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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index b6fccb07123..d24887b645d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1,45 +1,62 @@
# Select 32 or 64 bit
config 64BIT
bool "64-bit kernel" if ARCH = "x86"
- default ARCH = "x86_64"
+ default ARCH != "i386"
---help---
Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64
Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386
config X86_32
- def_bool !64BIT
+ def_bool y
+ depends on !64BIT
+ select CLKSRC_I8253
+ select HAVE_UID16
config X86_64
- def_bool 64BIT
+ def_bool y
+ depends on 64BIT
+ select X86_DEV_DMA_OPS
+ select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
### Arch settings
config X86
def_bool y
+ select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
+ select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
+ select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
select HAVE_AOUT if X86_32
- select HAVE_READQ
- select HAVE_WRITEQ
select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING if X86_64
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if X86_64
+ select ARCH_WANTS_PROT_NUMA_PROT_NONE
select HAVE_IDE
select HAVE_OPROFILE
+ select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
- select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
select HAVE_KPROBES
select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
+ select HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
+ select ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK
select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
+ select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
select HAVE_KRETPROBES
+ select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
select HAVE_OPTPROBES
+ select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
+ select HAVE_FENTRY if X86_64
select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+ select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
- select HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER if DYNAMIC_FTRACE
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
+ select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
select HAVE_KVM
select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
@@ -51,23 +68,74 @@ config X86
select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+ select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
+ select HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
select PERF_EVENTS
select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
+ select HAVE_PERF_REGS
+ select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
select ANON_INODES
+ select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE if SLUB
+ select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
+ select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
+ select ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_RANDOMIZE_PIE
select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
- select HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
- select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
- select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
+ select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
+ select SPARSE_IRQ
+ select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
+ select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+ select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
+ select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
+ select HAVE_BPF_JIT if X86_64
+ select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+ select CLKEVT_I8253
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+ select GENERIC_IOMAP
+ select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
+ select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
+ select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION if X86_32
+ select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
+ select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
+ select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
+ select HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY if X86_64
+ select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
+ select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+ select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
+ select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
+ select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+ select KTIME_SCALAR if X86_32
+ select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+ select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
+ select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING if X86_64
+ select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+ select VIRT_TO_BUS
+ select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL if X86_32
+ select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if X86_64
+ select CLONE_BACKWARDS if X86_32
+ select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
+ select ARCH_USE_QUEUE_RWLOCK
+ select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3 if X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
+ select OLD_SIGACTION if X86_32
+ select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION if IA32_EMULATION
+ select RTC_LIB
+ select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK if X86_64
+ select HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+ select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+ select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
- def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
+ def_bool y
+ depends on KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS || UPROBES
config OUTPUT_FORMAT
string
@@ -79,19 +147,6 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
-config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
- def_bool y
-
-config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
- def_bool y
-
-config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
- def_bool y
-
-config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
-
config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
def_bool y
@@ -104,23 +159,19 @@ config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT
config MMU
def_bool y
-config ZONE_DMA
- def_bool y
-
config SBUS
bool
config NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
- def_bool (X86_64 || DMAR || DMA_API_DEBUG)
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 || INTEL_IOMMU || DMA_API_DEBUG
config NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
def_bool y
config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
def_bool y
-
-config GENERIC_IOMAP
- def_bool y
+ depends on ISA_DMA_API
config GENERIC_BUG
def_bool y
@@ -133,34 +184,19 @@ config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
def_bool y
-config GENERIC_GPIO
- bool
-
config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
def_bool y
-
-config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
- def_bool !X86_XADD
+ depends on ISA_DMA_API
config RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
- def_bool X86_XADD
-
-config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
def_bool y
config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
def_bool y
-config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
- bool
- default X86_64
-
config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
def_bool y
-config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
- def_bool y
-
config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
def_bool y
@@ -173,22 +209,22 @@ config NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
config NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
def_bool y
-config HAVE_CPUMASK_OF_CPU_MAP
- def_bool X86_64_SMP
-
config ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
def_bool y
config ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
def_bool y
+config ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE
+ def_bool y
+
+config ARCH_WANT_GENERAL_HUGETLB
+ def_bool y
+
config ZONE_DMA32
bool
default X86_64
-config ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP
- def_bool y
-
config AUDIT_ARCH
bool
default X86_64
@@ -201,11 +237,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
def_bool y
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && DMAR && ACPI
-
-config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
- def_bool y
- depends on SMP
+ depends on INTEL_IOMMU && ACPI
config X86_32_SMP
def_bool y
@@ -219,10 +251,6 @@ config X86_HT
def_bool y
depends on SMP
-config X86_TRAMPOLINE
- def_bool y
- depends on SMP || (64BIT && ACPI_SLEEP)
-
config X86_32_LAZY_GS
def_bool y
depends on X86_32 && !CC_STACKPROTECTOR
@@ -232,31 +260,38 @@ config ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS
default "-fcall-saved-ecx -fcall-saved-edx" if X86_32
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
-config KTIME_SCALAR
- def_bool X86_32
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
+ def_bool y
-config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
+config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
def_bool y
- depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
source "init/Kconfig"
source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
menu "Processor type and features"
-source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
+config ZONE_DMA
+ bool "DMA memory allocation support" if EXPERT
+ default y
+ help
+ DMA memory allocation support allows devices with less than 32-bit
+ addressing to allocate within the first 16MB of address space.
+ Disable if no such devices will be used.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config SMP
bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
---help---
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
- a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
- you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+ a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
+ than one CPU, say Y.
- If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
+ If you say N here, the kernel will run on uni- and multiprocessor
machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
- singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
+ uniprocessor machines. On a uniprocessor machine, the kernel
will run faster if you say N here.
Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
@@ -268,7 +303,7 @@ config SMP
Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
- See also <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
+ See also <file:Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
<file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
@@ -276,7 +311,7 @@ config SMP
config X86_X2APIC
bool "Support x2apic"
- depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && INTR_REMAP
+ depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
---help---
This enables x2apic support on CPUs that have this feature.
@@ -286,7 +321,7 @@ config X86_X2APIC
If you don't know what to do here, say N.
config X86_MPPARSE
- bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
+ bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI || SFI
default y
depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
---help---
@@ -299,6 +334,10 @@ config X86_BIGSMP
---help---
This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
+config GOLDFISH
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_GOLDFISH
+
if X86_32
config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
@@ -310,12 +349,11 @@ config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms:
+ Goldfish (Android emulator)
AMD Elan
- NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
RDC R-321x SoC
SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)
- Summit/EXA (IBM x440)
- Unisys ES7000 IA32 series
+ STA2X11-based (e.g. Northville)
Moorestown MID devices
If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
@@ -333,6 +371,7 @@ config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms:
+ Numascale NumaChip
ScaleMP vSMP
SGI Ultraviolet
@@ -341,13 +380,26 @@ config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
endif
# This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms
# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
+config X86_NUMACHIP
+ bool "Numascale NumaChip"
+ depends on X86_64
+ depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
+ depends on NUMA
+ depends on SMP
+ depends on X86_X2APIC
+ depends on PCI_MMCONFIG
+ ---help---
+ Adds support for Numascale NumaChip large-SMP systems. Needed to
+ enable more than ~168 cores.
+ If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
config X86_VSMP
bool "ScaleMP vSMP"
- select PARAVIRT_GUEST
+ select HYPERVISOR_GUEST
select PARAVIRT
depends on X86_64 && PCI
depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
+ depends on SMP
---help---
Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option
@@ -366,16 +418,13 @@ config X86_UV
# Following is an alphabetically sorted list of 32 bit extended platforms
# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
-config X86_ELAN
- bool "AMD Elan"
- depends on X86_32
- depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
- ---help---
- Select this for an AMD Elan processor.
-
- Do not use this option for K6/Athlon/Opteron processors!
-
- If unsure, choose "PC-compatible" instead.
+config X86_GOLDFISH
+ bool "Goldfish (Virtual Platform)"
+ depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
+ ---help---
+ Enable support for the Goldfish virtual platform used primarily
+ for Android development. Unless you are building for the Android
+ Goldfish emulator say N here.
config X86_INTEL_CE
bool "CE4100 TV platform"
@@ -384,30 +433,46 @@ config X86_INTEL_CE
depends on X86_32
depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
+ select OF
+ select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
+ select IRQ_DOMAIN
---help---
Select for the Intel CE media processor (CE4100) SOC.
This option compiles in support for the CE4100 SOC for settop
boxes and media devices.
-config X86_MRST
- bool "Moorestown MID platform"
- depends on PCI
- depends on PCI_GOANY
+config X86_INTEL_MID
+ bool "Intel MID platform support"
depends on X86_32
depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
+ depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
+ depends on PCI
+ depends on PCI_GOANY
depends on X86_IO_APIC
- select APB_TIMER
+ select SFI
select I2C
- select SPI
+ select DW_APB_TIMER
+ select APB_TIMER
select INTEL_SCU_IPC
- select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
+ select MFD_INTEL_MSIC
+ ---help---
+ Select to build a kernel capable of supporting Intel MID (Mobile
+ Internet Device) platform systems which do not have the PCI legacy
+ interfaces. If you are building for a PC class system say N here.
+
+ Intel MID platforms are based on an Intel processor and chipset which
+ consume less power than most of the x86 derivatives.
+
+config X86_INTEL_LPSS
+ bool "Intel Low Power Subsystem Support"
+ depends on ACPI
+ select COMMON_CLK
+ select PINCTRL
---help---
- Moorestown is Intel's Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) based Moblin
- Internet Device(MID) platform. Moorestown consists of two chips:
- Lincroft (CPU core, graphics, and memory controller) and Langwell IOH.
- Unlike standard x86 PCs, Moorestown does not have many legacy devices
- nor standard legacy replacement devices/features. e.g. Moorestown does
- not contain i8259, i8254, HPET, legacy BIOS, most of the io ports.
+ Select to build support for Intel Low Power Subsystem such as
+ found on Intel Lynxpoint PCH. Selecting this option enables
+ things like clock tree (common clock framework) and pincontrol
+ which are needed by the LPSS peripheral drivers.
config X86_RDC321X
bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
@@ -425,62 +490,37 @@ config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
depends on X86_32 && SMP
depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
---help---
- This option compiles in the NUMAQ, Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default
- subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
- if you select them all, kernel will probe it one by one. and will
- fallback to default.
+ This option compiles in the bigsmp and STA2X11 default
+ subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary
+ kernel. If you select them all, kernel will probe it one by
+ one and will fallback to default.
# Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
-config X86_NUMAQ
- bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
- depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
- depends on PCI
- select NUMA
- select X86_MPPARSE
- ---help---
- This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
- NUMA multiquad box. This changes the way that processors are
- bootstrapped, and uses Clustered Logical APIC addressing mode instead
- of Flat Logical. You will need a new lynxer.elf file to flash your
- firmware with - send email to <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>.
-
config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
def_bool y
# MCE code calls memory_failure():
depends on X86_MCE
# On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
- depends on !X86_NUMAQ
# On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
-config X86_VISWS
- bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
- depends on X86_32 && PCI && X86_MPPARSE && PCI_GODIRECT
- depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
- ---help---
- The SGI Visual Workstation series is an IA32-based workstation
- based on SGI systems chips with some legacy PC hardware attached.
