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
67 select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
68 select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
69 select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
70 select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
71 select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
72 select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
73 select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (X86_64 && NET)
76 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
77 def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
81 default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
82 default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64
86 default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
87 default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
89 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
92 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
95 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
98 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
102 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
104 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
106 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
109 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
112 config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
119 bool "DMA memory allocation support" if EXPERT
122 DMA memory allocation support allows devices with less than 32-bit
123 addressing to allocate within the first 16MB of address space.
124 Disable if no such devices will be used.
131 config NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
132 def_bool (X86_64 || DMAR || DMA_API_DEBUG)
134 config NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
137 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
146 select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64
148 config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
151 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
157 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
160 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
163 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
166 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
169 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
172 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
176 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
179 config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
182 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
185 config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
188 config NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
191 config NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
194 config HAVE_CPUMASK_OF_CPU_MAP
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 && DMAR && 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/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 && INTR_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.
425 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
427 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
429 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
431 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
433 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
435 config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
436 bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures"
437 depends on X86_32 && SMP
438 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
440 This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
441 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
442 if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
445 # Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
448 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
449 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
454 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
455 NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
456 bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
457 of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
458 firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
460 config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
462 # MCE code calls memory_failure():
464 # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
465 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
466 # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
467 depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
468 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
471 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
472 depends on X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
473 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
475 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
476 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
478 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
480 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
481 PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
484 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
485 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
487 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
488 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
491 bool "Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
492 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && X86_BIGSMP
494 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
495 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
498 tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module"
501 The Iris machines from EuroBraille do not have APM or ACPI support
502 to shut themselves down properly. A special I/O sequence is
503 needed to do so, which is what this module does at
506 This is only for Iris machines from EuroBraille.
510 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
512 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
515 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
516 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
517 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
518 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
520 If in doubt, say "Y".
522 menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
523 bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
525 Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
526 various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
528 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
532 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
535 bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
537 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
539 Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
540 when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
541 (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
542 provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
546 bool "KVM Guest support"
549 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
552 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
555 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
557 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
558 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
559 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
560 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
562 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
563 bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
564 depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
566 Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
567 spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
568 (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
570 Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
571 native kernels, with various workloads.
573 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
575 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
580 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
581 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
582 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
584 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
585 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
593 This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
595 memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
596 memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
598 memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
599 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
601 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
603 depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_32_NON_STANDARD
605 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
607 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
609 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
613 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
615 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
616 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
618 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
619 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
620 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
621 as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
622 <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>.
624 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
625 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
626 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
628 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
630 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
632 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
636 prompt "Langwell APB Timer Support" if X86_MRST
639 APB timer is the replacement for 8254, HPET on X86 MID platforms.
640 The APBT provides a stable time base on SMP
641 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
642 as it is off-chip. APB timers are always running regardless of CPU
643 C states, they are used as per CPU clockevent device when possible.
645 # Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong.
646 # The code disables itself when not needed.
649 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT
651 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
652 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
653 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
657 bool "GART IOMMU support" if EXPERT
660 depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
662 Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
663 on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
664 sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
665 Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
666 based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
667 on Intel systems and as fallback.
668 The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
669 device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
673 bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
675 depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
677 Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
678 systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
679 properly with 32-bit PCI devices that do not support DAC
680 (Double Address Cycle). Calgary also supports bus level
681 isolation, where all DMAs pass through the IOMMU. This
682 prevents them from going anywhere except their intended
683 destination. This catches hard-to-find kernel bugs and
684 mis-behaving drivers and devices that do not use the DMA-API
685 properly to set up their DMA buffers. The IOMMU can be
686 turned off at boot time with the iommu=off parameter.
687 Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
690 config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
692 prompt "Should Calgary be enabled by default?"
693 depends on CALGARY_IOMMU
695 Should Calgary be enabled by default? if you choose 'y', Calgary
696 will be used (if it exists). If you choose 'n', Calgary will not be
697 used even if it exists. If you choose 'n' and would like to use
698 Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
701 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
705 Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
706 which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
707 of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
708 access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
709 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
712 def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
715 bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
716 depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
717 select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
719 Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
723 int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
724 range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
725 range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
727 default "4096" if MAXSMP
728 default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
731 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
732 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
733 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
735 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
736 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
739 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
742 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
743 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
744 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
749 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
752 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
753 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
754 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
756 config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
757 bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
760 Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
761 accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
762 transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
763 small performance impact.
