2 mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration for x86"
6 bool "64-bit kernel" if ARCH = "x86"
7 default ARCH = "x86_64"
9 Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64
10 Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386
21 select HAVE_AOUT if X86_32
22 select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
25 select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
27 select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
28 select HAVE_KRETPROBES
29 select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
30 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
31 select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
32 select HAVE_KVM if ((X86_32 && !X86_VOYAGER && !X86_VISWS && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64)
33 select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB if !X86_VOYAGER
34 select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
35 select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT if X86_32
36 select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
40 default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
41 default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
46 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
49 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
52 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
55 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
57 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
59 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
62 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
65 config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
68 config FAST_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
81 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
90 select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64
92 config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
95 config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
101 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
104 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
107 config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
110 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
113 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
116 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
120 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
123 config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
126 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
129 config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
130 def_bool X86_64_SMP || (X86_SMP && !X86_VOYAGER)
132 config HAVE_CPUMASK_OF_CPU_MAP
135 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
137 depends on !SMP || !X86_VOYAGER
139 config ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
141 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
147 config ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
154 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING
157 # Use the generic interrupt handling code in kernel/irq/:
158 config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
162 config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
166 config GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ
168 depends on GENERIC_HARDIRQS && SMP
173 depends on SMP && ((X86_32 && !X86_VOYAGER) || X86_64)
176 config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
182 depends on X86_32 && SMP
186 depends on X86_64 && SMP
191 depends on (X86_32 && !X86_VOYAGER) || X86_64
194 config X86_BIOS_REBOOT
196 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
199 config X86_TRAMPOLINE
201 depends on X86_SMP || (X86_VOYAGER && SMP) || (64BIT && ACPI_SLEEP)
206 source "init/Kconfig"
207 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
209 menu "Processor type and features"
211 source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
214 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
216 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
217 a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
218 you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
220 If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
221 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
222 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
223 singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
224 will run faster if you say N here.
226 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
227 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
228 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
229 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
231 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
232 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
233 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
235 See also <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
236 <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
237 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
239 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
241 config X86_HAS_BOOT_CPU_ID
243 depends on X86_VOYAGER
245 config X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG
247 depends on X86_MPPARSE || X86_VOYAGER
252 bool "Enable MPS table"
253 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
255 For old smp systems that do not have proper acpi support. Newer systems
256 (esp with 64bit cpus) with acpi support, MADT and DSDT will override it
262 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
266 prompt "Subarchitecture Type"
272 Choose this option if your computer is a standard PC or compatible.
278 Select this for an AMD Elan processor.
280 Do not use this option for K6/Athlon/Opteron processors!
282 If unsure, choose "PC-compatible" instead.
286 depends on X86_32 && (SMP || BROKEN) && !PCI
288 Voyager is an MCA-based 32-way capable SMP architecture proprietary
289 to NCR Corp. Machine classes 345x/35xx/4100/51xx are Voyager-based.
293 If you do not specifically know you have a Voyager based machine,
294 say N here, otherwise the kernel you build will not be bootable.
296 config X86_GENERICARCH
297 bool "Generic architecture"
300 This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
301 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
302 if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
308 bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
309 depends on SMP && X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE
312 This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
313 NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
314 bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
315 of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
316 firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
319 bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
320 depends on X86_32 && SMP
322 This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
323 In particular, it is needed for the x440.
326 bool "Support for Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
327 depends on X86_32 && SMP
329 Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
330 supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
333 bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
334 depends on X86_32 && SMP
336 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
337 and if the system is not of any sub-arch type above.
342 bool "Support for ScaleMP vSMP"
344 depends on X86_64 && PCI
346 Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
347 supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option
348 if you have one of these machines.
353 bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
354 depends on X86_32 && PCI && !X86_VOYAGER && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
356 The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
357 based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
359 Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
361 A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
362 PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
365 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
368 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
370 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
372 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
374 config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
376 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
379 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
380 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
381 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
382 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
384 If in doubt, say "Y".
386 menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
387 bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
389 Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
390 various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
392 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
396 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
399 bool "VMI Guest support"
402 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
404 VMI provides a paravirtualized interface to the VMware ESX server
405 (it could be used by other hypervisors in theory too, but is not
406 at the moment), by linking the kernel to a GPL-ed ROM module
407 provided by the hypervisor.