-
- Say Y here to create a kernel to run on the SGI 320 or 540.
-
- A kernel compiled for the Visual Workstation will run on general
- PCs as well. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
-
-config X86_SUMMIT
- bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
- depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
- ---help---
- This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
- In particular, it is needed for the x440.
-
-config X86_ES7000
- bool "Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
- depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && X86_BIGSMP
+config STA2X11
+ bool "STA2X11 Companion Chip Support"
+ depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && PCI
+ select X86_DEV_DMA_OPS
+ select X86_DMA_REMAP
+ select SWIOTLB
+ select MFD_STA2X11
+ select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+ default n
---help---
- Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
- supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
+ This adds support for boards based on the STA2X11 IO-Hub,
+ a.k.a. "ConneXt". The chip is used in place of the standard
+ PC chipset, so all "standard" peripherals are missing. If this
+ option is selected the kernel will still be able to boot on
+ standard PC machines.
config X86_32_IRIS
tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module"
@@ -507,37 +547,17 @@ config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
If in doubt, say "Y".
-menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST
- bool "Paravirtualized guest support"
+menuconfig HYPERVISOR_GUEST
+ bool "Linux guest support"
---help---
- Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under
- various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+ Say Y here to enable options for running Linux under various hyper-
+ visors. This option enables basic hypervisor detection and platform
+ setup.
- If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
+ If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
+ disabled, and Linux guest support won't be built in.
-if PARAVIRT_GUEST
-
-source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
-
-config KVM_CLOCK
- bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
- select PARAVIRT
- select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
- ---help---
- Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
- when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
- (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
- provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
- system time
-
-config KVM_GUEST
- bool "KVM Guest support"
- select PARAVIRT
- ---help---
- This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
- hypervisor.
-
-source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
+if HYPERVISOR_GUEST
config PARAVIRT
bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
@@ -547,30 +567,68 @@ config PARAVIRT
over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
+config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
+ bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
+ depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
+ ---help---
+ Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
+ a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
+
config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
- depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on PARAVIRT && SMP
+ select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
---help---
Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
(for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
- Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
- native kernels, with various workloads.
+ It has a minimal impact on native kernels and gives a nice performance
+ benefit on paravirtualized KVM / Xen kernels.
- If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
+ If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
-config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
- bool
+source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
-endif
+config KVM_GUEST
+ bool "KVM Guest support (including kvmclock)"
+ depends on PARAVIRT
+ select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
+ hypervisor. It includes a paravirtualized clock, so that instead
+ of relying on a PIT (or probably other) emulation by the
+ underlying device model, the host provides the guest with
+ timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time
+
+config KVM_DEBUG_FS
+ bool "Enable debug information for KVM Guests in debugfs"
+ depends on KVM_GUEST && DEBUG_FS
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ This option enables collection of various statistics for KVM guest.
+ Statistics are displayed in debugfs filesystem. Enabling this option
+ may incur significant overhead.
-config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
- bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
- depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
+source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
+
+config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+ bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
+ depends on PARAVIRT
+ default n
---help---
- Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
- a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
+ Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
+ accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
+ the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
+ that, there can be a small performance impact.
+
+ If in doubt, say N here.
+
+config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
+ bool
+
+endif #HYPERVISOR_GUEST
config NO_BOOTMEM
def_bool y
@@ -586,14 +644,6 @@ config MEMTEST
memtest=4, mean do 4 test patterns.
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
-config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && NUMA && X86_32_NON_STANDARD
-
-config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD
-
source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
config HPET_TIMER
@@ -620,8 +670,10 @@ config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC=y || RTC=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
config APB_TIMER
- def_bool y if MRST
- prompt "Langwell APB Timer Support" if X86_MRST
+ def_bool y if X86_INTEL_MID
+ prompt "Intel MID APB Timer Support" if X86_INTEL_MID
+ select DW_APB_TIMER
+ depends on X86_INTEL_MID && SFI
help
APB timer is the replacement for 8254, HPET on X86 MID platforms.
The APBT provides a stable time base on SMP
@@ -629,11 +681,12 @@ config APB_TIMER
as it is off-chip. APB timers are always running regardless of CPU
C states, they are used as per CPU clockevent device when possible.
-# Mark as embedded because too many people got it wrong.
+# Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong.
# The code disables itself when not needed.
config DMI
default y
- bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EMBEDDED
+ select DMI_SCAN_MACHINE_NON_EFI_FALLBACK
+ bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT
---help---
Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
here unless you have verified that your setup is not
@@ -641,25 +694,30 @@ config DMI
BIOS code.
config GART_IOMMU
- bool "GART IOMMU support" if EMBEDDED
- default y
+ bool "Old AMD GART IOMMU support"
select SWIOTLB
depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
---help---
- Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
- on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
- sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
- Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
- based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
- on Intel systems and as fallback.
- The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
- device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
- too.
+ Provides a driver for older AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron
+ GART based hardware IOMMUs.
+
+ The GART supports full DMA access for devices with 32-bit access
+ limitations, on systems with more than 3 GB. This is usually needed
+ for USB, sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
+
+ Newer systems typically have a modern AMD IOMMU, supported via
+ the CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y config option.
+
+ In normal configurations this driver is only active when needed:
+ there's more than 3 GB of memory and the system contains a
+ 32-bit limited device.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config CALGARY_IOMMU
bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
select SWIOTLB
- depends on X86_64 && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on X86_64 && PCI
---help---
Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's xSeries x366 and x460
systems. Needed to run systems with more than 3GB of memory
@@ -685,51 +743,23 @@ config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line.
