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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 45 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index d4ae5f9ceae..6c02336fe2e 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -510,28 +510,7 @@ config SCHED_SMT cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. -config PREEMPT - bool "Preemptible Kernel" - help - This option reduces the latency of the kernel when reacting to - real-time or interactive events by allowing a low priority process to - be preempted even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call. - This allows applications to run more reliably even when the system is - under load. - - Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop, embedded - or real-time system. Say N if you are unsure. - -config PREEMPT_BKL - bool "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock" - depends on PREEMPT - default y - help - This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making the - big kernel lock preemptible. - - Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop system. - Say N if you are unsure. +source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt" config X86_UP_APIC bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" @@ -963,6 +942,41 @@ config SECCOMP source kernel/Kconfig.hz +config PHYSICAL_START + hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if EMBEDDED + default "0x100000" + help + This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. + Primarily used in the case of kexec on panic where the + fail safe kernel needs to run at a different address than + the panic-ed kernel. + + Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. + +config KEXEC + bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your + current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot + but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot + you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. + + The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call. + + It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine + is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not + initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging + support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is + strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made. + +config CRASH_DUMP + bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EMBEDDED + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + depends on HIGHMEM + help + Generate crash dump after being started by kexec. endmenu @@ -1250,6 +1264,15 @@ config SCx200 This support is also available as a module. If compiled as a module, it will be called scx200. +config HOTPLUG_CPU + bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL + ---help--- + Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on. CPUs + can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu. + + Say N. + source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig" source "drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig" |