410 bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
412 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
413 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
415 Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
416 when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
417 (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
418 provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
422 bool "KVM Guest support"
424 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
426 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
429 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
432 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
433 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
435 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
436 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
437 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
438 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
440 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
446 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
447 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
448 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
450 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
451 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
456 This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
458 memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
459 memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
461 memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
462 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
464 config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
466 depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_GENERICARCH
468 config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
470 depends on X86_GENERICARCH
472 config ES7000_CLUSTERED_APIC
474 depends on SMP && X86_ES7000 && MPENTIUMIII
476 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
480 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
482 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
483 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
485 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
486 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
487 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
488 as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at
489 <http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec.htm>.
491 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
492 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
493 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
495 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
497 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
499 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
501 # Mark as embedded because too many people got it wrong.
502 # The code disables itself when not needed.
505 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EMBEDDED
507 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
508 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
509 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
513 bool "GART IOMMU support" if EMBEDDED
517 depends on X86_64 && PCI
519 Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
520 on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
521 sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
522 Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
523 based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
524 on Intel systems and as fallback.
525 The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
526 device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
530 bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
532 depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
534 Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
535 systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
536 properly with 32-bit PCI devices that do not support DAC
537 (Double Address Cycle). Calgary also supports bus level
538 isolation, where all DMAs pass through the IOMMU. This
539 prevents them from going anywhere except their intended
540 destination. This catches hard-to-find kernel bugs and
541 mis-behaving drivers and devices that do not use the DMA-API
542 properly to set up their DMA buffers. The IOMMU can be
543 turned off at boot time with the iommu=off parameter.
544 Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
547 config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
549 prompt "Should Calgary be enabled by default?"
550 depends on CALGARY_IOMMU
552 Should Calgary be enabled by default? if you choose 'y', Calgary
553 will be used (if it exists). If you choose 'n', Calgary will not be
554 used even if it exists. If you choose 'n' and would like to use
555 Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
559 bool "AMD IOMMU support"
562 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
564 With this option you can enable support for AMD IOMMU hardware in
565 your system. An IOMMU is a hardware component which provides
566 remapping of DMA memory accesses from devices. With an AMD IOMMU you
567 can isolate the the DMA memory of different devices and protect the
568 system from misbehaving device drivers or hardware.
570 You can find out if your system has an AMD IOMMU if you look into
571 your BIOS for an option to enable it or if you have an IVRS ACPI
574 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
578 Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
579 which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
580 of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
581 access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
582 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
585 def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
588 bool "Configure Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
589 depends on X86_64 && SMP && BROKEN
592 Configure maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
596 int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-512)" if !MAXSMP
599 default "4096" if MAXSMP
600 default "32" if X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000
603 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
604 kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
605 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
607 This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
608 approximately eight kilobytes to the kernel image.
611 bool "SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support"
614 SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
615 when dealing with Intel Pentium 4 chips with HyperThreading at a
616 cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say
621 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
624 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
625 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
626 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
628 source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
631 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
632 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !(X86_VOYAGER || X86_GENERICARCH)
634 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
635 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
636 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
637 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
638 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
639 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
640 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
644 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
645 depends on X86_UP_APIC
647 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
648 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
649 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
651 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
652 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
653 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
655 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
657 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && (X86_UP_APIC || (SMP && !X86_VOYAGER) || X86_GENERICARCH))
661 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && (X86_UP_IOAPIC || (SMP && !X86_VOYAGER) || X86_GENERICARCH))
663 config X86_VISWS_APIC
665 depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
668 bool "Machine Check Exception"
669 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
671 Machine Check Exception support allows the processor to notify the
672 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, component failure).
673 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
674 ranging from a warning message on the console, to halting the machine.