If unsure, say Y.
-config AMD_IOMMU
- bool "AMD IOMMU support"
- select SWIOTLB
- select PCI_MSI
- depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
- ---help---
- With this option you can enable support for AMD IOMMU hardware in
- your system. An IOMMU is a hardware component which provides
- remapping of DMA memory accesses from devices. With an AMD IOMMU you
- can isolate the the DMA memory of different devices and protect the
- system from misbehaving device drivers or hardware.
-
- You can find out if your system has an AMD IOMMU if you look into
- your BIOS for an option to enable it or if you have an IVRS ACPI
- table.
-
-config AMD_IOMMU_STATS
- bool "Export AMD IOMMU statistics to debugfs"
- depends on AMD_IOMMU
- select DEBUG_FS
- ---help---
- This option enables code in the AMD IOMMU driver to collect various
- statistics about whats happening in the driver and exports that
- information to userspace via debugfs.
- If unsure, say N.
-
# need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
config SWIOTLB
def_bool y if X86_64
---help---
Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
- which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
- of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
- access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
- 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
+ which don't have a hardware IOMMU. Using this PCI devices
+ which can only access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems
+ with more than 3 GB of memory.
+ If unsure, say Y.
config IOMMU_HELPER
- def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
-
-config IOMMU_API
- def_bool (AMD_IOMMU || DMAR)
+ def_bool y
+ depends on CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU
config MAXSMP
bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
- depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL
select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
---help---
Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
@@ -738,14 +768,16 @@ config MAXSMP
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
- range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
+ range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP && !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
+ range 2 8192 if SMP && !MAXSMP && CPUMASK_OFFSTACK && X86_64
default "1" if !SMP
- default "4096" if MAXSMP
- default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
+ default "8192" if MAXSMP
+ default "32" if SMP && X86_BIGSMP
default "8" if SMP
---help---
This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
- kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
+ kernel will support. If CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, the maximum
+ supported value is 4096, otherwise the maximum value is 512. The
minimum value which makes sense is 2.
This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
@@ -769,22 +801,11 @@ config SCHED_MC
making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
-config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
- bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
- default n
- ---help---
- Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
- accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
- transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
- small performance impact.
-
- If in doubt, say N here.
-
source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
config X86_UP_APIC
bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
- depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
+ depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD && !PCI_MSI
---help---
A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
@@ -809,15 +830,12 @@ config X86_UP_IOAPIC
config X86_LOCAL_APIC
def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
+ depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC || PCI_MSI
config X86_IO_APIC
def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
-
-config X86_VISWS_APIC
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && X86_VISWS
+ depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC || PCI_MSI
+ select GENERIC_IRQ_LEGACY_ALLOC_HWIRQ
config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
@@ -844,6 +862,7 @@ config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
config X86_MCE
bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
+ default y
---help---
Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
@@ -871,7 +890,7 @@ config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
---help---
Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
- systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
+ systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitly on the command
line.
config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
@@ -891,14 +910,31 @@ config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
config VM86
- bool "Enable VM86 support" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT
default y
depends on X86_32
---help---
- This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run 16-bit legacy
- code on X86 processors. It also may be needed by software like
- XFree86 to initialize some video cards via BIOS. Disabling this
- option saves about 6k.
+ This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run
+ 16-bit real mode legacy code on x86 processors. It also may
+ be needed by software like XFree86 to initialize some video
+ cards via BIOS. Disabling this option saves about 6K.
+
+config X86_16BIT
+ bool "Enable support for 16-bit segments" if EXPERT
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ This option is required by programs like Wine to run 16-bit
+ protected mode legacy code on x86 processors. Disabling
+ this option saves about 300 bytes on i386, or around 6K text
+ plus 16K runtime memory on x86-64,
+
+config X86_ESPFIX32
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_16BIT && X86_32
+
+config X86_ESPFIX64
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_16BIT && X86_64
config TOSHIBA
tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
@@ -918,6 +954,7 @@ config TOSHIBA
config I8K
tristate "Dell laptop support"
+ select HWMON
---help---
This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode
of the CPU on the Dell Inspiron 8000. The System Management Mode
@@ -954,25 +991,26 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
Say N otherwise.
config MICROCODE
- tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support"
+ tristate "CPU microcode loading support"
+ depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL
select FW_LOADER
---help---
+
If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the
- IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
- Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and
- 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra.
- You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself
- which is not shipped with the Linux kernel.
+ IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4,
+ Xeon etc. The AMD support is for families 0x10 and later. You will
+ obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself which is not
+ shipped with the Linux kernel.
This option selects the general module only, you need to select
at least one vendor specific module as well.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called microcode.
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called microcode.
config MICROCODE_INTEL
- bool "Intel microcode patch loading support"
+ bool "Intel microcode loading support"
depends on MICROCODE
default MICROCODE
select FW_LOADER
@@ -980,12 +1018,12 @@ config MICROCODE_INTEL
This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel
processors.
- For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
- Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
- <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>.
+ For the current Intel microcode data package go to
+ <https://downloadcenter.intel.com> and search for
+ 'Linux Processor Microcode Data File'.
config MICROCODE_AMD
- bool "AMD microcode patch loading support"
+ bool "AMD microcode loading support"
depends on MICROCODE
select FW_LOADER
---help---
@@ -996,6 +1034,24 @@ config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
def_bool y
depends on MICROCODE
+config MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY
+ def_bool n
+
+config MICROCODE_AMD_EARLY
+ def_bool n
+
+config MICROCODE_EARLY
+ bool "Early load microcode"
+ depends on MICROCODE=y && BLK_DEV_INITRD
+ select MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY if MICROCODE_INTEL
+ select MICROCODE_AMD_EARLY if MICROCODE_AMD
+ default y
+ help
+ This option provides functionality to read additional microcode data
+ at the beginning of initrd image. The data tells kernel to load
+ microcode to CPU's as early as possible. No functional change if no
+ microcode data is glued to the initrd, therefore it's safe to say Y.
