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1#
2# NOTES -- Lines that can be cut/pasted into kernel and hints configs.
3#
4# This file contains machine dependent kernel configuration notes.  For
5# machine independent notes, look in /sys/conf/NOTES.
6#
7# $FreeBSD$
8#
9
10#
11# We want LINT to cover profiling as well.
12profile         2
13
14
15#####################################################################
16# SMP OPTIONS:
17#
18# Notes:
19#
20# IPI_PREEMPTION instructs the kernel to preempt threads running on other
21#	  CPUS if needed.  Relies on the PREEMPTION option
22
23# Optional:
24options 	IPI_PREEMPTION
25device		atpic			# Optional legacy pic support
26device		mptable			# Optional MPSPEC mptable support
27
28#
29# Watchdog routines.
30#
31options 	MP_WATCHDOG
32
33#
34# Debugging options.
35#
36options		STOP_NMI		# Stop CPUS using NMI instead of IPI
37
38
39
40#####################################################################
41# CPU OPTIONS
42
43#
44# You must specify at least one CPU (the one you intend to run on);
45# deleting the specification for CPUs you don't need to use may make
46# parts of the system run faster.
47#
48cpu		HAMMER			# aka K8, aka Opteron & Athlon64
49
50#
51# Options for CPU features.
52#
53
54#
55# PERFMON causes the driver for Pentium/Pentium Pro performance counters
56# to be compiled.  See perfmon(4) for more information.
57#
58#XXX#options 	PERFMON
59
60
61#####################################################################
62# NETWORKING OPTIONS
63
64#
65# DEVICE_POLLING adds support for mixed interrupt-polling handling
66# of network device drivers, which has significant benefits in terms
67# of robustness to overloads and responsivity, as well as permitting
68# accurate scheduling of the CPU time between kernel network processing
69# and other activities.  The drawback is a moderate (up to 1/HZ seconds)
70# potential increase in response times.
71# It is strongly recommended to use HZ=1000 or 2000 with DEVICE_POLLING
72# to achieve smoother behaviour.
73# Additionally, you can enable/disable polling at runtime with help of
74# the ifconfig(8) utility, and select the CPU fraction reserved to
75# userland with the sysctl variable kern.polling.user_frac
76# (default 50, range 0..100).
77#
78# Not all device drivers support this mode of operation at the time of
79# this writing.  See polling(4) for more details.
80
81options 	DEVICE_POLLING
82
83
84#####################################################################
85# CLOCK OPTIONS
86
87# The following options are used for debugging clock behavior only, and
88# should not be used for production systems.
89
90# CLK_CALIBRATION_LOOP causes clock calibration to be run in a loop at
91# startup until the user presses a key.  (The i8254 clock is always
92# calibrated relative to the RTC (mc146818a) and this option causes the
93# calibration to be repeated.)
94options 	CLK_CALIBRATION_LOOP
95
96# CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION causes the calibrated frequency of the i8254
97# clock to actually be used.
98options 	CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION
99
100
101#####################################################################
102# MISCELLANEOUS DEVICES AND OPTIONS
103
104device		speaker		#Play IBM BASIC-style noises out your speaker
105hint.speaker.0.at="isa"
106hint.speaker.0.port="0x61"
107device		gzip		#Exec gzipped a.out's.  REQUIRES COMPAT_AOUT!
108
109
110#####################################################################
111# HARDWARE BUS CONFIGURATION
112
113#
114# ISA bus
115#
116device		isa
117
118#
119# Options for `isa':
120#
121# AUTO_EOI_1 enables the `automatic EOI' feature for the master 8259A
122# interrupt controller.  This saves about 0.7-1.25 usec for each interrupt.
123# This option breaks suspend/resume on some portables.
124#
125# AUTO_EOI_2 enables the `automatic EOI' feature for the slave 8259A
126# interrupt controller.  This saves about 0.7-1.25 usec for each interrupt.
127# Automatic EOI is documented not to work for for the slave with the
128# original i8259A, but it works for some clones and some integrated
129# versions.
130#
131# MAXMEM specifies the amount of RAM on the machine; if this is not
132# specified, FreeBSD will first read the amount of memory from the CMOS
133# RAM, so the amount of memory will initially be limited to 64MB or 16MB
134# depending on the BIOS.  If the BIOS reports 64MB, a memory probe will
135# then attempt to detect the installed amount of RAM.  If this probe
136# fails to detect >64MB RAM you will have to use the MAXMEM option.
137# The amount is in kilobytes, so for a machine with 128MB of RAM, it would
138# be 131072 (128 * 1024).
139#
140# BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET disables the use of the keyboard controller to
141# reset the CPU for reboot.  This is needed on some systems with broken
142# keyboard controllers.
