1b2441318SGreg Kroah-Hartman# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 21da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Processor Type" 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Select CPU types depending on the architecture selected. This selects 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds# which CPUs we support in the kernel image, and the compiler instruction 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds# optimiser behaviour. 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds 807e0da78SHyok S. Choi# ARM7TDMI 907e0da78SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_ARM7TDMI 10c32b7655SArnd Bergmann bool 116b237a35SRussell King depends on !MMU 1207e0da78SHyok S. Choi select CPU_32v4T 1307e0da78SHyok S. Choi select CPU_ABRT_LV4T 1407e0da78SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CACHE_V4 15b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 1607e0da78SHyok S. Choi help 1707e0da78SHyok S. Choi A 32-bit RISC microprocessor based on the ARM7 processor core 1807e0da78SHyok S. Choi which has no memory control unit and cache. 1907e0da78SHyok S. Choi 2007e0da78SHyok S. Choi Say Y if you want support for the ARM7TDMI processor. 2107e0da78SHyok S. Choi Otherwise, say N. 2207e0da78SHyok S. Choi 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM720T 241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM720T 2517d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 26260e98edSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_32v4T 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_LV4T 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 30f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WT if MMU 31b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 32b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 33c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 34f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WT if MMU 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds A 32-bit RISC processor with 8kByte Cache, Write Buffer and 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds MMU built around an ARM7TDMI core. 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM720T processor. 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 42b731c311SHyok S. Choi# ARM740T 43b731c311SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_ARM740T 4417d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 456b237a35SRussell King depends on !MMU 46b731c311SHyok S. Choi select CPU_32v4T 47b731c311SHyok S. Choi select CPU_ABRT_LV4T 4882d9b0d0SWill Deacon select CPU_CACHE_V4 49b731c311SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MPU 50b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 51c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 52b731c311SHyok S. Choi help 53b731c311SHyok S. Choi A 32-bit RISC processor with 8KB cache or 4KB variants, 54b731c311SHyok S. Choi write buffer and MPU(Protection Unit) built around 55b731c311SHyok S. Choi an ARM7TDMI core. 56b731c311SHyok S. Choi 57b731c311SHyok S. Choi Say Y if you want support for the ARM740T processor. 58b731c311SHyok S. Choi Otherwise, say N. 59b731c311SHyok S. Choi 6043f5f014SHyok S. Choi# ARM9TDMI 6143f5f014SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_ARM9TDMI 62c32b7655SArnd Bergmann bool 636b237a35SRussell King depends on !MMU 6443f5f014SHyok S. Choi select CPU_32v4T 650f45d7f3SHyok S. Choi select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 6643f5f014SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CACHE_V4 67b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 6843f5f014SHyok S. Choi help 6943f5f014SHyok S. Choi A 32-bit RISC microprocessor based on the ARM9 processor core 7043f5f014SHyok S. Choi which has no memory control unit and cache. 7143f5f014SHyok S. Choi 7243f5f014SHyok S. Choi Say Y if you want support for the ARM9TDMI processor. 7343f5f014SHyok S. Choi Otherwise, say N. 7443f5f014SHyok S. Choi 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM920T 761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM920T 7717d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 78260e98edSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_32v4T 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 82f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 83b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 84b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 85c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 86f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ARM920T is licensed to be produced by numerous vendors, 89c768e676SHartley Sweeten and is used in the Cirrus EP93xx and the Samsung S3C2410. 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM920T processor. 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM922T 951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM922T 9617d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 97260e98edSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_32v4T 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 101f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 102b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 103b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 104c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 105f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ARM922T is a version of the ARM920T, but with smaller 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds instruction and data caches. It is used in Altera's 109c68b2669SArnd Bergmann Excalibur XA device family and the ARM Integrator. 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM922T processor. 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM925T 1151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM925T 11617d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 117260e98edSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_32v4T 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 121f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 122b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 123b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 124c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 125f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ARM925T is a mix between the ARM920T and ARM926T, but with 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds different instruction and data caches. It is used in TI's OMAP 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds device family. 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM925T processor. 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM926T 1351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM926T 13617d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v5 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV5TJ 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 140f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 141b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 142b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 143c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 144f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a variant of the ARM920. It has slightly different 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds instruction sequences for cache and TLB operations. Curiously, 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds there is no documentation on it at the ARM corporate website. 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM926T processor. 