+
config X86_MSR
tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
---help---
@@ -1015,13 +1071,11 @@ config X86_CPUID
choice
prompt "High Memory Support"
- default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ
default HIGHMEM4G
depends on X86_32
config NOHIGHMEM
bool "off"
- depends on !X86_NUMAQ
---help---
Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
@@ -1058,14 +1112,13 @@ config NOHIGHMEM
config HIGHMEM4G
bool "4GB"
- depends on !X86_NUMAQ
---help---
Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
gigabytes of physical RAM.
config HIGHMEM64G
bool "64GB"
- depends on !M386 && !M486
+ depends on !M486
select X86_PAE
---help---
Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
@@ -1074,8 +1127,7 @@ config HIGHMEM64G
endchoice
choice
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- prompt "Memory split" if EMBEDDED
+ prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
default VMSPLIT_3G
depends on X86_32
---help---
@@ -1131,13 +1183,15 @@ config X86_PAE
consumes more pagetable space per process.
config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
- def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 || X86_PAE
config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
- def_bool X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
config DIRECT_GBPAGES
- bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EMBEDDED
+ bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EXPERT
default y
depends on X86_64
---help---
@@ -1149,8 +1203,8 @@ config DIRECT_GBPAGES
config NUMA
bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
depends on SMP
- depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
- default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP)
+ depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && X86_BIGSMP)
+ default y if X86_BIGSMP
---help---
Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
@@ -1161,15 +1215,11 @@ config NUMA
For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
(or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
- For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
- that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
- boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
+ For 32-bit this is only needed if you boot a 32-bit
+ kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
Otherwise, you should say N.
-comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
- depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
-
config AMD_NUMA
def_bool y
prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
@@ -1200,7 +1250,7 @@ config NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES
config NUMA_EMU
bool "NUMA emulation"
- depends on X86_64 && NUMA
+ depends on NUMA
---help---
Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split
into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
@@ -1211,17 +1261,12 @@ config NODES_SHIFT
range 1 10
default "10" if MAXSMP
default "6" if X86_64
- default "4" if X86_NUMAQ
default "3"
depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
---help---
Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
-config HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && NUMA
-
config ARCH_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT
def_bool y
depends on X86_32 && DISCONTIGMEM
@@ -1230,13 +1275,9 @@ config NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE
def_bool y
depends on X86_32 && (DISCONTIGMEM || SPARSEMEM)
-config HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_REMAP
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && NUMA
-
config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && !NUMA
+ depends on X86_32 && !NUMA
config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
def_bool y
@@ -1246,27 +1287,31 @@ config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT
def_bool y
depends on NUMA && X86_32
-config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
+config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
+ depends on X86_64 || NUMA || X86_32 || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
+ select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
+ select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
def_bool y
depends on X86_64
-config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 || NUMA || (EXPERIMENTAL && X86_32) || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
- select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
- select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
-
config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
def_bool y
depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
- def_bool X86_64
- depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+ bool "Enable sysfs memory/probe interface"
+ depends on X86_64 && MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+ help
+ This option enables a sysfs memory/probe interface for testing.
+ See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt for more information.
+ If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
+
+config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
hex
@@ -1371,7 +1416,7 @@ config MATH_EMULATION
config MTRR
def_bool y
- prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EMBEDDED
+ prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
---help---
On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
@@ -1437,7 +1482,7 @@ config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
config X86_PAT
def_bool y
- prompt "x86 PAT support" if EMBEDDED
+ prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
depends on MTRR
---help---
Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
@@ -1454,9 +1499,30 @@ config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
def_bool y
depends on X86_PAT
+config ARCH_RANDOM
+ def_bool y
+ prompt "x86 architectural random number generator" if EXPERT
+ ---help---
+ Enable the x86 architectural RDRAND instruction
+ (Intel Bull Mountain technology) to generate random numbers.
+ If supported, this is a high bandwidth, cryptographically
+ secure hardware random number generator.
+
+config X86_SMAP
+ def_bool y
+ prompt "Supervisor Mode Access Prevention" if EXPERT
+ ---help---
+ Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) is a security
+ feature in newer Intel processors. There is a small
+ performance cost if this enabled and turned on; there is
+ also a small increase in the kernel size if this is enabled.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
config EFI
bool "EFI runtime service support"
depends on ACPI
+ select UCS2_STRING
---help---
This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
available (such as the EFI variable services).
@@ -1468,6 +1534,29 @@ config EFI
resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
platforms.
+config EFI_STUB
+ bool "EFI stub support"
+ depends on EFI
+ ---help---
+ This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly
+ by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader.
+
+ See Documentation/efi-stub.txt for more information.
+
+config EFI_MIXED
+ bool "EFI mixed-mode support"
+ depends on EFI_STUB && X86_64
+ ---help---
+ Enabling this feature allows a 64-bit kernel to be booted
+ on a 32-bit firmware, provided that your CPU supports 64-bit
+ mode.
+
+ Note that it is not possible to boot a mixed-mode enabled
+ kernel via the EFI boot stub - a bootloader that supports
+ the EFI handover protocol must be used.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config SECCOMP
def_bool y
prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
@@ -1484,22 +1573,6 @@ config SECCOMP
If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
-config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
- bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- ---help---
- This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
- feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
- the stack just before the return address, and validates
- the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
- overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
- overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
- neutralized via a kernel panic.
