From 924cbb8cbe3460ea192e6243017ceb0ceb255b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heiko Stuebner Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 22:56:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] riscv: Improve description for RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT Kconfig symbol This improves the symbol's description to make it easier for people to understand what it is about. Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig Suggested-by: Philipp Tomsich Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner Reviewed-by: Guo Ren Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220526205646.258337-3-heiko@sntech.de Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt --- arch/riscv/Kconfig | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig index c22f581..32ffef9 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig @@ -364,8 +364,13 @@ config RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT select RISCV_ALTERNATIVE default y help - Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the SVPBMT extension - (Supervisor-mode: page-based memory types) and enable its usage. + Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the SVPBMT + ISA-extension (Supervisor-mode: page-based memory types) and + enable its usage. + + The memory type for a page contains a combination of attributes + that indicate the cacheability, idempotency, and ordering + properties for access to that page. The SVPBMT extension is only available on 64Bit cpus. -- 2.7.4