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diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 21afa69a086..6ece645e4db 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -226,22 +226,42 @@ config SCHED_SMT
source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
-config K8_NUMA
- bool "K8 NUMA support"
- select NUMA
+config NUMA
+ bool "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Support"
depends on SMP
help
- Enable NUMA (Non Unified Memory Architecture) support for
- AMD Opteron Multiprocessor systems. The kernel will try to allocate
- memory used by a CPU on the local memory controller of the CPU
- and add some more NUMA awareness to the kernel.
- This code is recommended on all multiprocessor Opteron systems
- and normally doesn't hurt on others.
+ Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support. The kernel
+ will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the local memory
+ controller of the CPU and add some more NUMA awareness to the kernel.
+ This code is recommended on all multiprocessor Opteron systems.
+ If the system is EM64T, you should say N unless your system is EM64T
+ NUMA.
+
+config K8_NUMA
+ bool "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
+ depends on NUMA
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable K8 NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
+ you have a multi processor AMD K8 system. This uses an old
+ method to read the NUMA configurtion directly from the builtin
+ Northbridge of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
+ instead, which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
+
+# Dummy CONFIG option to select ACPI_NUMA from drivers/acpi/Kconfig.
+
+config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
+ bool "ACPI NUMA detection"
+ depends on NUMA
+ select ACPI
+ select ACPI_NUMA
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
config NUMA_EMU
- bool "NUMA emulation support"
- select NUMA
- depends on SMP
+ bool "NUMA emulation"
+ 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
@@ -252,9 +272,6 @@ config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
depends on NUMA
default y
-config NUMA
- bool
- default n
config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
def_bool y
@@ -374,6 +391,14 @@ config X86_MCE_INTEL
Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
the thermal monitor.
+config X86_MCE_AMD
+ bool "AMD MCE features"
+ depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
+ default y
+ help
+ Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
+ the DRAM Error Threshold.
+
config PHYSICAL_START
hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if EMBEDDED
default "0x100000"
@@ -502,7 +527,7 @@ config IA32_EMULATION
left.
config IA32_AOUT
- bool "IA32 a.out support"
+ tristate "IA32 a.out support"
depends on IA32_EMULATION
help
Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation.
@@ -532,8 +557,21 @@ source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
source fs/Kconfig
+menu "Instrumentation Support"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+
source "arch/x86_64/oprofile/Kconfig"
+config KPROBES
+ bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ help
+ Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
+ execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
+ a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
+ for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+endmenu
+
source "arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug"
source "security/Kconfig"