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authorYinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>2008-06-08 18:31:54 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-06-10 11:34:42 +0200
commitd49c4288407b2ffa8cab270cb5bc6882abe969f6 (patch)
tree8ad69dcc6f70ab18a4dfdf8d39dc4dff96ae1fd9 /arch/x86/Kconfig
parente0da33646826b66ef933d47ea2fb7a693fd849bf (diff)
x86: make generic arch support NUMAQ
... so it could fall back to normal numa and we'd reduce the impact of the NUMAQ subarch. NUMAQ depends on GENERICARCH also decouple genericarch numa from acpi. also make it fall back to bigsmp if apicid > 8. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig74
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 9e976150442..8b89810fe3f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -268,36 +268,6 @@ config X86_VOYAGER
If you do not specifically know you have a Voyager based machine,
say N here, otherwise the kernel you build will not be bootable.
-config X86_NUMAQ
- bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
- depends on SMP && X86_32
- select NUMA
- help
- This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (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_SUMMIT
- bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
- depends on X86_32 && SMP
- help
- This option is needed for IBM systems that use the Summit/EXA chipset.
- In particular, it is needed for the x440.
-
- If you don't have one of these computers, you should say N here.
- If you want to build a NUMA kernel, you must select ACPI.
-
-config X86_BIGSMP
- bool "Support for other sub-arch SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
- depends on X86_32 && SMP
- help
- This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
- and if the system is not of any sub-arch type above.
-
- If you don't have such a system, you should say N here.
-
config X86_VISWS
bool "SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)"
depends on X86_32
@@ -311,12 +281,33 @@ config X86_VISWS
and vice versa. See <file:Documentation/sgi-visws.txt> for details.
config X86_GENERICARCH
- bool "Generic architecture (Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default)"
+ bool "Generic architecture"
depends on X86_32
help
- This option compiles in the Summit, bigsmp, ES7000, default subarchitectures.
- It is intended for a generic binary kernel.
- If you want a NUMA kernel, select ACPI. We need SRAT for NUMA.
+ 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.
+
+if X86_GENERICARCH
+
+config X86_NUMAQ
+ bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
+ depends on SMP && X86_32
+ select NUMA
+ 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_SUMMIT
+ bool "Summit/EXA (IBM x440)"
+ depends on X86_32 && SMP
+ 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 "Support for Unisys ES7000 IA32 series"
@@ -324,8 +315,15 @@ config X86_ES7000
help
Support for Unisys ES7000 systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
supposed to run on an IA32-based Unisys ES7000 system.
- Only choose this option if you have such a system, otherwise you
- should say N here.
+
+config X86_BIGSMP
+ bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
+ depends on X86_32 && SMP
+ help
+ This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
+ and if the system is not of any sub-arch type above.
+
+endif
config X86_RDC321X
bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
@@ -913,9 +911,9 @@ config X86_PAE
config NUMA
bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on SMP
- depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
+ depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_GENERICARCH || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL)
default n if X86_PC
- default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT)
+ default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
help
Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support.
The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the