765 If in doubt, say N here.
767 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
770 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
771 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
773 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
774 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
775 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
776 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
777 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
778 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
779 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
783 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
784 depends on X86_UP_APIC
786 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
787 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
788 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
790 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
791 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
792 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
794 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
796 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
800 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC
802 config X86_VISWS_APIC
804 depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
806 config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
807 bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
808 depends on X86_IO_APIC
810 This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of
811 spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded
812 interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of
813 superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled.
815 Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ
816 entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT
817 kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this
818 boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps
819 the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot
820 IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the
821 kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this
822 way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise
823 the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring
824 down (vital) interrupt lines.
826 Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be
827 increased on these systems.
830 bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
832 Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
833 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
834 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
835 ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
839 prompt "Intel MCE features"
840 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
842 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
847 prompt "AMD MCE features"
848 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
850 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
851 the DRAM Error Threshold.
853 config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
854 bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
855 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
857 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
858 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
861 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
862 depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
865 config X86_MCE_INJECT
867 tristate "Machine check injector support"
869 Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.
870 If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel
871 QA it is safe to say n.
873 config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
875 depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
878 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT
882 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
883 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
884 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
885 option saves about 6k.
888 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
891 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
892 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
893 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
894 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
896 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
897 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
898 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
900 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
904 tristate "Dell laptop support"
907 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
908 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
909 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
910 control the fans on the I8K portables.
912 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
913 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
914 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
917 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
918 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
919 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
921 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
924 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
925 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
928 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
929 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
930 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
931 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
934 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
935 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
937 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
938 enable this option even if you don't need it.
942 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
945 If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
946 certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
947 IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
948 Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
949 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
950 You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
951 which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
953 This option selects the general module only, you need to select
954 at least one vendor specific module as well.
956 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
957 module will be called microcode.
959 config MICROCODE_INTEL
960 bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
965 This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
968 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
969 Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
970 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
973 bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
977 If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
978 processors will be enabled.
980 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
985 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
987 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
988 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
989 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
990 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
994 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
996 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
997 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
998 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
1002 prompt "High Memory Support"
1003 default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
1009 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1011 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
1012 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
1013 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
1014 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
1015 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
1018 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
1019 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
1020 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
1021 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
1022 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
1023 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
1026 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
1029 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
1030 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
1031 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
1032 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
1033 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
1034 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
1036 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
1037 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
1038 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
1039 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
1040 kernel at boot time.)
1042 If unsure, say "off".
1046 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
1048 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
1049 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1053 depends on !M386 && !M486
1056 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
1057 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1062 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1063 prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
1067 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
1069 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
1070 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
1071 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
1072 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
1073 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
1074 available to user programs, making the address space there
1075 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
1076 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
1079 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
1083 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
1084 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1086 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
1088 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
1089 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1091 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
1093 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
1098 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1099 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
1100 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1101 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
1107 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
1110 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
1111 depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
1113 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
1114 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
1115 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
1116 consumes more pagetable space per process.
1118 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1119 def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
1121 config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
1122 def_bool X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
1124 config DIRECT_GBPAGES
1125 bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EXPERT
1129 Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that
1130 support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by
1131 reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y".
1133 # Common NUMA Features
1135 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
1137 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
1138 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
1140 Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
1142 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
1143 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
1144 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
1146 For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
1147 (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
1149 For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
1150 that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
1151 boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
1153 Otherwise, you should say N.
1155 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
1156 depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
1160 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
1161 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
1163 Enable AMD NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
1164 you have a multi processor AMD system. This uses an old method to
1165 read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin Northbridge
1166 of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA instead,
1167 which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
1169 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1171 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
1172 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1175 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1177 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
1178 # other nodes. Even though a pfn is valid and
1179 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
1180 # reside on that node. See memmap_init_zone()
1182 config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
1184 depends on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1187 bool "NUMA emulation"
1190 Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
1191 into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
1192 number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
1195 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1197 default "10" if MAXSMP
1198 default "6" if X86_64
1199 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
1201 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
1203 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1204 system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
1206 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
1208 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1210 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
1212 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1214 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
1216 depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
1218 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
1220 depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
1222 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1224 depends on X86_32 && !NUMA
1226 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
1228 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1230 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
1232 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1234 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1236 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_32) || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1237 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1238 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1240 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1244 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1246 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1248 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1250 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1252 config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
1254 depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
1256 config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
1259 default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
1264 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1267 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1268 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1269 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1270 entries in high memory.
