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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-11 23:31:52 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-11 23:31:52 +0200
commit0d5959723e1db3fd7323c198a50c16cecf96c7a9 (patch)
tree802b623fff261ebcbbddadf84af5524398364a18 /arch/x86/Kconfig
parent62fdac5913f71f8f200bd2c9bd59a02e9a1498e9 (diff)
parent512626a04e72aca60effe111fa0333ed0b195d21 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c arch/x86/kernel/irq.c Merge reason: Resolve the conflicts above. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig42
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index afd1168eeef..356d2ec8e2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ config X86
select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
+config OUTPUT_FORMAT
+ string
+ default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
+ default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64
+
config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
string
default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
@@ -734,6 +739,7 @@ config X86_UP_IOAPIC
config X86_LOCAL_APIC
def_bool y
depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
+ select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS if (!M386 && !M486)
config X86_IO_APIC
def_bool y
@@ -1497,9 +1503,7 @@ config KEXEC_JUMP
config PHYSICAL_START
hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
- default "0x1000000" if X86_NUMAQ
- default "0x200000" if X86_64
- default "0x100000"
+ default "0x1000000"
---help---
This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
@@ -1518,15 +1522,15 @@ config PHYSICAL_START
to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
(normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
- So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, leave
- the value here unchanged to 0x100000 and set CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y.
- Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux for capturing the crash dump
- change this value to start of the reserved region (Typically 16MB
- 0x1000000). In other words, it can 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.
+ So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
+ leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
+ CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
+ for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
+ the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
+ the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
+ command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
+ kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+ for more details about crash dumps.
Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
@@ -1539,8 +1543,8 @@ config PHYSICAL_START
Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
config RELOCATABLE
- bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
+ default y
---help---
This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
@@ -1555,12 +1559,16 @@ config RELOCATABLE
it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
+# Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support
+config X86_NEED_RELOCS
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE
+
config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
hex
prompt "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32
- default "0x100000" if X86_32
- default "0x200000" if X86_64
- range 0x2000 0x400000
+ default "0x1000000"
+ range 0x2000 0x1000000
---help---
This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an