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15328853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas# FA526 15428853ac8SPaulius Zaleckasconfig CPU_FA526 15528853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas bool 15628853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas select CPU_32v4 15728853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas select CPU_ABRT_EV4 15828853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas select CPU_CACHE_FA 159b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 16028853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas select CPU_COPY_FA if MMU 161b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 162b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 16328853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas select CPU_TLB_FA if MMU 16428853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas help 16528853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas The FA526 is a version of the ARMv4 compatible processor with 16628853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas Branch Target Buffer, Unified TLB and cache line size 16. 16728853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas 16828853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas Say Y if you want support for the FA526 processor. 16928853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas Otherwise, say N. 17028853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas 171d60674ebSHyok S. Choi# ARM940T 172d60674ebSHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_ARM940T 17317d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 1746b237a35SRussell King depends on !MMU 175d60674ebSHyok S. Choi select CPU_32v4T 1760f45d7f3SHyok S. Choi select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 177d60674ebSHyok S. Choi select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 178d60674ebSHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MPU 179b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 180c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 181d60674ebSHyok S. Choi help 182d60674ebSHyok S. Choi ARM940T is a member of the ARM9TDMI family of general- 1833cb2fcccSMatt LaPlante purpose microprocessors with MPU and separate 4KB 184d60674ebSHyok S. Choi instruction and 4KB data cases, each with a 4-word line 185d60674ebSHyok S. Choi length. 186d60674ebSHyok S. Choi 187d60674ebSHyok S. Choi Say Y if you want support for the ARM940T processor. 188d60674ebSHyok S. Choi Otherwise, say N. 189d60674ebSHyok S. Choi 190f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi# ARM946E-S 191f37f46ebSHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_ARM946E 19217d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 1936b237a35SRussell King depends on !MMU 194f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi select CPU_32v5 1950f45d7f3SHyok S. Choi select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 196f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 197f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MPU 198b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 199c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 200f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi help 201f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi ARM946E-S is a member of the ARM9E-S family of high- 202f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi performance, 32-bit system-on-chip processor solutions. 203f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi The TCM and ARMv5TE 32-bit instruction set is supported. 204f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi 205f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi Say Y if you want support for the ARM946E-S processor. 206f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi Otherwise, say N. 207f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM1020 - needs validating 2091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM1020 21017d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v5 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 215f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 216b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 217b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 218c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 219f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ARM1020 is the 32K cached version of the ARM10 processor, 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds with an addition of a floating-point unit. 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM1020 processor. 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM1020E - needs validating 2281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM1020E 22917d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 230b1b3f49cSRussell King depends on n 2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v5 2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 235f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 236b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 237b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 238c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 239f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2411da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM1022E 2421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM1022 24317d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 2441da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v5 2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 247f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU # can probably do better 248b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 249b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 250c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 251f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ARM1022E is an implementation of the ARMv5TE architecture 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds based upon the ARM10 integer core with a 16KiB L1 Harvard cache, 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds embedded trace macrocell, and a floating-point unit. 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM1022E processor. 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARM1026EJ-S 2611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ARM1026 26217d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v5 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV5T # But need Jazelle, but EV5TJ ignores bit 10 2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 266f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU # can probably do better 267b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 268b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 269c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 270f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds The ARM1026EJ-S is an implementation of the ARMv5TEJ architecture 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds based upon the ARM10 integer core. 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the ARM1026EJ-S processor. 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds# SA110 2791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_SA110 280fa04e209SArnd Bergmann bool 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v3 if ARCH_RPC 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v4 if !ARCH_RPC 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WB 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 286f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 287b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 288b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 289f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WB if MMU 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Intel StrongARM(R) SA-110 is a 32-bit microprocessor and 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds is available at five speeds ranging from 100 MHz to 233 MHz. 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds More information is available at 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/sa110.htm>. 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want support for the SA-110 processor. 