143
144options 	AUTO_EOI_1
145#options 	AUTO_EOI_2
146
147options 	MAXMEM=(128*1024)
148#options 	BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET
149
150#
151# PCI bus & PCI options:
152#
153device		pci
154
155#
156# AGP GART support
157device		agp
158
159
160#####################################################################
161# HARDWARE DEVICE CONFIGURATION
162
163#
164# Optional devices:
165#
166
167# 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics, Voodoo II /dev/3dfx CDEV support.  This will create
168# the /dev/3dfx0 device to work with glide implementations.  This should get
169# linked to /dev/3dfx and /dev/voodoo.  Note that this is not the same as
170# the tdfx DRI module from XFree86 and is completely unrelated.
171#
172# To enable Linuxulator support, one must also include COMPAT_LINUX in the
173# config as well.  The other option is to load both as modules.
174
175device		tdfx			# Enable 3Dfx Voodoo support
176#XXX#device 	tdfx_linux		# Enable Linuxulator support
177
178#
179# ACPI support using the Intel ACPI Component Architecture reference
180# implementation.
181#
182# ACPI_DEBUG enables the use of the debug.acpi.level and debug.acpi.layer
183# kernel environment variables to select initial debugging levels for the
184# Intel ACPICA code.  (Note that the Intel code must also have USE_DEBUGGER
185# defined when it is built).
186#
187# ACPI_NO_SEMAPHORES makes the AcpiOs*Semaphore routines a no-op.
188#
189# ACPICA_PEDANTIC enables strict checking of AML.  Our default is to
190# relax these checks to allow code generated by the Microsoft compiler
191# to still execute.
192#
193# Note that building ACPI into the kernel is deprecated; the module is
194# normally loaded automatically by the loader.
195
196device		acpi
197options 	ACPI_DEBUG
198#!options 	ACPI_NO_SEMAPHORES
199#!options 	ACPICA_PEDANTIC
200
201# The cpufreq(4) driver provides support for non-ACPI CPU frequency control
202device		cpufreq
203
204# Direct Rendering modules for 3D acceleration.
205device		drm		# DRM core module required by DRM drivers
206device		i915drm		# Intel i830 through i915
207device		mach64drm	# ATI Rage Pro, Rage Mobility P/M, Rage XL
208device		mgadrm		# AGP Matrox G200, G400, G450, G550
209device		r128drm		# ATI Rage 128
210device		radeondrm	# ATI Radeon
211device		savagedrm	# S3 Savage3D, Savage4
212device		sisdrm		# SiS 300/305, 540, 630
213device		tdfxdrm		# 3dfx Voodoo 3/4/5 and Banshee
214options 	DRM_DEBUG	# Include debug printfs (slow)
215
216#
217# Network interfaces:
218#
219
220# ath:  Atheros a/b/g WiFi adapters (requires ath_hal and wlan)
221# ed:   Western Digital and SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 and NE2000; 3Com 3C503
222#       HP PC Lan+, various PC Card devices (refer to etc/defaults/pccard.conf)
223#       (requires miibus)
224# nve:	nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet Networking
225
226device		ed
227options 	ED_3C503
228options 	ED_HPP
229options 	ED_SIC
230device		nve		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet Networking
231
232device		ath
233device		ath_hal		# Atheros HAL (includes binary component)
234#device		ath_rate_amrr	# AMRR rate control for ath driver
235#device		ath_rate_onoe	# Onoe rate control for ath driver
236device		ath_rate_sample	# SampleRate rate control for the ath driver
237#device		wlan		# 802.11 layer
238
239#
240#XXX this stores pointers in a 32bit field that is defined by the hardware
241#device	pst
242
243#
244# Areca 11xx and 12xx series of SATA II RAID controllers.
245# CAM is required.
246#
247device		arcmsr		# Areca SATA II RAID
248
249#
250# 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID controller driver and options.
251# The driver is implemented as a SIM, and so, needs the CAM infrastructure.
252#
253options 	TWA_DEBUG		# 0-10; 10 prints the most messages.
254options 	TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE	# firmware image bundled when defined.
255device		twa			# 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID
256
257#
258# SCSI host adapters:
259#
260# ncv: NCR 53C500 based SCSI host adapters.
261# nsp: Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 based PC Card SCSI host adapters.
262# stg: TMC 18C30, 18C50 based SCSI host adapters.
263
264device		ncv
265device		nsp
266device		stg
267
268#
269# Adaptec FSA RAID controllers, including integrated DELL controllers,
270# the Dell PERC 2/QC and the HP NetRAID-4M
271device		aac
272device		aacp	# SCSI Passthrough interface (optional, CAM required)
273
274#
275# Highpoint RocketRAID 182x.  This is really just software RAID on a
276# Marvell SATA chip.