675 Your processor must be a Pentium or newer to support this - check the
676 flags in /proc/cpuinfo for mce. Note that some older Pentium systems
677 have a design flaw which leads to false MCE events - hence MCE is
678 disabled on all P5 processors, unless explicitly enabled with "mce"
679 as a boot argument. Similarly, if MCE is built in and creates a
680 problem on some new non-standard machine, you can boot with "nomce"
681 to disable it. MCE support simply ignores non-MCE processors like
682 the 386 and 486, so nearly everyone can say Y here.
686 prompt "Intel MCE features"
687 depends on X86_64 && X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
689 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
694 prompt "AMD MCE features"
695 depends on X86_64 && X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
697 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
698 the DRAM Error Threshold.
700 config X86_MCE_NONFATAL
701 tristate "Check for non-fatal errors on AMD Athlon/Duron / Intel Pentium 4"
702 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
704 Enabling this feature starts a timer that triggers every 5 seconds which
705 will look at the machine check registers to see if anything happened.
706 Non-fatal problems automatically get corrected (but still logged).
707 Disable this if you don't want to see these messages.
708 Seeing the messages this option prints out may be indicative of dying
709 or out-of-spec (ie, overclocked) hardware.
710 This option only does something on certain CPUs.
711 (AMD Athlon/Duron and Intel Pentium 4)
713 config X86_MCE_P4THERMAL
714 bool "check for P4 thermal throttling interrupt."
715 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE && (X86_UP_APIC || SMP)
717 Enabling this feature will cause a message to be printed when the P4
718 enters thermal throttling.
721 bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
725 This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
726 code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
727 XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
728 option saves about 6k.
731 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
734 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
735 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
736 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
737 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
739 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
740 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
741 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
743 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
747 tristate "Dell laptop support"
749 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
750 of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
751 is used to read cpu temperature and cooling fan status and to
752 control the fans on the I8K portables.
754 This driver has been tested only on the Inspiron 8000 but it may
755 also work with other Dell laptops. You can force loading on other
756 models by passing the parameter `force=1' to the module. Use at
759 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
760 I8K Linux utilities web site at:
761 <http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/>
763 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8000.
766 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
767 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
770 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
771 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
772 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
773 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
776 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
777 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
779 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
780 enable this option even if you don't need it.
784 tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
787 If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
788 certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
789 IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
790 Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
791 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
792 You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
793 which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
795 This option selects the general module only, you need to select
796 at least one vendor specific module as well.
798 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
799 module will be called microcode.
801 config MICROCODE_INTEL
802 bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
807 This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
810 For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
811 Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
812 <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
815 bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
819 If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD
820 processors will be enabled.
822 config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
827 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
829 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
830 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
831 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
832 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
836 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
838 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
839 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
840 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
844 prompt "High Memory Support"
845 default HIGHMEM4G if !X86_NUMAQ
846 default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
851 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
853 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
854 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
855 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
856 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
857 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
860 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
861 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
862 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
863 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
864 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
865 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
868 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
871 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
872 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
873 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
874 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
875 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
876 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
878 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
879 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
880 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
881 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
882 kernel at boot time.)
884 If unsure, say "off".
888 depends on !X86_NUMAQ
890 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
891 gigabytes of physical RAM.
895 depends on !M386 && !M486
898 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
899 gigabytes of physical RAM.
904 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
905 prompt "Memory split" if EMBEDDED
909 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
911 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
912 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
913 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
914 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
915 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
916 available to user programs, making the address space there
917 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
918 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
921 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
925 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
926 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
928 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
930 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
931 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
933 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
935 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
940 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
941 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
942 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
943 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
949 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
952 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
953 depends on X86_32 && !HIGHMEM4G
955 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
956 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
957 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
958 consumes more pagetable space per process.
960 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
961 def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
963 # Common NUMA Features
965 bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
967 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
969 default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
971 Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
972 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
973 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
974 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
976 For 32-bit this is currently highly experimental and should be only
977 used for kernel development. It might also cause boot failures.
