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| author | Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> | 2006-10-11 01:21:41 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-11 11:14:21 -0700 |
| commit | ca316fcf641532ee70dfc59daf632d1685b7d902 (patch) | |
| tree | de5fde0b7889943700fbe6c9a6b143362f4bc034 /arch/um | |
| parent | f2d57151bd3110ae3f0db3e5770ab1a46d1b647a (diff) | |
[PATCH] uml: deprecate CONFIG_MODE_TT
Deprecate TT mode in Kconfig so that users won't select it, update the
MODE_SKAS description (it was largely obsolete and misleadin) and btw describe
advantages for high memory usage with CONFIG_STATIC_LINK.
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/um')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/um/Kconfig | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig index 450547a4b3b..78fb619bdb7 100644 --- a/arch/um/Kconfig +++ b/arch/um/Kconfig @@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ config IRQ_RELEASE_METHOD menu "UML-specific options" config MODE_TT - bool "Tracing thread support" + bool "Tracing thread support (DEPRECATED)" default n help This option controls whether tracing thread support is compiled - into UML. This option is largely obsolete, given that skas0 provides + into UML. This option is largely obsolete, given that skas0 provides skas security and performance without needing to patch the host. - It is safe to say 'N' here. + It is safe to say 'N' here; saying 'Y' may cause additional problems + with the resulting binary even if you run UML in SKAS mode, and running + in TT mode is strongly *NOT RECOMMENDED*. config STATIC_LINK bool "Force a static link" @@ -69,6 +71,9 @@ config STATIC_LINK for use in a chroot jail. So, if you intend to run UML inside a chroot, and you disable CONFIG_MODE_TT, you probably want to say Y here. + Additionally, this option enables using higher memory spaces (up to + 2.75G) for UML - disabling CONFIG_MODE_TT and enabling this option leads + to best results for this. config KERNEL_HALF_GIGS int "Kernel address space size (in .5G units)" @@ -85,10 +90,13 @@ config MODE_SKAS default y help This option controls whether skas (separate kernel address space) - support is compiled in. If you have applied the skas patch to the - host, then you certainly want to say Y here (and consider saying N - to CONFIG_MODE_TT). Otherwise, it is safe to say Y. Disabling this - option will shrink the UML binary slightly. + support is compiled in. + Unless you have specific needs to use TT mode (which applies almost only + to developers), you should say Y here. + SKAS mode will make use of the SKAS3 patch if it is applied on the host + (and your UML will run in SKAS3 mode), but if no SKAS patch is applied + on the host it will run in SKAS0 mode, which is anyway faster than TT + mode. source "arch/um/Kconfig.arch" source "mm/Kconfig" |