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds# SA1100 3001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_SA1100 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v4 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV4 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V4WB 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 306fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MMU 307b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 308f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WB if MMU 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds# XScale 3111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_XSCALE 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v5 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 316fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MMU 317b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 318c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 319f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 32123bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek# XScale Core Version 3 32223bdf86aSLennert Buytenhekconfig CPU_XSC3 32323bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek bool 32423bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_32v5 32523bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 32623bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 327fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MMU 328b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 329c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 330f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 33123bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek select IO_36 33223bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek 33349cbe786SEric Miao# Marvell PJ1 (Mohawk) 33449cbe786SEric Miaoconfig CPU_MOHAWK 33549cbe786SEric Miao bool 33649cbe786SEric Miao select CPU_32v5 33749cbe786SEric Miao select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 33849cbe786SEric Miao select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 33949cbe786SEric Miao select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 340b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 341b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 342c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 343b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 34449cbe786SEric Miao 345e50d6409SAssaf Hoffman# Feroceon 346e50d6409SAssaf Hoffmanconfig CPU_FEROCEON 347e50d6409SAssaf Hoffman bool 348e50d6409SAssaf Hoffman select CPU_32v5 349e50d6409SAssaf Hoffman select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 350e50d6409SAssaf Hoffman select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 3510ed15071SLennert Buytenhek select CPU_COPY_FEROCEON if MMU 352b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 353b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 354c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 35599c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek select CPU_TLB_FEROCEON if MMU 356e50d6409SAssaf Hoffman 357d910a0aaSTzachi Perelsteinconfig CPU_FEROCEON_OLD_ID 358d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein bool "Accept early Feroceon cores with an ARM926 ID" 359d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein depends on CPU_FEROCEON && !CPU_ARM926T 360d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein default y 361d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein help 362d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein This enables the usage of some old Feroceon cores 363d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein for which the CPU ID is equal to the ARM926 ID. 364d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein Relevant for Feroceon-1850 and early Feroceon-2850. 365d910a0aaSTzachi Perelstein 366a4553358SHaojian Zhuang# Marvell PJ4 367a4553358SHaojian Zhuangconfig CPU_PJ4 368a4553358SHaojian Zhuang bool 369a4553358SHaojian Zhuang select ARM_THUMBEE 370b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_V7 371a4553358SHaojian Zhuang 372de490193SGregory CLEMENTconfig CPU_PJ4B 373de490193SGregory CLEMENT bool 374de490193SGregory CLEMENT select CPU_V7 375de490193SGregory CLEMENT 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ARMv6 3771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_V6 37817d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_32v6 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_ABRT_EV6 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_V6 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_CACHE_VIPT 383b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU 384fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15_MMU 3857b4c965aSCatalin Marinas select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU 386b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_V6 387c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 388f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU 3897b9896c3SArd Biesheuvel select SMP_ON_UP if SMP 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3914a5f79e7SRussell King# ARMv6k 392e399b1a4SRussell Kingconfig CPU_V6K 39317d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 394e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_32v6 39560799c6dSRussell King select CPU_32v6K 396e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_ABRT_EV6 397e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_CACHE_V6 398e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_CACHE_VIPT 399b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU 400e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_CP15_MMU 401e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU 402b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_V6 403c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 404e399b1a4SRussell King select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU 4054a5f79e7SRussell King 406252309adSMarc Zyngier# ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures 40723688e99SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_V7 40817d44d7dSArnd Bergmann bool 40915490ef8SRussell King select CPU_32v6K 41023688e99SCatalin Marinas select CPU_32v7 41123688e99SCatalin Marinas select CPU_ABRT_EV7 41223688e99SCatalin Marinas select CPU_CACHE_V7 41323688e99SCatalin Marinas select CPU_CACHE_VIPT 414b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU 41566567618SJonathan Austin select CPU_CP15_MMU if MMU 41666567618SJonathan Austin select CPU_CP15_MPU if !MMU 4172eb8c82bSCatalin Marinas select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU 418b1b3f49cSRussell King select CPU_PABRT_V7 419c58d237dSRussell King select CPU_SPECTRE if MMU 420c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 4212ccdd1e7SCatalin Marinas select CPU_TLB_V7 if MMU 42223688e99SCatalin Marinas 4234477ca45SUwe Kleine-König# ARMv7M 4244477ca45SUwe Kleine-Königconfig CPU_V7M 4254477ca45SUwe Kleine-König bool 4264477ca45SUwe Kleine-König select CPU_32v7M 4274477ca45SUwe Kleine-König select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 428bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austin select CPU_CACHE_V7M 4294477ca45SUwe Kleine-König select CPU_CACHE_NOP 4304477ca45SUwe Kleine-König select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 4314477ca45SUwe Kleine-König select CPU_THUMBONLY 4324477ca45SUwe Kleine-König 433bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-Königconfig CPU_THUMBONLY 434bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-König bool 435c466bda6SRussell King select CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 436bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-König # There are no CPUs available with MMU that don't implement an ARM ISA: 437bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-König depends on !MMU 438bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-König help 439bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-König Select this if your CPU doesn't support the 32 bit ARM instructions. 