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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index 8ff1c6fb5aa..ea70359b02d 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -182,6 +182,17 @@ config X86_ES7000 endchoice +config PARAVIRT + bool "Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + Paravirtualization is a way of running multiple instances of + Linux on the same machine, under a hypervisor. This option + changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run + under a hypervisor, improving performance significantly. + However, when run without a hypervisor the kernel is + theoretically slower. If in doubt, say N. + config ACPI_SRAT bool default y @@ -443,7 +454,8 @@ source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig" choice prompt "High Memory Support" - default NOHIGHMEM + default HIGHMEM4G if !X86_NUMAQ + default HIGHMEM64G if X86_NUMAQ config NOHIGHMEM bool "off" @@ -710,20 +722,6 @@ config BOOT_IOREMAP depends on (((X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && NUMA) || (X86 && EFI)) default y -config REGPARM - bool "Use register arguments" - default y - help - Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This instructs gcc to use - a more efficient function call ABI which passes the first three - arguments of a function call via registers, which results in denser - and faster code. - - If this option is disabled, then the default ABI of passing - arguments via the stack is used. - - If unsure, say Y. - config SECCOMP bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode" depends on PROC_FS @@ -773,23 +771,39 @@ config CRASH_DUMP PHYSICAL_START. For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt -config PHYSICAL_START - hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP) +config RELOCATABLE + bool "Build a relocatable kernel(EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + This build a kernel image that retains relocation information + so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB. + The relocations tend to the kernel binary about 10% larger, + but are discarded at runtime. + + One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel + must live at a different physical address than the primary + kernel. - default "0x1000000" if CRASH_DUMP +config PHYSICAL_ALIGN + hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" default "0x100000" + range 0x2000 0x400000 help - This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. Normally - for regular kernels this value is 0x100000 (1MB). But in the case - of kexec on panic the fail safe kernel needs to run at a different - address than the panic-ed kernel. This option is used to set the load - address for kernels used to capture crash dump on being kexec'ed - after panic. The default value for crash dump kernels is - 0x1000000 (16MB). This can also be set based on the "X" value as - specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter - passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as - crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at - Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps. + This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address + where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an + address which meets above alignment restriction. + + If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and + CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest + address aligned to above value and run from there. + + If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and + CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time + load address and decompress itself to the address it has been + compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is + compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the + end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting + above alignment restrictions. Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. |