978 For 64-bit this is recommended on all multiprocessor Opteron systems.
979 If the system is EM64T, you should say N unless your system is
982 comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
983 depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
987 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
988 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
990 Enable K8 NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
991 you have a multi processor AMD K8 system. This uses an old
992 method to read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin
993 Northbridge of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
994 instead, which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
996 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
998 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
999 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1002 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1004 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
1005 # other nodes. Even though a pfn is valid and
1006 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
1007 # reside on that node. See memmap_init_zone()
1009 config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
1011 depends on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1014 bool "NUMA emulation"
1015 depends on X86_64 && NUMA
1017 Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
1018 into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
1019 number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
1022 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1024 default "9" if MAXSMP
1025 default "6" if X86_64
1026 default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
1028 depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
1030 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1031 system. Increases memory reserved to accomodate various tables.
1033 config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
1035 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1037 config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
1039 depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
1041 config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
1043 depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
1045 config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
1047 depends on X86_32 && NUMA
1049 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1051 depends on X86_32 && ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && !NUMA
1053 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
1055 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1057 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
1059 depends on NUMA && X86_32
1061 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1065 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1067 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_PC) || X86_GENERICARCH
1068 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1069 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1071 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1073 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1075 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1077 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1082 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1083 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM4G || HIGHMEM64G)
1085 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1086 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1087 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1088 entries in high memory.
1090 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1091 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1093 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1094 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1095 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1096 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1097 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1098 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1099 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1100 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to adjust this.
1102 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1103 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1104 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1105 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1107 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1108 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1109 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1112 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1113 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1114 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1117 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1120 config X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K
1121 bool "Reserve low 64K of RAM on AMI/Phoenix BIOSen"
1124 Reserve the first 64K of physical RAM on BIOSes that are known
1125 to potentially corrupt that memory range. A numbers of BIOSes are
1126 known to utilize this area during suspend/resume, so it must not
1127 be used by the kernel.
1129 Set this to N if you are absolutely sure that you trust the BIOS
1130 to get all its memory reservations and usages right.
1132 If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does not
1133 work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware hotplug
1134 events) and it's not AMI or Phoenix, then you might want to enable
1135 X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check typical
1136 corruption patterns.
1140 config MATH_EMULATION
1142 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
1144 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1145 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1146 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1147 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1148 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1149 coprocessor or this emulation.
1151 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1152 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1153 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1154 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1155 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1156 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1157 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1158 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1160 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1161 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1163 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1164 kernel, it won't hurt.
1167 bool "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support"
1169 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1170 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1171 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1172 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1173 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1174 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1175 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1176 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1177 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1179 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1180 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1183 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1184 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1185 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1186 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1187 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1188 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1189 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1191 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1192 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1193 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1195 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1196 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1198 See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
1200 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1202 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1205 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1206 add writeback entries.
1208 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1209 The largest mtrr entry size for a continous block can be set with
1214 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1215 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1218 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1220 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1222 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1223 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1226 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1228 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1229 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1233 prompt "x86 PAT support"
1236 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1238 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1239 flexible than MTRRs.
1241 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1242 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1247 bool "EFI runtime service support"
1250 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
1251 available (such as the EFI variable services).
1253 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
1254 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
1255 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
1256 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
1257 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
1262 prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
1264 This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
1265 that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
1266 execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
1267 the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write
1268 syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in
1269 their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is
1270 enabled via prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP), it cannot be disabled
1271 and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
1272 defined by each seccomp mode.
1274 If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
1276 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1277 bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1278 depends on X86_64 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
1280 This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
1281 feature puts, at the beginning of critical functions, a canary
1282 value on the stack just before the return address, and validates
1283 the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
1284 overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
1285 overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
1286 neutralized via a kernel panic.
1288 This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
1289 gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
1290 detected and for those versions, this configuration option is ignored.
1292 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL
1293 bool "Use stack-protector for all functions"
1294 depends on CC_STACKPROTECTOR
1296 Normally, GCC only inserts the canary value protection for
1297 functions that use large-ish on-stack buffers. By enabling
1298 this option, GCC will be asked to do this for ALL functions.