440bc7dea00SUwe Kleine-König 441c466bda6SRussell Kingconfig CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE 442c466bda6SRussell King bool 443c466bda6SRussell King help 444c466bda6SRussell King Select this if your CPU can support Thumb mode. 445c466bda6SRussell King 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Figure out what processor architecture version we should be using. 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds# This defines the compiler instruction set which depends on the machine type. 4481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_32v3 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 4508762df4dSRussell King select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 451f6f91b0dSRussell King select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 45251aaf81fSRussell King select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 453fff7fb0bSZhaoxiu Zeng select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_32v4 4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 4578762df4dSRussell King select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 458f6f91b0dSRussell King select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 45951aaf81fSRussell King select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 460fff7fb0bSZhaoxiu Zeng select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS 4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 462260e98edSLennert Buytenhekconfig CPU_32v4T 463260e98edSLennert Buytenhek bool 4648762df4dSRussell King select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 465f6f91b0dSRussell King select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 46651aaf81fSRussell King select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 467fff7fb0bSZhaoxiu Zeng select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS 468260e98edSLennert Buytenhek 4691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_32v5 4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 4718762df4dSRussell King select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 472f6f91b0dSRussell King select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 47351aaf81fSRussell King select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_32v6 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 477b1b3f49cSRussell King select TLS_REG_EMUL if !CPU_32v6K && !MMU 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 479e399b1a4SRussell Kingconfig CPU_32v6K 48060799c6dSRussell King bool 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 48223688e99SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_32v7 48323688e99SCatalin Marinas bool 48423688e99SCatalin Marinas 4854477ca45SUwe Kleine-Königconfig CPU_32v7M 4864477ca45SUwe Kleine-König bool 4874477ca45SUwe Kleine-König 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds# The abort model 4890f45d7f3SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 4900f45d7f3SHyok S. Choi bool 4910f45d7f3SHyok S. Choi 4921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ABRT_EV4 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ABRT_EV4T 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ABRT_LV4T 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ABRT_EV5T 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ABRT_EV5TJ 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ABRT_EV6 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 51023688e99SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_ABRT_EV7 51123688e99SCatalin Marinas bool 51223688e99SCatalin Marinas 5134fb28474SKirill A. Shutemovconfig CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 51448d7927bSPaul Brook bool 51548d7927bSPaul Brook 5164fb28474SKirill A. Shutemovconfig CPU_PABRT_V6 5174fb28474SKirill A. Shutemov bool 5184fb28474SKirill A. Shutemov 5194fb28474SKirill A. Shutemovconfig CPU_PABRT_V7 52048d7927bSPaul Brook bool 52148d7927bSPaul Brook 5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds# The cache model 5231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_V4 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_V4WT 5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_V4WB 5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_V6 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 53523688e99SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_CACHE_V7 53623688e99SCatalin Marinas bool 53723688e99SCatalin Marinas 5384477ca45SUwe Kleine-Königconfig CPU_CACHE_NOP 5394477ca45SUwe Kleine-König bool 5404477ca45SUwe Kleine-König 5411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_VIVT 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_VIPT 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 54728853ac8SPaulius Zaleckasconfig CPU_CACHE_FA 54828853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas bool 54928853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas 550bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austinconfig CPU_CACHE_V7M 551bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austin bool 552bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austin 553f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choiif MMU 5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds# The copy-page model 5551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_COPY_V4WT 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_COPY_V4WB 5591da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5610ed15071SLennert Buytenhekconfig CPU_COPY_FEROCEON 5620ed15071SLennert Buytenhek bool 5630ed15071SLennert Buytenhek 56428853ac8SPaulius Zaleckasconfig CPU_COPY_FA 56528853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas bool 56628853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas 5671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_COPY_V6 5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds# This selects the TLB model 5711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_TLB_V4WT 5721da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5741da177e4SLinus Torvalds ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writethrough cache. 5751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_TLB_V4WB 5771da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5791da177e4SLinus Torvalds ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writeback cache. 5801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_TLB_V4WBI 5821da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writeback cache and invalidate 5851da177e4SLinus Torvalds instruction cache entry. 5861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 58799c6dc11SLennert Buytenhekconfig CPU_TLB_FEROCEON 58899c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek bool 58999c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek help 59099c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek Feroceon TLB (v4wbi with non-outer-cachable page table walks). 59199c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek 59228853ac8SPaulius Zaleckasconfig CPU_TLB_FA 59328853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas bool 59428853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas help 59528853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas Faraday ARM FA526 architecture, unified TLB with writeback cache 59628853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas and invalidate instruction cache entry. Branch target buffer is 59728853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas also supported. 59828853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas 5991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_TLB_V6 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6022ccdd1e7SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_TLB_V7 6032ccdd1e7SCatalin Marinas bool 6042ccdd1e7SCatalin Marinas 605f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choiendif 606f9c21a6eSHyok S. Choi 607516793c6SRussell Kingconfig CPU_HAS_ASID 608516793c6SRussell King bool 609516793c6SRussell King help 610516793c6SRussell King This indicates whether the CPU has the ASID register; used to 611516793c6SRussell King tag TLB and possibly cache entries. 