-
- This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
- gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
- detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
- ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
-
source kernel/Kconfig.hz
config KEXEC
@@ -1514,9 +1587,9 @@ config KEXEC
It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
- initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging
- support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
- strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
+ initially work for you. As of this writing the exact hardware
+ interface is strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be
+ made.
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "kernel crash dumps"
@@ -1533,15 +1606,14 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
config KEXEC_JUMP
- bool "kexec jump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "kexec jump"
depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
---help---
Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
code in physical address mode via KEXEC
config PHYSICAL_START
- hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
+ hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP)
default "0x1000000"
---help---
This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
@@ -1596,17 +1668,68 @@ config RELOCATABLE
Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
- (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
+ (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is used as the minimum location.
-# Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
+config RANDOMIZE_BASE
+ bool "Randomize the address of the kernel image"
+ depends on RELOCATABLE
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ Randomizes the physical and virtual address at which the
+ kernel image is decompressed, as a security feature that
+ deters exploit attempts relying on knowledge of the location
+ of kernel internals.
+
+ Entropy is generated using the RDRAND instruction if it is
+ supported. If RDTSC is supported, it is used as well. If
+ neither RDRAND nor RDTSC are supported, then randomness is
+ read from the i8254 timer.
+
+ The kernel will be offset by up to RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET,
+ and aligned according to PHYSICAL_ALIGN. Since the kernel is
+ built using 2GiB addressing, and PHYSICAL_ALGIN must be at a
+ minimum of 2MiB, only 10 bits of entropy is theoretically
+ possible. At best, due to page table layouts, 64-bit can use
+ 9 bits of entropy and 32-bit uses 8 bits.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET
+ hex "Maximum kASLR offset allowed" if EXPERT
+ depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE
+ range 0x0 0x20000000 if X86_32
+ default "0x20000000" if X86_32
+ range 0x0 0x40000000 if X86_64
+ default "0x40000000" if X86_64
+ ---help---
+ The lesser of RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET and available physical
+ memory is used to determine the maximal offset in bytes that will
+ be applied to the kernel when kernel Address Space Layout
+ Randomization (kASLR) is active. This must be a multiple of
+ PHYSICAL_ALIGN.
+
+ On 32-bit this is limited to 512MiB by page table layouts. The
+ default is 512MiB.
+
+ On 64-bit this is limited by how the kernel fixmap page table is
+ positioned, so this cannot be larger than 1GiB currently. Without
+ RANDOMIZE_BASE, there is a 512MiB to 1.5GiB split between kernel
+ and modules. When RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET is above 512MiB, the
+ modules area will shrink to compensate, up to the current maximum
+ 1GiB to 1GiB split. The default is 1GiB.
+
+ If unsure, leave at the default value.
+
+# Relocation on x86 needs some additional build support
config X86_NEED_RELOCS
def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
+ depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE || (X86_32 && RELOCATABLE)
config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
- hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
- default "0x1000000"
- range 0x2000 0x1000000
+ hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned"
+ default "0x200000"
+ range 0x2000 0x1000000 if X86_32
+ range 0x200000 0x1000000 if X86_64
---help---
This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
@@ -1624,11 +1747,14 @@ config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
above alignment restrictions.
+ On 32-bit this value must be a multiple of 0x2000. On 64-bit
+ this value must be a multiple of 0x200000.
+
Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
config HOTPLUG_CPU
bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
- depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
+ depends on SMP
---help---
Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
@@ -1636,18 +1762,74 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
automatically on SMP systems. )
Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
+config BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0
+ bool "Set default setting of cpu0_hotpluggable"
+ default n
+ depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
+ ---help---
+ Set whether default state of cpu0_hotpluggable is on or off.
+
+ Say Y here to enable CPU0 hotplug by default. If this switch
+ is turned on, there is no need to give cpu0_hotplug kernel
+ parameter and the CPU0 hotplug feature is enabled by default.
+
+ Please note: there are two known CPU0 dependencies if you want
+ to enable the CPU0 hotplug feature either by this switch or by
+ cpu0_hotplug kernel parameter.
+
+ First, resume from hibernate or suspend always starts from CPU0.
+ So hibernate and suspend are prevented if CPU0 is offline.
+
+ Second dependency is PIC interrupts always go to CPU0. CPU0 can not
+ offline if any interrupt can not migrate out of CPU0. There may
+ be other CPU0 dependencies.
+
+ Please make sure the dependencies are under your control before
+ you enable this feature.
+
+ Say N if you don't want to enable CPU0 hotplug feature by default.
+ You still can enable the CPU0 hotplug feature at boot by kernel
+ parameter cpu0_hotplug.
+
+config DEBUG_HOTPLUG_CPU0
+ def_bool n
+ prompt "Debug CPU0 hotplug"
+ depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
+ ---help---
+ Enabling this option offlines CPU0 (if CPU0 can be offlined) as
+ soon as possible and boots up userspace with CPU0 offlined. User
+ can online CPU0 back after boot time.
+
+ To debug CPU0 hotplug, you need to enable CPU0 offline/online
+ feature by either turning on CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 during
+ compilation or giving cpu0_hotplug kernel parameter at boot.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config COMPAT_VDSO
- def_bool y
- prompt "Compat VDSO support"
+ def_bool n
+ prompt "Disable the 32-bit vDSO (needed for glibc 2.3.3)"
depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
---help---
- Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
+ Certain buggy versions of glibc will crash if they are
+ presented with a 32-bit vDSO that is not mapped at the address
+ indicated in its segment table.
- Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
- version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
- VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
+ The bug was introduced by f866314b89d56845f55e6f365e18b31ec978ec3a
+ and fixed by 3b3ddb4f7db98ec9e912ccdf54d35df4aa30e04a and
+ 49ad572a70b8aeb91e57483a11dd1b77e31c4468. Glibc 2.3.3 is
+ the only released version with the bug, but OpenSUSE 9
+ contains a buggy "glibc 2.3.2".
- If unsure, say Y.
+ The symptom of the bug is that everything crashes on startup, saying:
+ dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
+
+ Saying Y here changes the default value of the vdso32 boot
+ option from 1 to 0, which turns off the 32-bit vDSO entirely.
+ This works around the glibc bug but hurts performance.
+
+ If unsure, say N: if you are compiling your own kernel, you
+ are unlikely to be using a buggy version of glibc.
config CMDLINE_BOOL
bool "Built-in kernel command line"
@@ -1702,14 +1884,18 @@ config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
def_bool y
depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
- def_bool X86_64
- depends on NUMA
-
config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
- def_bool X86_64
+ def_bool y
depends on NUMA
+config ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 || X86_PAE
+
+config ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 && HUGETLB_PAGE && MIGRATION
+
menu "Power management and ACPI options"
config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
@@ -1724,7 +1910,7 @@ source "drivers/sfi/Kconfig"
config X86_APM_BOOT
def_bool y
- depends on APM || APM_MODULE
+ depends on APM
menuconfig APM
tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
@@ -1744,8 +1930,8 @@ menuconfig APM
machines with more than one CPU.
In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
- and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/pm.txt> and the
- Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
+ and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/apm-acpi.txt>
+ and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
@@ -1812,6 +1998,7 @@ config APM_DO_ENABLE
this feature.
config APM_CPU_IDLE
+ depends on CPU_IDLE
bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
---help---
Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
@@ -1847,7 +2034,7 @@ config APM_ALLOW_INTS
endif # APM
-source "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig"
source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
@@ -1861,7 +2048,6 @@ menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
config PCI
bool "PCI support"
default y
- select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI if (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC)
---help---
Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
@@ -1912,7 +2098,7 @@ config PCI_BIOS
# x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
config PCI_DIRECT
def_bool y
- depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC))
+ depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOMMCONFIG))
config PCI_MMCONFIG
def_bool y
@@ -1936,69 +2122,29 @@ config PCI_MMCONFIG
depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
- bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows"
+ bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
depends on PCI
help
Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
not have ACPI.
-config DMAR
- bool "Support for DMA Remapping Devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
- help
- DMA remapping (DMAR) devices support enables independent address
- translations for Direct Memory Access (DMA) from devices.
- These DMA remapping devices are reported via ACPI tables
- and include PCI device scope covered by these DMA
- remapping devices.
-
-config DMAR_DEFAULT_ON
- def_bool y
- prompt "Enable DMA Remapping Devices by default"
- depends on DMAR
- help
- Selecting this option will enable a DMAR device at boot time if
- one is found. If this option is not selected, DMAR support can
- be enabled by passing intel_iommu=on to the kernel. It is
- recommended you say N here while the DMAR code remains
- experimental.
-
-config DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA
- bool "Workaround broken graphics drivers (going away soon)"
- depends on DMAR && BROKEN
- ---help---
- Current Graphics drivers tend to use physical address
- for DMA and avoid using DMA APIs. Setting this config
- option permits the IOMMU driver to set a unity map for
- all the OS-visible memory. Hence the driver can continue
- to use physical addresses for DMA, at least until this
- option is removed in the 2.6.32 kernel.
+ There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
+ is known to be incomplete.
-config DMAR_FLOPPY_WA
- def_bool y
- depends on DMAR
- ---help---
- Floppy disk drivers are known to bypass DMA API calls
- thereby failing to work when IOMMU is enabled. This
- workaround will setup a 1:1 mapping for the first
- 16MiB to make floppy (an ISA device) work.
-
-config INTR_REMAP
- bool "Support for Interrupt Remapping (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on X86_64 && X86_IO_APIC && PCI_MSI && ACPI && EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- Supports Interrupt remapping for IO-APIC and MSI devices.
- To use x2apic mode in the CPU's which support x2APIC enhancements or
- to support platforms with CPU's having > 8 bit APIC ID, say Y.
+ You should say N unless you know you need this.
source "drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig"
source "drivers/pci/Kconfig"
-# x86_64 have no ISA slots, but do have ISA-style DMA.
+# x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
config ISA_DMA_API
- def_bool y
+ bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
+ default y
+ help
+ Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
+ If unsure, say Y.
if X86_32
@@ -2029,16 +2175,6 @@ config EISA
source "drivers/eisa/Kconfig"
-config MCA
- bool "MCA support"
- ---help---
- MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
- laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
- <file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
- there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
-
-source "drivers/mca/Kconfig"
-
config SCx200
tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
---help---
@@ -2062,26 +2198,90 @@ config SCx200HR_TIMER
config OLPC
bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
+ depends on !X86_PAE
select GPIOLIB
- select OLPC_OPENFIRMWARE
+ select OF
+ select OF_PROMTREE
+ select IRQ_DOMAIN
---help---
Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
XO hardware.
-config OLPC_XO1
- tristate "OLPC XO-1 support"
- depends on OLPC && PCI
+config OLPC_XO1_PM
+ bool "OLPC XO-1 Power Management"
+ depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535 && PM_SLEEP
+ select MFD_CORE
+ ---help---
+ Add support for poweroff and suspend of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
+
+config OLPC_XO1_RTC
+ bool "OLPC XO-1 Real Time Clock"
+ depends on OLPC_XO1_PM && RTC_DRV_CMOS
+ ---help---
+ Add support for the XO-1 real time clock, which can be used as a
+ programmable wakeup source.