1300 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
1303 bool "kexec system call"
1304 depends on X86_BIOS_REBOOT
1306 kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
1307 current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
1308 but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
1309 you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
1311 The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call.
1313 It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
1314 is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
1315 initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
1316 support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
1317 strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
1320 bool "kernel crash dumps"
1321 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1323 Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
1324 This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
1325 which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
1326 a specially reserved region and then later executed after
1327 a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
1328 to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
1329 PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
1330 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
1331 For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
1334 bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1335 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1336 depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION && X86_32
1338 Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
1339 code in physical address mode via KEXEC
1341 config PHYSICAL_START
1342 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
1343 default "0x1000000" if X86_NUMAQ
1344 default "0x200000" if X86_64
1347 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
1349 If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
1350 bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
1351 run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
1352 it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
1355 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
1356 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
1357 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
1358 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
1359 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
1360 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
1361 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
1362 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
1364 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, leave
1365 the value here unchanged to 0x100000 and set CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y.
1366 Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux for capturing the crash dump
1367 change this value to start of the reserved region (Typically 16MB
1368 0x1000000). In other words, it can be set based on the "X" value as
1369 specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter
1370 passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as
1371 crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at
1372 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps.
1374 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
1375 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
1376 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
1377 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
1378 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
1379 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
1382 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1385 bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1386 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
1388 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
1389 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
1390 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
1391 but are discarded at runtime.
1393 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
1394 must live at a different physical address than the primary
1397 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
1398 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
1399 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
1401 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
1403 prompt "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
1404 default "0x100000" if X86_32
1405 default "0x200000" if X86_64
1406 range 0x2000 0x400000
1408 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
1409 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
1410 address which meets above alignment restriction.
1412 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1413 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
1414 address aligned to above value and run from there.
1416 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
1417 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
1418 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
1419 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
1420 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
1421 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
1422 above alignment restrictions.
1424 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
1427 bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
1428 depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && !X86_VOYAGER
1430 Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
1431 controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
1432 ( Note: power management support will enable this option
1433 automatically on SMP systems. )
1434 Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
1438 prompt "Compat VDSO support"
1439 depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
1441 Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
1443 Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
1444 version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
1445 VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
1450 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
1453 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
1454 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
1455 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
1456 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
1457 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
1459 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
1460 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
1461 the boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
1463 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
1464 should leave this option set to 'N'.
1467 string "Built-in kernel command string"
1468 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1471 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
1472 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
1473 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
1474 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
1476 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
1477 change this behavior.
1479 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
1480 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
1483 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
1484 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
1486 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
1488 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
1489 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
1491 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
1492 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
1496 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1498 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
1500 config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
1504 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
1505 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
1507 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
1509 depends on X86_64 && HIBERNATION
1511 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
1513 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
1518 depends on APM || APM_MODULE
1521 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
1522 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
1524 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
1525 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
1526 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
1527 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
1528 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
1529 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
1531 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
1532 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
1534 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
1535 machines with more than one CPU.
1537 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
1538 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/pm.txt> and the
1539 Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
1540 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1542 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
1543 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
1544 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
1546 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
1547 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
1548 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
1549 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
1551 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
1552 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
1553 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
1554 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
1557 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
1560 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
1562 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
1563 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
1564 the "no387" option to the kernel
1565 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
1566 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
1567 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
1568 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
1569 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
1570 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
1571 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
1572 10) install a better fan for the CPU
1573 11) exchange RAM chips
1574 12) exchange the motherboard.
1576 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1577 module will be called apm.
1581 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
1582 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
1584 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
1585 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
1586 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
1588 config APM_DO_ENABLE
1589 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
1591 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
1592 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
1593 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
1594 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
1595 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
1596 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
1597 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
1598 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
1599 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
1600 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
1601 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
1602 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
1606 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
1608 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
1609 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
1610 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
1611 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
1612 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
1613 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
1614 this option does nothing.)
1616 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
1617 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
1619 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
1620 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
1621 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
1622 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
1623 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
1624 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
1625 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
1626 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
1627 especially if you are using gpm.