277device		hptmv
278
279#
280# Highpoint RocketRAID 232x.  This is software RAID but with hardware
281# acceleration assistance for RAID_5.
282device		rr232x
283
284#
285# IBM (now Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers
286device		ips
287
288#
289# SafeNet crypto driver: can be moved to the MI NOTES as soon as
290# it's tested on a big-endian machine
291#
292device		safe		# SafeNet 1141
293options 	SAFE_DEBUG	# enable debugging support: hw.safe.debug
294options 	SAFE_RNDTEST	# enable rndtest support
295
296#####################################################################
297
298#
299# Miscellaneous hardware:
300#
301# smbios: DMI/SMBIOS entry point
302# vpd: Vital Product Data kernel interface
303# cy: Cyclades serial driver
304# digi: Digiboard driver
305
306# Notes on the Specialix SI/XIO driver:
307#  The host card is memory, not IO mapped.
308#  The Rev 1 host cards use a 64K chunk, on a 32K boundary.
309#  The Rev 2 host cards use a 32K chunk, on a 32K boundary.
310#  The cards can use an IRQ of 11, 12 or 15.
311
312device		cy
313options 	CY_PCI_FASTINTR		# Use with cy_pci unless irq is shared
314device		digi
315# BIOS & FEP/OS components of device digi.
316device		digi_CX
317device		digi_CX_PCI
318device		digi_EPCX
319device		digi_EPCX_PCI
320device		digi_Xe
321device		digi_Xem
322device		digi_Xr
323# Parallel (8255 PPI) basic I/O (mode 0) port (e.g. Advantech PCL-724)
324device		pbio
325hint.pbio.0.at="isa"
326hint.pbio.0.port="0x360"
327device		smbios
328device		vpd
329# HOT1 Xilinx 6200 card (http://www.vcc.com/)
330device		xrpu
331
332#
333# Laptop/Notebook options:
334#
335
336
337#
338# I2C Bus
339#
340
341#
342# Hardware watchdog timers:
343#
344# ichwd: Intel ICH watchdog timer
345#
346device		ichwd
347
348#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
349# ISDN4BSD
350#
351# See /usr/share/examples/isdn/ROADMAP for an introduction to isdn4bsd.
352#
353# i4b passive ISDN cards support contains the following hardware drivers:
354#
355#	isic  - Siemens/Infineon ISDN ISAC/HSCX/IPAC chipset driver
356#	iwic  - Winbond W6692 PCI bus ISDN S/T interface controller
357#	ifpi  - AVM Fritz!Card PCI driver
358#	ifpi2  - AVM Fritz!Card PCI version 2 driver
359#	itjc  - Siemens ISAC / TJNet Tiger300/320 chipset
360#
361# i4b active ISDN cards support contains the following hardware drivers:
362#
363#	iavc  - AVM B1 PCI, AVM B1 ISA, AVM T1
364#
365# Note that the ``options'' (if given) and ``device'' lines must BOTH
366# be uncommented to enable support for a given card !
367#
368# In addition to a hardware driver (and probably an option) the mandatory
369# ISDN protocol stack devices and the mandatory support device must be
370# enabled as well as one or more devices from the optional devices section.
371#
372#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
373#	isic driver (Siemens/Infineon chipsets)
374#
375#XXX#device	isic
376#
377# PCI bus Cards:
378# --------------
379#
380# ELSA MicroLink ISDN/PCI (same as ELSA QuickStep 1000pro PCI)
381options 	ELSA_QS1PCI
382#
383#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
384#	ifpi2 driver for AVM Fritz!Card PCI version 2
385#
386# AVM Fritz!Card PCI version 2
387#XXX#device	ifpi2
388#
389#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
390#	iwic driver for Winbond W6692 chipset
391#
392# ASUSCOM P-IN100-ST-D (and other Winbond W6692 based cards)
393#XXX#device	iwic
394#
395#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
396#	itjc driver for Siemens ISAC / TJNet Tiger300/320 chipset
397#
398# Traverse Technologies NETjet-S
399# Teles PCI-TJ
400#XXX#device	itjc
401#
402#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
403#	iavc driver (AVM active cards, needs i4bcapi driver!)
