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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index d89b9452815..fa6fa52248d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -961,21 +961,18 @@ config MTRR config EFI def_bool n - prompt "Boot from EFI support" + prompt "EFI runtime service support" depends on ACPI ---help--- - This enables the kernel to boot on EFI platforms using - system configuration information passed to it from the firmware. - This also enables the kernel to use any EFI runtime services that are + This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are available (such as the EFI variable services). - This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware - and will result in a kernel image that is ~8k larger. In addition, - you must use the latest ELILO loader available at - <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage of - kernel initialization using EFI information (neither GRUB nor LILO know - anything about EFI). However, even with this option, the resultant - kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI platforms. + This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware. + In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available + at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage + of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the + resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI + platforms. config IRQBALANCE def_bool y |