1629 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
1630 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
1632 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
1633 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
1634 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
1635 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
1636 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
1637 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
1639 config APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF
1640 bool "Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off"
1642 Use real mode APM BIOS calls to switch off the computer. This is
1643 a work-around for a number of buggy BIOSes. Switch this option on if
1644 your computer crashes instead of powering off properly.
1648 source "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig"
1650 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
1652 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
1657 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
1662 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
1664 Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
1665 bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
1666 your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
1667 VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
1670 prompt "PCI access mode"
1671 depends on X86_32 && PCI
1674 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
1675 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
1676 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
1677 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
1678 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
1680 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
1681 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
1682 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
1683 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
1684 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
1685 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
1686 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
1691 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
1708 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
1710 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
1713 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC))
1717 depends on X86_32 && PCI && ACPI && (PCI_GOMMCONFIG || PCI_GOANY)
1721 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
1728 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access"
1729 depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
1732 bool "Support for DMA Remapping Devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1733 depends on X86_64 && PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
1735 DMA remapping (DMAR) devices support enables independent address
1736 translations for Direct Memory Access (DMA) from devices.
1737 These DMA remapping devices are reported via ACPI tables
1738 and include PCI device scope covered by these DMA
1743 prompt "Support for Graphics workaround"
1746 Current Graphics drivers tend to use physical address
1747 for DMA and avoid using DMA APIs. Setting this config
1748 option permits the IOMMU driver to set a unity map for
1749 all the OS-visible memory. Hence the driver can continue
1750 to use physical addresses for DMA.
1752 config DMAR_FLOPPY_WA
1756 Floppy disk drivers are know to bypass DMA API calls
1757 thereby failing to work when IOMMU is enabled. This
1758 workaround will setup a 1:1 mapping for the first
1759 16M to make floppy (an ISA device) work.
1762 bool "Support for Interrupt Remapping (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1763 depends on X86_64 && X86_IO_APIC && PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
1765 Supports Interrupt remapping for IO-APIC and MSI devices.
1766 To use x2apic mode in the CPU's which support x2APIC enhancements or
1767 to support platforms with CPU's having > 8 bit APIC ID, say Y.
1769 source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
1771 source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
1773 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but do have ISA-style DMA.
1781 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
1783 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
1784 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
1785 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
1786 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
1787 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
1793 The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
1794 developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
1796 The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
1797 bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
1798 the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1799 1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
1801 Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
1805 source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
1808 bool "MCA support" if !X86_VOYAGER
1809 default y if X86_VOYAGER
1811 MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
1812 laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
1813 <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
1814 there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
1816 source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
1819 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
1820 depends on !X86_VOYAGER
1822 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
1823 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
1824 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
1825 for other scx200_* drivers.
1827 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
1829 config SCx200HR_TIMER
1830 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
1831 depends on SCx200 && GENERIC_TIME
1834 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
1835 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
1836 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
1837 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
1838 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
1840 config GEODE_MFGPT_TIMER
1842 prompt "Geode Multi-Function General Purpose Timer (MFGPT) events"
1843 depends on MGEODE_LX && GENERIC_TIME && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
1845 This driver provides a clock event source based on the MFGPT
1846 timer(s) in the CS5535 and CS5536 companion chip for the geode.
1847 MFGPTs have a better resolution and max interval than the
1848 generic PIT, and are suitable for use as high-res timers.
1851 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
1854 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
1861 depends on AGP_AMD64 || (X86_64 && (GART_IOMMU || (PCI && NUMA)))
1863 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
1865 source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
1870 menu "Executable file formats / Emulations"
1872 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
1874 config IA32_EMULATION
1875 bool "IA32 Emulation"
1877 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
1879 Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
1880 likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
1881 32-bit programs left.
1884 tristate "IA32 a.out support"
1885 depends on IA32_EMULATION
1887 Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
1891 depends on IA32_EMULATION
1893 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
1897 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
1899 depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
1904 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
1908 source "net/Kconfig"
1910 source "drivers/Kconfig"
1912 source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
1916 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.debug"
1918 source "security/Kconfig"
1920 source "crypto/Kconfig"
1922 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
1924 source "lib/Kconfig"