at boot time with the iommu=off parameter.
719 Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
722 config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
724 prompt "Should Calgary be enabled by default?"
725 depends on CALGARY_IOMMU
727 Should Calgary be enabled by default? if you choose 'y', Calgary
728 will be used (if it exists). If you choose 'n', Calgary will not be
729 used even if it exists. If you choose 'n' and would like to use
730 Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
733 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
737 Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
738 which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
739 of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
740 access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
741 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
744 def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
747 bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
748 depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
749 select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
751 Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
755 int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
756 range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
757 range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
759 default "4096" if MAXSMP
760 default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
763 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
764 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
765 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
767 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
768 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
771 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
774 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
775 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
776 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
781 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
784 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
785 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
786 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
788 config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
789 bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
792 Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
793 accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
794 transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
795 small performance impact.
797 If in doubt, say N here.
799 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
802 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
803 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
805 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
806 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
807 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
808 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
809 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
810 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
811 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
815 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
816 depends on X86_UP_APIC
818 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
819 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
820 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
822 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
823 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
824 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
826 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
828 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
832 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC
834 config X86_VISWS_APIC
836 depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
838 config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
839 bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
840 depends on X86_IO_APIC
842 This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of
843 spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded
844 interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of
845 superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled.
847 Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ
848 entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT
849 kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this
850 boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps
851 the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot
852 IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the
853 kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this
854 way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise
855 the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring
856 down (vital) interrupt lines.
858 Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be
859 increased on these systems.
862 bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
864 Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
865 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
866 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
867 ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
871 prompt "Intel MCE features"
872 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
874 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
879 prompt "AMD MCE features"
880 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
882 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
883 the DRAM Error Threshold.
885 config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
886 bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
887 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
889 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
890 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
893 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
894 depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
897 config X86_MCE_INJECT
899 tristate "Machine check injector support"
901 Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.
902 If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel
903 QA it is safe to say n.
905 config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
907 depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
910 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT
914 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
915 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
916 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
917 option saves about 6k.
920 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
923 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
924 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
925 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
926 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
928 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
929 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
930 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
932 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
936 tristate "Dell laptop support"
939 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
940 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
941 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
942 control the fans on the I8K portables.
944 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
945 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
946 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
949 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
950 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
951 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
953 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
956 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
957 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
960 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
961 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
962 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
963 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
966 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
967 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
969 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
970 enable this option even if you don't need it.
974 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
977 If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
978 certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
979 IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
980 Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
981 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
982 You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
983 which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
985 This option selects the general module only, you need to select
986 at least one vendor specific module as well.
988 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
989 module will be called microcode.
991 config MICROCODE_INTEL
992 bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
997 This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
1000 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
1001 Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
1002 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
1004 config MICROCODE_AMD
1005 bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
1006 depends on MICROCODE
1009 If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
1010 processors will be enabled.
1012 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
1014 depends on MICROCODE
1017 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
1019 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
1020 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
1021 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
1022 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
1026 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
1028 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
1029 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
1030 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
1034 prompt "High Memory Support"
1035 default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
1041 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1043 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
1044 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
1045 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
1046 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
1047 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
1050 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
1051 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
1052 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
1053 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
1054 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
1055 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
1058 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
1061 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
1062 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
1063 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
1064 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
1065 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
1066 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
1068 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
1069 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
1070 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
1071 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
1072 kernel at boot time.)
1074 If unsure, say "off".
1078 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1080 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
1081 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1085 depends on !M386 && !M486
1088 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
1089 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1094 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1095 prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
1099 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
1101 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
1102 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
1103 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
1104 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
1105 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
1106 available to user programs, making the address space there
1107 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
1108 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
1111 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
1115 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
1116 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1118 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
1120 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
1121 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1123 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
1125 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
1130 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1131 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
1132 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1133 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
1139 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
1142 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
1143 depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
1145 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
1146 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
1147 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
1148 consumes more pagetable space per process.