+
+config OLPC_XO1_SCI
+ bool "OLPC XO-1 SCI extras"
+ depends on OLPC && OLPC_XO1_PM
+ depends on INPUT=y
+ select POWER_SUPPLY
+ select GPIO_CS5535
+ select MFD_CORE
+ ---help---
+ Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop:
+ - EC-driven system wakeups
+ - Power button
+ - Ebook switch
+ - Lid switch
+ - AC adapter status updates
+ - Battery status updates
+
+config OLPC_XO15_SCI
+ bool "OLPC XO-1.5 SCI extras"
+ depends on OLPC && ACPI
+ select POWER_SUPPLY
+ ---help---
+ Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop:
+ - EC-driven system wakeups
+ - AC adapter status updates
+ - Battery status updates
+
+config ALIX
+ bool "PCEngines ALIX System Support (LED setup)"
+ select GPIOLIB
---help---
- Add support for non-essential features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
+ This option enables system support for the PCEngines ALIX.
+ At present this just sets up LEDs for GPIO control on
+ ALIX2/3/6 boards. However, other system specific setup should
+ get added here.
-config OLPC_OPENFIRMWARE
- bool "Support for OLPC's Open Firmware"
- depends on !X86_64 && !X86_PAE
- default n
- help
- This option adds support for the implementation of Open Firmware
- that is used on the OLPC XO-1 Children's Machine.
- If unsure, say N here.
+ Note: You must still enable the drivers for GPIO and LED support
+ (GPIO_CS5535 & LEDS_GPIO) to actually use the LEDs
+
+ Note: You have to set alix.force=1 for boards with Award BIOS.
+
+config NET5501
+ bool "Soekris Engineering net5501 System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)"
+ select GPIOLIB
+ ---help---
+ This option enables system support for the Soekris Engineering net5501.
+
+config GEOS
+ bool "Traverse Technologies GEOS System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)"
+ select GPIOLIB
+ depends on DMI
+ ---help---
+ This option enables system support for the Traverse Technologies GEOS.
+
+config TS5500
+ bool "Technologic Systems TS-5500 platform support"
+ depends on MELAN
+ select CHECK_SIGNATURE
+ select NEW_LEDS
+ select LEDS_CLASS
+ ---help---
+ This option enables system support for the Technologic Systems TS-5500.
endif # X86_32
@@ -2093,6 +2293,42 @@ source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig"
+config RAPIDIO
+ tristate "RapidIO support"
+ depends on PCI
+ default n
+ help
+ If enabled this option will include drivers and the core
+ infrastructure code to support RapidIO interconnect devices.
+
+source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
+
+config X86_SYSFB
+ bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer"
+ help
+ Firmwares often provide initial graphics framebuffers so the BIOS,
+ bootloader or kernel can show basic video-output during boot for
+ user-guidance and debugging. Historically, x86 used the VESA BIOS
+ Extensions and EFI-framebuffers for this, which are mostly limited
+ to x86.
+ This option, if enabled, marks VGA/VBE/EFI framebuffers as generic
+ framebuffers so the new generic system-framebuffer drivers can be
+ used on x86. If the framebuffer is not compatible with the generic
+ modes, it is adverticed as fallback platform framebuffer so legacy
+ drivers like efifb, vesafb and uvesafb can pick it up.
+ If this option is not selected, all system framebuffers are always
+ marked as fallback platform framebuffers as usual.
+
+ Note: Legacy fbdev drivers, including vesafb, efifb, uvesafb, will
+ not be able to pick up generic system framebuffers if this option
+ is selected. You are highly encouraged to enable simplefb as
+ replacement if you select this option. simplefb can correctly deal
+ with generic system framebuffers. But you should still keep vesafb
+ and others enabled as fallback if a system framebuffer is
+ incompatible with simplefb.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
endmenu
@@ -2103,11 +2339,13 @@ source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
config IA32_EMULATION
bool "IA32 Emulation"
depends on X86_64
+ select BINFMT_ELF
select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
+ select HAVE_UID16
---help---
- Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should
- likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any
- 32-bit programs left.
+ Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a
+ 64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're
+ 100% sure that you don't have any 32-bit programs left.
config IA32_AOUT
tristate "IA32 a.out support"
@@ -2115,17 +2353,36 @@ config IA32_AOUT
---help---
Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
+config X86_X32
+ bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode"
+ depends on X86_64 && IA32_EMULATION
+ ---help---
+ Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI
+ for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the
+ full 64-bit register file and wide data path while leaving
+ pointers at 32 bits for smaller memory footprint.
+
+ You will need a recent binutils (2.22 or later) with
+ elf32_x86_64 support enabled to compile a kernel with this
+ option set.
+
config COMPAT
def_bool y
- depends on IA32_EMULATION
+ depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32
+ select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
+if COMPAT
config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
- def_bool COMPAT
- depends on X86_64
+ def_bool y
config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
def_bool y
- depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC
+ depends on SYSVIPC
+
+config KEYS_COMPAT
+ def_bool y
+ depends on KEYS
+endif
endmenu
@@ -2134,9 +2391,18 @@ config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
def_bool y
depends on X86_32
-config HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP
+config X86_DEV_DMA_OPS
bool
- select STOP_MACHINE if SMP
+ depends on X86_64 || STA2X11
+
+config X86_DMA_REMAP
+ bool
+ depends on STA2X11
+
+config IOSF_MBI
+ tristate
+ default m
+ depends on PCI
source "net/Kconfig"