612516793c6SRussell King 613fefdaa06SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_CP15 614fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi bool 615fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi help 616fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi Processor has the CP15 register. 617fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi 618fefdaa06SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_CP15_MMU 619fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi bool 620fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15 621fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi help 622fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi Processor has the CP15 register, which has MMU related registers. 623fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi 624fefdaa06SHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_CP15_MPU 625fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi bool 626fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi select CPU_CP15 627fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi help 628fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi Processor has the CP15 register, which has MPU related registers. 629fefdaa06SHyok S. Choi 630247055aaSCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_USE_DOMAINS 631247055aaSCatalin Marinas bool 632247055aaSCatalin Marinas help 633247055aaSCatalin Marinas This option enables or disables the use of domain switching 6342bf62042SLinus Walleij using the DACR (domain access control register) to protect memory 6352bf62042SLinus Walleij domains from each other. In Linux we use three domains: kernel, user 6362bf62042SLinus Walleij and IO. The domains are used to protect userspace from kernelspace 6372bf62042SLinus Walleij and to handle IO-space as a special type of memory by assigning 6382bf62042SLinus Walleij manager or client roles to running code (such as a process). 639247055aaSCatalin Marinas 6406b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32config CPU_V7M_NUM_IRQ 6416b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 int "Number of external interrupts connected to the NVIC" 6426b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 depends on CPU_V7M 6436b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 default 90 if ARCH_STM32 64445b0fa09SStefan Agner default 112 if SOC_VF610 6456b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 default 240 6466b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 help 6476b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 This option indicates the number of interrupts connected to the NVIC. 6486b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 The value can be larger than the real number of interrupts supported 6496b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 by the system, but must not be lower. 6506b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 The default value is 240, corresponding to the maximum number of 6516b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 interrupts supported by the NVIC on Cortex-M family. 6526b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 6536b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 If unsure, keep default value. 6546b1814cdSMaxime Coquelin stm32 65523bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek# 65623bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek# CPU supports 36-bit I/O 65723bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek# 65823bdf86aSLennert Buytenhekconfig IO_36 65923bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek bool 66023bdf86aSLennert Buytenhek 6611da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Processor Features" 6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 663497b7e94SCatalin Marinasconfig ARM_LPAE 664497b7e94SCatalin Marinas bool "Support for the Large Physical Address Extension" 66508a183f0SCatalin Marinas depends on MMU && CPU_32v7 && !CPU_32v6 && !CPU_32v5 && \ 66608a183f0SCatalin Marinas !CPU_32v4 && !CPU_32v3 667d4a451d5SChristoph Hellwig select PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT 668ad3c7b18SChristoph Hellwig select SWIOTLB 669497b7e94SCatalin Marinas help 670497b7e94SCatalin Marinas Say Y if you have an ARMv7 processor supporting the LPAE page 671497b7e94SCatalin Marinas table format and you would like to access memory beyond the 672497b7e94SCatalin Marinas 4GB limit. The resulting kernel image will not run on 673497b7e94SCatalin Marinas processors without the LPA extension. 674497b7e94SCatalin Marinas 675497b7e94SCatalin Marinas If unsure, say N. 676497b7e94SCatalin Marinas 677d8dc7fbdSRussell Kingconfig ARM_PV_FIXUP 678d8dc7fbdSRussell King def_bool y 679d8dc7fbdSRussell King depends on ARM_LPAE && ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT && ARCH_KEYSTONE 680d8dc7fbdSRussell King 6811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARM_THUMB 6821515b186SRussell King bool "Support Thumb user binaries" if !CPU_THUMBONLY && EXPERT 6838b5bd5adSArnd Bergmann depends on CPU_THUMB_CAPABLE && !CPU_32v4 6841da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want to include kernel support for running user space 6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Thumb binaries. 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Thumb instruction set is a compressed form of the standard ARM 6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds instruction set resulting in smaller binaries at the expense of 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds slightly less efficient code. 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6931515b186SRussell King If this option is disabled, and you run userspace that switches to 6941515b186SRussell King Thumb mode, signal handling will not work correctly, resulting in 6951515b186SRussell King segmentation faults or illegal instruction aborts. 6961515b186SRussell King 6971da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what this all is, saying Y is a safe choice. 6981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 699d7f864beSCatalin Marinasconfig ARM_THUMBEE 700d7f864beSCatalin Marinas bool "Enable ThumbEE CPU extension" 701d7f864beSCatalin Marinas depends on CPU_V7 702d7f864beSCatalin Marinas help 703d7f864beSCatalin Marinas Say Y here if you have a CPU with the ThumbEE extension and code to 704d7f864beSCatalin Marinas make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE. 705d7f864beSCatalin Marinas 7065b6728d4SDave Martinconfig ARM_VIRT_EXT 707651134b0SWill Deacon bool 708651134b0SWill Deacon default y if CPU_V7 7095b6728d4SDave Martin help 7105b6728d4SDave Martin Enable the kernel to make use of the ARM Virtualization 7115b6728d4SDave Martin Extensions to install hypervisors without run-time firmware 7125b6728d4SDave Martin assistance. 7135b6728d4SDave Martin 7145b6728d4SDave Martin A compliant bootloader is required in order to make maximum 715*e318b36eSJonathan Corbet use of this feature. Refer to Documentation/arch/arm/booting.rst for 7165b6728d4SDave Martin details. 7175b6728d4SDave Martin 71864d2dc38SLeif Lindholmconfig SWP_EMULATE 719a11dd731SRussell King bool "Emulate SWP/SWPB instructions" if !SMP 720b6ccb980SWill Deacon depends on CPU_V7 72164d2dc38SLeif Lindholm default y if SMP 722b1b3f49cSRussell King select HAVE_PROC_CPU if PROC_FS 72364d2dc38SLeif Lindholm help 72464d2dc38SLeif Lindholm ARMv6 architecture deprecates use of the SWP/SWPB instructions. 72564d2dc38SLeif Lindholm ARMv7 multiprocessing extensions introduce the ability to disable 72664d2dc38SLeif Lindholm these instructions, triggering an undefined instruction exception 72764d2dc38SLeif Lindholm when executed. Say Y here to enable software emulation of these 72864d2dc38SLeif Lindholm instructions for userspace (not kernel) using LDREX/STREX. 