1150 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1151 def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
1153 config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
1154 def_bool X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
1156 config DIRECT_GBPAGES
1157 bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EXPERT
1161 Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that
1162 support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by
1163 reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y".
1165 # Common NUMA Features
1167 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
1169 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
1170 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
1172 Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
1174 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
1175 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
1176 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
1178 For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
1179 (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
1181 For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
1182 that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
1183 boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
1185 Otherwise, you should say N.
1187 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
1188 depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
1192 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
1193 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
1195 Enable AMD NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
1196 you have a multi processor AMD system. This uses an old method to
1197 read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin Northbridge
1198 of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA instead,
1199 which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
1201 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1203 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
1204 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1207 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1209 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
1210 # other nodes. Even though a pfn is valid and
1211 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
1212 # reside on that node. See memmap_init_zone()
1214 config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
1216 depends on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1219 bool "NUMA emulation"
1222 Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
1223 into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
1224 number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
1227 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1229 default "10" if MAXSMP
1230 default "6" if X86_64
1231 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
1233 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
1235 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1236 system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
1238 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
1240 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1242 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
1244 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1246 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
1248 depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
1250 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
1252 depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
1254 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1256 depends on X86_32 && !NUMA
1258 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
1260 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1262 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
1264 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1266 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1268 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_32) || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1269 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1270 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1272 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1276 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1278 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1280 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1282 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1284 config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
1286 depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
1288 config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
1291 default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
1296 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1299 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1300 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1301 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1302 entries in high memory.
1304 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1305 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1307 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1308 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1309 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1310 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1311 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1312 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1313 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1314 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
1316 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1317 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1318 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1319 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1321 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1322 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1323 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1326 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1327 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1328 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1331 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1334 config X86_RESERVE_LOW
1335 int "Amount of low memory, in kilobytes, to reserve for the BIOS"
1339 Specify the amount of low memory to reserve for the BIOS.
1341 The first page contains BIOS data structures that the kernel
1342 must not use, so that page must always be reserved.
1344 By default we reserve the first 64K of physical RAM, as a
1345 number of BIOSes are known to corrupt that memory range
1346 during events such as suspend/resume or monitor cable
1347 insertion, so it must not be used by the kernel.
1349 You can set this to 4 if you are absolutely sure that you
1350 trust the BIOS to get all its memory reservations and usages
1351 right. If you know your BIOS have problems beyond the
1352 default 64K area, you can set this to 640 to avoid using the
1353 entire low memory range.
1355 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does
1356 not work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware
1357 hotplug events) then you might want to enable
1358 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check
1359 typical corruption patterns.
1361 Leave this to the default value of 64 if you are unsure.
1363 config MATH_EMULATION
1365 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
1367 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1368 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1369 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1370 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1371 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1372 coprocessor or this emulation.
1374 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1375 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1376 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1377 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1378 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1379 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1380 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1381 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1383 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1384 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1386 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1387 kernel, it won't hurt.
1391 prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
1393 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1394 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1395 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1396 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1397 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1398 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1399 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1400 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1401 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1403 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1404 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1407 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1408 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1409 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1410 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1411 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1412 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1413 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1415 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1416 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1417 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1419 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1420 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1422 See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
1424 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1426 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1429 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1430 add writeback entries.
1432 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1433 The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
1438 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1439 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1442 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1444 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1446 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1447 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1450 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1452 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1453 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1457 prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
1460 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1462 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1463 flexible than MTRRs.
1465 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1466 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1470 config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
1476 prompt "x86 architectural random number generator" if EXPERT
1478 Enable the x86 architectural RDRAND instruction
1479 (Intel Bull Mountain technology) to generate random numbers.
1480 If supported, this is a high bandwidth, cryptographically
1481 secure hardware random number generator.
1484 bool "EFI runtime service support"
1487 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
1488 available (such as the EFI variable services).