1272 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1273 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1275 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1276 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1277 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1278 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1279 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1280 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1281 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1282 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
1284 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1285 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1286 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1287 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1289 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1290 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1291 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1294 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1295 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1296 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1299 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1302 config X86_RESERVE_LOW
1303 int "Amount of low memory, in kilobytes, to reserve for the BIOS"
1307 Specify the amount of low memory to reserve for the BIOS.
1309 The first page contains BIOS data structures that the kernel
1310 must not use, so that page must always be reserved.
1312 By default we reserve the first 64K of physical RAM, as a
1313 number of BIOSes are known to corrupt that memory range
1314 during events such as suspend/resume or monitor cable
1315 insertion, so it must not be used by the kernel.
1317 You can set this to 4 if you are absolutely sure that you
1318 trust the BIOS to get all its memory reservations and usages
1319 right. If you know your BIOS have problems beyond the
1320 default 64K area, you can set this to 640 to avoid using the
1321 entire low memory range.
1323 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does
1324 not work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware
1325 hotplug events) then you might want to enable
1326 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check
1327 typical corruption patterns.
1329 Leave this to the default value of 64 if you are unsure.
1331 config MATH_EMULATION
1333 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
1335 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1336 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1337 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1338 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1339 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1340 coprocessor or this emulation.
1342 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1343 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1344 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1345 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1346 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1347 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1348 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1349 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1351 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1352 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1354 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1355 kernel, it won't hurt.
1359 prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
1361 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1362 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1363 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1364 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1365 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1366 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1367 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1368 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1369 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1371 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1372 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1375 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1376 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1377 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1378 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1379 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1380 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1381 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1383 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1384 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1385 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1387 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1388 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1390 See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
1392 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1394 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1397 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1398 add writeback entries.
1400 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1401 The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
1406 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1407 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1410 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1412 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1414 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1415 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1418 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1420 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1421 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1425 prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
1428 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1430 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1431 flexible than MTRRs.
1433 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1434 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1438 config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
1443 bool "EFI runtime service support"
1446 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
1447 available (such as the EFI variable services).
1449 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
1450 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
1451 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
1452 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
1453 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
1458 prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
1460 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
1461 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
1462 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
1463 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
1464 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
1465 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
1466 enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
1467 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
1468 defined by each seccomp mode.
1470 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
1472 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1473 bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1475 This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
1476 feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
1477 the stack just before the return address, and validates
1478 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
1479 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
1480 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
1481 neutralized via a kernel panic.
1483 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
1484 gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
1485 detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
1486 ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
1488 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
1491 bool "kexec system call"
1493 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
1494 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
1495 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
1496 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
1498 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
1500 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
1501 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
1502 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
1503 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
1504 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
1507 bool "kernel crash dumps"
1508 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1510 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
1511 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
1512 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
1513 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
1514 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
1515 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
1516 PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
1517 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
1518 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1521 bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1522 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1523 depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
1525 Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
1526 code in physical address mode via KEXEC
1528 config PHYSICAL_START
1529 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP)
1532 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
1534 If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
1535 bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
1536 run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
1537 it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
1540 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
1541 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
1542 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
1543 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
1544 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
1545 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
1546 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
1547 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
1549 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
1550 leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
1551 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
1552 for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
1553 the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
1554 the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
1555 command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
1556 kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1557 for more details about crash dumps.
1559 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
1560 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
1561 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
1562 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
1563 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
1564 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
1567 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1570 bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
1573 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
1574 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
1575 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
1576 but are discarded at runtime.
1578 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
1579 must live at a different physical address than the primary
1582 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
1583 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
1584 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
1586 # Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
1587 config X86_NEED_RELOCS
1589 depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
1591 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
1592 hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
1594 range 0x2000 0x1000000
1596 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
1597 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
1598 address which meets above alignment restriction.
1600 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1601 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
1602 address aligned to above value and run from there.
1604 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1605 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
1606 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
1607 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
1608 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
1609 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
1610 above alignment restrictions.