72964d2dc38SLeif Lindholm Also creates /proc/cpu/swp_emulation for statistics. 73064d2dc38SLeif Lindholm 73164d2dc38SLeif Lindholm In some older versions of glibc [<=2.8] SWP is used during futex 73264d2dc38SLeif Lindholm trylock() operations with the assumption that the code will not 73364d2dc38SLeif Lindholm be preempted. This invalid assumption may be more likely to fail 73464d2dc38SLeif Lindholm with SWP emulation enabled, leading to deadlock of the user 73564d2dc38SLeif Lindholm application. 73664d2dc38SLeif Lindholm 73764d2dc38SLeif Lindholm NOTE: when accessing uncached shared regions, LDREX/STREX rely 73864d2dc38SLeif Lindholm on an external transaction monitoring block called a global 73964d2dc38SLeif Lindholm monitor to maintain update atomicity. If your system does not 74064d2dc38SLeif Lindholm implement a global monitor, this option can cause programs that 74164d2dc38SLeif Lindholm perform SWP operations to uncached memory to deadlock. 74264d2dc38SLeif Lindholm 74364d2dc38SLeif Lindholm If unsure, say Y. 74464d2dc38SLeif Lindholm 7455d6f5267SArnd Bergmannchoice 746cfb1076dSRandy Dunlap prompt "CPU Endianness" 7475d6f5267SArnd Bergmann default CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN 7485d6f5267SArnd Bergmann 7495d6f5267SArnd Bergmannconfig CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN 7505d6f5267SArnd Bergmann bool "Built little-endian kernel" 7515d6f5267SArnd Bergmann help 7525d6f5267SArnd Bergmann Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in little-endian mode. 7535d6f5267SArnd Bergmann This is the default and is used in practically all modern user 7545d6f5267SArnd Bergmann space builds. 7555d6f5267SArnd Bergmann 7561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_BIG_ENDIAN 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Build big-endian kernel" 75828187dc8SNick Desaulniers depends on !LD_IS_LLD 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode. 7615d6f5267SArnd Bergmann This works on many machines using ARMv6 or newer processors 7625d6f5267SArnd Bergmann but requires big-endian user space. 7635d6f5267SArnd Bergmann 7645d6f5267SArnd Bergmann The only ARMv5 platform with big-endian support is 7655d6f5267SArnd Bergmann Intel IXP4xx. 7665d6f5267SArnd Bergmann 7675d6f5267SArnd Bergmannendchoice 7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 76926584853SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 77026584853SCatalin Marinas bool 77126584853SCatalin Marinas depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN 772345dac33SArnd Bergmann default CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M 77326584853SCatalin Marinas help 77426584853SCatalin Marinas Support for the BE-8 (big-endian) mode on ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors. 77526584853SCatalin Marinas 77626584853SCatalin Marinasconfig CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 77726584853SCatalin Marinas bool 77826584853SCatalin Marinas depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN 77926584853SCatalin Marinas default !CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 78026584853SCatalin Marinas help 78126584853SCatalin Marinas Support for the BE-32 (big-endian) mode on pre-ARMv6 processors. 78226584853SCatalin Marinas 7836afd6faeSHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_HIGH_VECTOR 7846340aa61SRobert P. J. Day depends on !MMU && CPU_CP15 && !CPU_ARM740T 7856afd6faeSHyok S. Choi bool "Select the High exception vector" 7866afd6faeSHyok S. Choi help 7876afd6faeSHyok S. Choi Say Y here to select high exception vector(0xFFFF0000~). 7889b7333a9SWill Deacon The exception vector can vary depending on the platform 7896afd6faeSHyok S. Choi design in nommu mode. If your platform needs to select 7906afd6faeSHyok S. Choi high exception vector, say Y. 7916afd6faeSHyok S. Choi Otherwise or if you are unsure, say N, and the low exception 7926afd6faeSHyok S. Choi vector (0x00000000~) will be used. 7936afd6faeSHyok S. Choi 7941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE 795f12d0d7cSHyok S. Choi bool "Disable I-Cache (I-bit)" 796bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austin depends on (CPU_CP15 && !(CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3)) || CPU_V7M 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to disable the processor instruction cache. Unless 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N. 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8015f41f919SMarek Szyprowskiconfig CPU_ICACHE_MISMATCH_WORKAROUND 8025f41f919SMarek Szyprowski bool "Workaround for I-Cache line size mismatch between CPU cores" 8035f41f919SMarek Szyprowski depends on SMP && CPU_V7 8045f41f919SMarek Szyprowski help 8055f41f919SMarek Szyprowski Some big.LITTLE systems have I-Cache line size mismatch between 8065f41f919SMarek Szyprowski LITTLE and big cores. Say Y here to enable a workaround for 8075f41f919SMarek Szyprowski proper I-Cache support on such systems. If unsure, say N. 8085f41f919SMarek Szyprowski 8091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE 810f12d0d7cSHyok S. Choi bool "Disable D-Cache (C-bit)" 811bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austin depends on (CPU_CP15 && !SMP) || CPU_V7M 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to disable the processor data cache. Unless 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N. 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 816f37f46ebSHyok S. Choiconfig CPU_DCACHE_SIZE 817f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi hex 818f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi depends on CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM946E 819f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi default 0x00001000 if CPU_ARM740T 820f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi default 0x00002000 # default size for ARM946E-S 821f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi help 822f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi Some cores are synthesizable to have various sized cache. For 823f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi ARM946E-S case, it can vary from 0KB to 1MB. 824f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi To support such cache operations, it is efficient to know the size 825f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi before compile time. 826f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi If your SoC is configured to have a different size, define the value 827f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi here with proper conditions. 828f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi 8291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH 8301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Force write through D-cache" 83128853ac8SPaulius Zaleckas depends on (CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM920T || CPU_ARM922T || CPU_ARM925T || CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM940T || CPU_ARM946E || CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_FA526) && !CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE 8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y if CPU_ARM925T 8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to use the data cache in writethrough mode. Unless you 8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds specifically require this or are unsure, say N. 8361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_CACHE_ROUND_ROBIN 8381da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Round robin I and D cache replacement algorithm" 839f37f46ebSHyok S. Choi depends on (CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM946E || CPU_ARM1020) && (!CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE || !CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE) 8401da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8411da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to use the predictable