1490 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
1491 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
1492 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
1493 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
1494 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
1498 bool "EFI stub support"
1501 This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly
1502 by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader.
1506 prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
1508 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
1509 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
1510 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
1511 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
1512 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
1513 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
1514 enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
1515 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
1516 defined by each seccomp mode.
1518 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
1520 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1521 bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1523 This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
1524 feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
1525 the stack just before the return address, and validates
1526 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
1527 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
1528 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
1529 neutralized via a kernel panic.
1531 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
1532 gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
1533 detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
1534 ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
1536 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
1539 bool "kexec system call"
1541 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
1542 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
1543 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
1544 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
1546 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
1548 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
1549 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
1550 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
1551 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
1552 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
1555 bool "kernel crash dumps"
1556 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1558 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
1559 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
1560 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
1561 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
1562 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
1563 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
1564 PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
1565 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
1566 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1569 bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1570 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1571 depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
1573 Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
1574 code in physical address mode via KEXEC
1576 config PHYSICAL_START
1577 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP)
1580 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
1582 If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
1583 bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
1584 run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
1585 it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
1588 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
1589 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
1590 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
1591 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
1592 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
1593 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
1594 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
1595 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
1597 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
1598 leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
1599 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
1600 for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
1601 the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
1602 the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
1603 command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
1604 kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1605 for more details about crash dumps.
1607 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
1608 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
1609 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
1610 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
1611 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
1612 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
1615 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1618 bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
1621 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
1622 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
1623 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
1624 but are discarded at runtime.
1626 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
1627 must live at a different physical address than the primary
1630 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
1631 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
1632 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
1634 # Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
1635 config X86_NEED_RELOCS
1637 depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
1639 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
1640 hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
1642 range 0x2000 0x1000000
1644 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
1645 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
1646 address which meets above alignment restriction.
1648 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1649 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
1650 address aligned to above value and run from there.
1652 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1653 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
1654 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
1655 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
1656 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
1657 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
1658 above alignment restrictions.
1660 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1663 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
1664 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
1666 Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
1667 controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
1668 ( Note: power management support will enable this option
1669 automatically on SMP systems. )
1670 Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
1674 prompt "Compat VDSO support"
1675 depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
1677 Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
1679 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
1680 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
1681 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
1686 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
1688 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
1689 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
1690 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
1691 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
1692 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
1694 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
1695 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
1696 the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
1698 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
1699 should leave this option set to 'N'.
1702 string "Built-in kernel command string"
1703 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1706 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
1707 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
1708 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
1709 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
1711 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
1712 change this behavior.
1714 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
1715 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
1718 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
1719 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
1720 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1722 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
1723 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
1725 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
1726 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
1730 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1732 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1734 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
1736 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1738 config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
1742 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
1744 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
1746 depends on X86_64 && HIBERNATION
1748 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
1750 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
1752 source "drivers/sfi/Kconfig"
1759 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
1760 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
1762 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
1763 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
1764 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
1765 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
1766 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
1767 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
1769 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
1770 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
1772 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
1773 machines with more than one CPU.
1775 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
1776 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt>
1777 and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
1778 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1780 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
1781 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
1782 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
1784 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
1785 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
1786 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
1787 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
1789 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
1790 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
1791 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
1792 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
1795 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
1798 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
1800 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
1801 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
1802 the "no387" option to the kernel
1803 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
1804 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
1805 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
1806 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
1807 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
1808 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
1809 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
1810 10) install a better fan for the CPU
1811 11) exchange RAM chips
1812 12) exchange the motherboard.
1814 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1815 module will be called apm.
1819 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
1820 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
1822 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
1823 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
1824 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
1826 config APM_DO_ENABLE
1827 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
1829 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
1830 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
1831 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
1832 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
1833 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
1834 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
1835 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
1836 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
1837 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
1838 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
1839 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
1840 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
1844 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
1846 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
1847 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
1848 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
1849 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
1850 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
1851 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
1852 this option does nothing.)