404#
405#XXX#device	iavc
406#
407#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
408#	ISDN Protocol Stack - mandatory for all hardware drivers
409#
410# Q.921 / layer 2 - i4b passive cards D channel handling
411#XXX#device	i4bq921
412#
413# Q.931 / layer 3 - i4b passive cards D channel handling
414#XXX#device	i4bq931
415#
416# layer 4 - i4b common passive and active card handling
417#XXX#device	i4b
418#
419#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
420#	ISDN devices - mandatory for all hardware drivers
421#
422# userland driver to do ISDN tracing (for passive cards only)
423#XXX#device	i4btrc
424#XXX#options 	NI4BTRC=4
425#
426# userland driver to control the whole thing
427#XXX#device	i4bctl
428#
429#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
430#	ISDN devices - optional
431#
432# userland driver for access to raw B channel
433#XXX#device	i4brbch
434#XXX#options 	NI4BRBCH=4
435#
436# userland driver for telephony
437#XXX#device	i4btel
438#XXX#options 	NI4BTEL=2
439#
440# network driver for IP over raw HDLC ISDN
441#XXX#device	i4bipr
442#XXX#options 	NI4BIPR=4
443# enable VJ header compression detection for ipr i/f
444options 	IPR_VJ
445# enable logging of the first n IP packets to isdnd (n=32 here)
446options 	IPR_LOG=32
447#
448# network driver for sync PPP over ISDN; requires an equivalent
449# number of sppp device to be configured
450#XXX#device	i4bisppp
451#XXX#options 	NI4BISPPP=4
452#
453# B-channel interface to the netgraph subsystem
454#XXX#device	i4bing
455#XXX#options 	NI4BING=2
456#
457# CAPI driver needed for active ISDN cards (see iavc driver above)
458#XXX#device	i4bcapi
459#
460#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
461
462#
463# System Management Bus (SMB)
464#
465options 	ENABLE_ALART		# Control alarm on Intel intpm driver
466
467#
468# Set the number of PV entries per process.  Increasing this can
469# stop panics related to heavy use of shared memory.  However, that can
470# (combined with large amounts of physical memory) cause panics at
471# boot time due the kernel running out of VM space.
472#
473# If you're tweaking this, you might also want to increase the sysctls
474# "vm.v_free_min", "vm.v_free_reserved", and "vm.v_free_target".
475#
476# The value below is the one more than the default.
477#
478options 	PMAP_SHPGPERPROC=201
479
480
481#####################################################################
482# ABI Emulation
483
484#XXX keep these here for now and reactivate when support for emulating
485#XXX these 32 bit binaries is added.
486
487# Enable 32-bit runtime support for FreeBSD/i386 binaries.
488options 	COMPAT_IA32
489
490# Enable iBCS2 runtime support for SCO and ISC binaries
491#XXX#options 	IBCS2
492
493# Emulate spx device for client side of SVR3 local X interface
494#XXX#options 	SPX_HACK
495
496# Enable Linux ABI emulation
497#XXX#options 	COMPAT_LINUX
498
499# Enable 32-bit Linux ABI emulation (requires COMPAT_43 and COMPAT_IA32)
500options 	COMPAT_LINUX32
501
502# Enable the linux-like proc filesystem support (requires COMPAT_LINUX32
503# and PSEUDOFS)
504options 	LINPROCFS
505
506#Enable the linux-like sys filesystem support (requires COMPAT_LINUX32
507# and PSEUDOFS)
508options		LINSYSFS
509
510#
511# SysVR4 ABI emulation
512#
513# The svr4 ABI emulator can be statically compiled into the kernel or loaded as
514# a KLD module.
515# The STREAMS network emulation code can also be compiled statically or as a
516# module.  If loaded as a module, it must be loaded before the svr4 module
517# (the /usr/sbin/svr4 script does this for you).  If compiling statically,
518# the `streams' device must be configured into any kernel which also
519# specifies COMPAT_SVR4.  It is possible to have a statically-configured
520# STREAMS device and a dynamically loadable svr4 emulator;  the /usr/sbin/svr4
521# script understands that it doesn't need to load the `streams' module under
522# those circumstances.
523# Caveat:  At this time, `options KTRACE' is required for the svr4 emulator
524# (whether static or dynamic).
525#
526#XXX#options 	COMPAT_SVR4	# build emulator statically
527#XXX#options 	DEBUG_SVR4	# enable verbose debugging
528#XXX#device	streams		# STREAMS network driver (required for svr4).
529
530
531#####################################################################
532# VM OPTIONS
533
534# KSTACK_PAGES is the number of memory pages to assign to the kernel
535# stack of each thread.
536
537options 	KSTACK_PAGES=3
538
539#####################################################################
540
541# More undocumented options for linting.
542# Note that documenting these are not considered an affront.
543
544options 	FB_INSTALL_CDEV		# install a CDEV entry in /dev
545
546options 	KBDIO_DEBUG=2
547options 	KBD_MAXRETRY=4
548options 	KBD_MAXWAIT=6
549options 	KBD_RESETDELAY=201
550
551options 	PSM_DEBUG=1
552
553options 	TIMER_FREQ=((14318182+6)/12)
554
555options 	VM_KMEM_SIZE
556options 	VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX
557options 	VM_KMEM_SIZE_SCALE
558
559
560# The I/O device
561device		io
562