round-robin cache replacement 8421da177e4SLinus Torvalds policy. Unless you specifically require this or are unsure, say N. 8431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE 8451da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Disable branch prediction" 846bc0ee9d2SJonathan Austin depends on CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_V7 || CPU_FA526 || CPU_V7M 8471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to disable branch prediction. If unsure, say N. 8492d2669b6SNicolas Pitre 850c58d237dSRussell Kingconfig CPU_SPECTRE 851c58d237dSRussell King bool 8529dd78194SRussell King (Oracle) select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES 853c58d237dSRussell King 85406c23f5fSRussell Kingconfig HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR 85506c23f5fSRussell King bool "Harden the branch predictor against aliasing attacks" if EXPERT 85606c23f5fSRussell King depends on CPU_SPECTRE 85706c23f5fSRussell King default y 85806c23f5fSRussell King help 85906c23f5fSRussell King Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors rely 86006c23f5fSRussell King on being able to manipulate the branch predictor for a victim 86106c23f5fSRussell King context by executing aliasing branches in the attacker context. 86206c23f5fSRussell King Such attacks can be partially mitigated against by clearing 86306c23f5fSRussell King internal branch predictor state and limiting the prediction 86406c23f5fSRussell King logic in some situations. 86506c23f5fSRussell King 86606c23f5fSRussell King This config option will take CPU-specific actions to harden 86706c23f5fSRussell King the branch predictor against aliasing attacks and may rely on 86806c23f5fSRussell King specific instruction sequences or control bits being set by 86906c23f5fSRussell King the system firmware. 87006c23f5fSRussell King 87106c23f5fSRussell King If unsure, say Y. 87206c23f5fSRussell King 873b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle)config HARDEN_BRANCH_HISTORY 874b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) bool "Harden Spectre style attacks against branch history" if EXPERT 875b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) depends on CPU_SPECTRE 876b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) default y 877b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) help 878b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors can 879b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) make use of branch history to influence future speculation. When 880b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) taking an exception, a sequence of branches overwrites the branch 881b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) history, or branch history is invalidated. 882b9baf5c8SRussell King (Oracle) 8834b0e07a5SNicolas Pitreconfig TLS_REG_EMUL 8844b0e07a5SNicolas Pitre bool 885f6f91b0dSRussell King select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 8864b0e07a5SNicolas Pitre help 88770489c88SNicolas Pitre An SMP system using a pre-ARMv6 processor (there are apparently 88870489c88SNicolas Pitre a few prototypes like that in existence) and therefore access to 88970489c88SNicolas Pitre that required register must be emulated. 8904b0e07a5SNicolas Pitre 891f6f91b0dSRussell Kingconfig NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 892f6f91b0dSRussell King bool 893f6f91b0dSRussell King 894f6f91b0dSRussell Kingconfig KUSER_HELPERS 895f6f91b0dSRussell King bool "Enable kuser helpers in vector page" if !NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 89608b964ffSNathan Lynch depends on MMU 897f6f91b0dSRussell King default y 898f6f91b0dSRussell King help 899f6f91b0dSRussell King Warning: disabling this option may break user programs. 900f6f91b0dSRussell King 901f6f91b0dSRussell King Provide kuser helpers in the vector page. The kernel provides 902f6f91b0dSRussell King helper code to userspace in read only form at a fixed location 903f6f91b0dSRussell King in the high vector page to allow userspace to be independent of 904f6f91b0dSRussell King the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be 905f6f91b0dSRussell King run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification. 906f6f91b0dSRussell King 907*e318b36eSJonathan Corbet See Documentation/arch/arm/kernel_user_helpers.rst for details. 908ac124504SNicolas Pitre 909f6f91b0dSRussell King However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used 910f6f91b0dSRussell King by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating 911f6f91b0dSRussell King exploits. 912f6f91b0dSRussell King 913f6f91b0dSRussell King If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform 914f6f91b0dSRussell King are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of 915ac124504SNicolas Pitre these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder 916ac124504SNicolas Pitre such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library 917ac124504SNicolas Pitre relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal, 918ac124504SNicolas Pitre which will terminate the program. 919f6f91b0dSRussell King 920f6f91b0dSRussell King Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not 921f6f91b0dSRussell King need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y. 922f6f91b0dSRussell King 923e5b61debSNathan Lynchconfig VDSO 924e5b61debSNathan Lynch bool "Enable VDSO for acceleration of some system calls" 9255d38000bSNathan Lynch depends on AEABI && MMU && CPU_V7 926e5b61debSNathan Lynch default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER 92720e2fc42SVincenzo Frascino select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO 928e5b61debSNathan Lynch select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL 92920e2fc42SVincenzo Frascino select GENERIC_VDSO_32 93020e2fc42SVincenzo Frascino select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY 931e5b61debSNathan Lynch help 932e5b61debSNathan Lynch Place in the process address space an ELF shared object 933e5b61debSNathan Lynch providing fast implementations of gettimeofday and 934e5b61debSNathan Lynch clock_gettime. Systems that implement the ARM architected 935e5b61debSNathan Lynch timer will receive maximum benefit. 936e5b61debSNathan Lynch 937e5b61debSNathan Lynch You must have glibc 2.22 or later for programs to seamlessly 938e5b61debSNathan Lynch take advantage of this. 939e5b61debSNathan Lynch 940ad642d9fSCatalin Marinas 941953233dcSCatalin Marinasconfig OUTER_CACHE 942953233dcSCatalin Marinas bool 943382266adSCatalin Marinas 944319f551aSCatalin Marinasconfig OUTER_CACHE_SYNC 945319f551aSCatalin Marinas bool 946f8130906SRussell King select ARM_HEAVY_MB 947319f551aSCatalin Marinas help 948319f551aSCatalin Marinas The outer cache has a outer_cache_fns.sync function pointer 949319f551aSCatalin Marinas that can be used to drain the write buffer of the outer cache. 950319f551aSCatalin Marinas 951f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelliconfig CACHE_B15_RAC 952f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli bool "Enable the Broadcom Brahma-B15 read-ahead cache controller" 953f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli depends on ARCH_BRCMSTB 954f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli default y 955f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli help 956f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli This option enables the Broadcom Brahma-B15 read-ahead cache 957f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli controller. If disabled, the read-ahead cache remains off. 958f6f9be1cSFlorian Fainelli 95999c6dc11SLennert Buytenhekconfig CACHE_FEROCEON_L2 96099c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek bool "Enable the Feroceon L2 cache controller" 961ba364fc7SAndrew Lunn depends on ARCH_MV78XX0 || ARCH_MVEBU 96299c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek default y 963382266adSCatalin Marinas select OUTER_CACHE 96499c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek help 96599c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek This option enables the Feroceon L2 cache controller. 