1612 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1615 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
1616 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
1618 Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
1619 controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
1620 ( Note: power management support will enable this option
1621 automatically on SMP systems. )
1622 Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
1626 prompt "Compat VDSO support"
1627 depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
1629 Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
1631 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
1632 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
1633 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
1638 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
1640 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
1641 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
1642 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
1643 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
1644 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
1646 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
1647 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
1648 the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
1650 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
1651 should leave this option set to 'N'.
1654 string "Built-in kernel command string"
1655 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1658 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
1659 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
1660 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
1661 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
1663 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
1664 change this behavior.
1666 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
1667 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
1670 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
1671 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
1672 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1674 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
1675 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
1677 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
1678 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
1682 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1684 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1686 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
1688 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1690 config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
1694 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
1696 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
1698 depends on X86_64 && HIBERNATION
1700 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
1702 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
1704 source "drivers/sfi/Kconfig"
1708 depends on APM || APM_MODULE
1711 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
1712 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
1714 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
1715 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
1716 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
1717 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
1718 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
1719 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
1721 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
1722 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
1724 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
1725 machines with more than one CPU.
1727 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
1728 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/pm.txt> and the
1729 Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
1730 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1732 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
1733 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
1734 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
1736 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
1737 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
1738 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
1739 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
1741 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
1742 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
1743 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
1744 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
1747 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
1750 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
1752 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
1753 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
1754 the "no387" option to the kernel
1755 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
1756 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
1757 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
1758 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
1759 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
1760 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
1761 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
1762 10) install a better fan for the CPU
1763 11) exchange RAM chips
1764 12) exchange the motherboard.
1766 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1767 module will be called apm.
1771 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
1772 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
1774 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
1775 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
1776 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
1778 config APM_DO_ENABLE
1779 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
1781 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
1782 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
1783 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
1784 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
1785 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
1786 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
1787 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
1788 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
1789 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
1790 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
1791 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
1792 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
1796 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
1798 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
1799 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
1800 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
1801 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
1802 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
1803 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
1804 this option does nothing.)
1806 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
1807 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
1809 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
1810 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
1811 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
1812 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
1813 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
1814 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
1815 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
1816 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
1817 especially if you are using gpm.
1819 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
1820 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
1822 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
1823 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
1824 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
1825 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
1826 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
1827 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
1831 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig"
1833 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
1835 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
1840 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
1845 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
1847 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
1848 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
1849 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
1850 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
1853 prompt "PCI access mode"
1854 depends on X86_32 && PCI
1857 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1858 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1859 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1860 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1861 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1863 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1864 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1865 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1866 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1867 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1868 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1869 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1874 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1891 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1893 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
1896 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC))
1900 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (ACPI || SFI) && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1904 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
1908 depends on PCI && XEN
1916 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access"
1917 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
1919 config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
1920 bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
1922 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1924 Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
1925 PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
1928 There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
1929 is known to be incomplete.
1931 You should say N unless you know you need this.
1933 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1935 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1937 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
1939 bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
1942 Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
1950 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1951 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
1952 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
1953 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
1954 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
1960 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
1961 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
1963 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
1964 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
1965 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1966 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
1968 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
1972 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
1977 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
1978 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
1979 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
1980 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
1982 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
1985 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
1987 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
1988 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
1989 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
1990 for other scx200_* drivers.
1992 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
1994 config SCx200HR_TIMER
1995 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
1999 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
2000 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
2001 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
2002 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
2003 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
2006 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
2012 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
2016 tristate "OLPC XO-1 support"
2017 depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535
2019 Add support for non-essential features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
2025 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
2027 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2029 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
2032 bool "RapidIO support"
2036 If you say Y here, the kernel will include drivers and
2037 infrastructure code to support RapidIO interconnect devices.
2039 source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
2044 menu "Executable file formats / Emulations"
2046 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
2048 config IA32_EMULATION
2049 bool "IA32 Emulation"
2051 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
2053 Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
2054 likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
2055 32-bit programs left.
2058 tristate "IA32 a.out support"
2059 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2061 Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
2065 depends on IA32_EMULATION
2067 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
2071 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
2073 depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
2077 depends on COMPAT && KEYS
2083 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
2087 config HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
2089 select STOP_MACHINE if SMP
2091 source "net/Kconfig"
2093 source "drivers/Kconfig"
2095 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
2099 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.debug"
2101 source "security/Kconfig"
2103 source "crypto/Kconfig"
2105 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
2107 source "lib/Kconfig"