1854 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
1855 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
1857 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
1858 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
1859 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
1860 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
1861 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
1862 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
1863 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
1864 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
1865 especially if you are using gpm.
1867 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
1868 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
1870 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
1871 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
1872 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
1873 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
1874 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
1875 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
1879 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig"
1881 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
1883 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
1888 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
1893 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
1895 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
1896 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
1897 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
1898 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
1901 prompt "PCI access mode"
1902 depends on X86_32 && PCI
1905 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1906 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1907 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1908 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1909 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1911 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1912 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1913 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1914 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1915 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1916 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1917 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1922 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1939 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1941 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
1944 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOMMCONFIG))
1948 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (ACPI || SFI) && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1952 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
1956 depends on PCI && XEN
1964 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access"
1965 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
1967 config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
1968 bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
1970 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1972 Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
1973 PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
1976 There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
1977 is known to be incomplete.
1979 You should say N unless you know you need this.
1981 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1983 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1985 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
1987 bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
1990 Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
1998 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1999 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
2000 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
2001 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
2002 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
2008 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
2009 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
2011 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
2012 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
2013 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
2014 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
2016 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
2020 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
2025 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
2026 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
2027 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
2028 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
2030 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
2033 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
2035 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
2036 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
2037 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
2038 for other scx200_* drivers.
2040 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
2042 config SCx200HR_TIMER
2043 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
2047 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
2048 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
2049 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
2050 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
2051 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
2054 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
2060 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
2064 bool "OLPC XO-1 Power Management"
2065 depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535 && PM_SLEEP
2068 Add support for poweroff and suspend of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
2071 bool "OLPC XO-1 Real Time Clock"
2072 depends on OLPC_XO1_PM && RTC_DRV_CMOS
2074 Add support for the XO-1 real time clock, which can be used as a
2075 programmable wakeup source.
2078 bool "OLPC XO-1 SCI extras"
2079 depends on OLPC && OLPC_XO1_PM
2084 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop:
2085 - EC-driven system wakeups
2089 - AC adapter status updates
2090 - Battery status updates
2092 config OLPC_XO15_SCI
2093 bool "OLPC XO-1.5 SCI extras"
2094 depends on OLPC && ACPI
2097 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop:
2098 - EC-driven system wakeups
2099 - AC adapter status updates
2100 - Battery status updates
2103 bool "PCEngines ALIX System Support (LED setup)"
2106 This option enables system support for the PCEngines ALIX.
2107 At present this just sets up LEDs for GPIO control on
2108 ALIX2/3/6 boards. However, other system specific setup should
2111 Note: You must still enable the drivers for GPIO and LED support
2112 (GPIO_CS5535 & LEDS_GPIO) to actually use the LEDs
2114 Note: You have to set alix.force=1 for boards with Award BIOS.
2117 bool "Soekris Engineering net5501 System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)"
2120 This option enables system support for the Soekris Engineering net5501.
2126 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
2128 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2130 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
2133 bool "RapidIO support"
2137 If you say Y here, the kernel will include drivers and
2138 infrastructure code to support RapidIO interconnect devices.
2140 source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
2145 menu "Executable file formats / Emulations"
2147 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
2149 config IA32_EMULATION
2150 bool "IA32 Emulation"
2152 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
2154 Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
2155 likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
2156 32-bit programs left.
2159 tristate "IA32 a.out support"
2160 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2162 Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
2166 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2168 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
2172 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
2174 depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
2178 depends on COMPAT && KEYS
2184 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
2188 config HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
2190 select STOP_MACHINE if SMP
2192 source "net/Kconfig"
2194 source "drivers/Kconfig"
2196 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
2200 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.debug"
2202 source "security/Kconfig"
2204 source "crypto/Kconfig"
2206 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
2208 source "lib/Kconfig"