96699c6dc11SLennert Buytenhek 9674360bb41SRonen Shitritconfig CACHE_FEROCEON_L2_WRITETHROUGH 9684360bb41SRonen Shitrit bool "Force Feroceon L2 cache write through" 9694360bb41SRonen Shitrit depends on CACHE_FEROCEON_L2 9704360bb41SRonen Shitrit help 9714360bb41SRonen Shitrit Say Y here to use the Feroceon L2 cache in writethrough mode. 9724360bb41SRonen Shitrit Unless you specifically require this, say N for writeback mode. 9734360bb41SRonen Shitrit 974ce5ea9f3SDave Martinconfig MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 975ce5ea9f3SDave Martin bool 976ce5ea9f3SDave Martin help 977ce5ea9f3SDave Martin This option should be selected by machines which have a L2x0 978ce5ea9f3SDave Martin or PL310 cache controller, but where its use is optional. 979ce5ea9f3SDave Martin 980ce5ea9f3SDave Martin The only effect of this option is to make CACHE_L2X0 and 981ce5ea9f3SDave Martin related options available to the user for configuration. 982ce5ea9f3SDave Martin 983ce5ea9f3SDave Martin Boards or SoCs which always require the cache controller 984ce5ea9f3SDave Martin support to be present should select CACHE_L2X0 directly 985ce5ea9f3SDave Martin instead of this option, thus preventing the user from 986ce5ea9f3SDave Martin inadvertently configuring a broken kernel. 987ce5ea9f3SDave Martin 9881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CACHE_L2X0 989ce5ea9f3SDave Martin bool "Enable the L2x0 outer cache controller" if MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 990ce5ea9f3SDave Martin default MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds select OUTER_CACHE 99223107c54SCatalin Marinas select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC 993ba927951SCatalin Marinas help 994ba927951SCatalin Marinas This option enables the L2x0 PrimeCell. 995905a09d5SEric Miao 996b828f960SMark Rutlandconfig CACHE_L2X0_PMU 997b828f960SMark Rutland bool "L2x0 performance monitor support" if CACHE_L2X0 998b828f960SMark Rutland depends on PERF_EVENTS 999b828f960SMark Rutland help 1000b828f960SMark Rutland This option enables support for the performance monitoring features 1001b828f960SMark Rutland of the L220 and PL310 outer cache controllers. 1002b828f960SMark Rutland 1003a641f3a6SRussell Kingif CACHE_L2X0 1004a641f3a6SRussell King 1005c0fe18baSRussell Kingconfig PL310_ERRATA_588369 1006c0fe18baSRussell King bool "PL310 errata: Clean & Invalidate maintenance operations do not invalidate clean lines" 1007c0fe18baSRussell King help 1008c0fe18baSRussell King The PL310 L2 cache controller implements three types of Clean & 1009c0fe18baSRussell King Invalidate maintenance operations: by Physical Address 1010c0fe18baSRussell King (offset 0x7F0), by Index/Way (0x7F8) and by Way (0x7FC). 1011c0fe18baSRussell King They are architecturally defined to behave as the execution of a 1012c0fe18baSRussell King clean operation followed immediately by an invalidate operation, 1013c0fe18baSRussell King both performing to the same memory location. This functionality 101480d3cb91SShawn Guo is not correctly implemented in PL310 prior to r2p0 (fixed in r2p0) 101580d3cb91SShawn Guo as clean lines are not invalidated as a result of these operations. 1016c0fe18baSRussell King 1017c0fe18baSRussell Kingconfig PL310_ERRATA_727915 1018c0fe18baSRussell King bool "PL310 errata: Background Clean & Invalidate by Way operation can cause data corruption" 1019c0fe18baSRussell King help 1020c0fe18baSRussell King PL310 implements the Clean & Invalidate by Way L2 cache maintenance 1021c0fe18baSRussell King operation (offset 0x7FC). This operation runs in background so that 1022c0fe18baSRussell King PL310 can handle normal accesses while it is in progress. Under very 1023c0fe18baSRussell King rare circumstances, due to this erratum, write data can be lost when 1024c0fe18baSRussell King PL310 treats a cacheable write transaction during a Clean & 102580d3cb91SShawn Guo Invalidate by Way operation. Revisions prior to r3p1 are affected by 102680d3cb91SShawn Guo this errata (fixed in r3p1). 1027c0fe18baSRussell King 1028c0fe18baSRussell Kingconfig PL310_ERRATA_753970 1029c0fe18baSRussell King bool "PL310 errata: cache sync operation may be faulty" 1030c0fe18baSRussell King help 1031c0fe18baSRussell King This option enables the workaround for the 753970 PL310 (r3p0) erratum. 1032c0fe18baSRussell King 1033c0fe18baSRussell King Under some condition the effect of cache sync operation on 1034c0fe18baSRussell King the store buffer still remains when the operation completes. 1035c0fe18baSRussell King This means that the store buffer is always asked to drain and 1036c0fe18baSRussell King this prevents it from merging any further writes. The workaround 1037c0fe18baSRussell King is to replace the normal offset of cache sync operation (0x730) 1038c0fe18baSRussell King by another offset targeting an unmapped PL310 register 0x740. 1039c0fe18baSRussell King This has the same effect as the cache sync operation: store buffer 1040c0fe18baSRussell King drain and waiting for all buffers empty. 1041c0fe18baSRussell King 1042c0fe18baSRussell Kingconfig PL310_ERRATA_769419 1043c0fe18baSRussell King bool "PL310 errata: no automatic Store Buffer drain" 1044c0fe18baSRussell King help 1045c0fe18baSRussell King On revisions of the PL310 prior to r3p2, the Store Buffer does 1046c0fe18baSRussell King not automatically drain. This can cause normal, non-cacheable 1047c0fe18baSRussell King writes to be retained when the memory system is idle, leading 1048c0fe18baSRussell King to suboptimal I/O performance for drivers using coherent DMA. 1049c0fe18baSRussell King This option adds a write barrier to the cpu_idle loop so that, 1050c0fe18baSRussell King on systems with an outer cache, the store buffer is drained 1051c0fe18baSRussell King explicitly. 1052c0fe18baSRussell King 1053a641f3a6SRussell Kingendif 1054a641f3a6SRussell King 1055573a652fSLennert Buytenhekconfig CACHE_TAUROS2 1056573a652fSLennert Buytenhek bool "Enable the Tauros2 L2 cache controller" 1057df8bf2d8SLubomir Rintel depends on (CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_PJ4) 1058573a652fSLennert Buytenhek default y 1059573a652fSLennert Buytenhek select OUTER_CACHE 1060573a652fSLennert Buytenhek help 1061573a652fSLennert Buytenhek This option enables the Tauros2 L2 cache controller (as 1062573a652fSLennert Buytenhek found on PJ1/PJ4). 1063573a652fSLennert Buytenhek 1064e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamadaconfig CACHE_UNIPHIER 1065e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada bool "Enable the UniPhier outer cache controller" 1066e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER 106701bf9278SMasahiro Yamada select ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7 1068e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada select OUTER_CACHE 1069e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC 1070e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada help 1071e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada This option enables the UniPhier outer cache (system cache) 1072e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada controller. 1073e7ecbc05SMasahiro Yamada 1074905a09d5SEric Miaoconfig CACHE_XSC3L2 1075905a09d5SEric Miao bool "Enable the L2 cache on XScale3" 1076905a09d5SEric Miao depends on CPU_XSC3 1077905a09d5SEric Miao default y 1078905a09d5SEric Miao select OUTER_CACHE 1079905a09d5SEric Miao help 1080905a09d5SEric Miao This option enables the L2 cache on XScale3. 1081910a17e5SKirill A. Shutemov 10825637a126SRussell Kingconfig ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6 10835637a126SRussell King bool 1084a092f2b1SWill Deacon default y if CPU_V7 10855637a126SRussell King help 10865637a126SRussell King Setting ARM L1 cache line size to 64 Bytes. 10875637a126SRussell King 108801bf9278SMasahiro Yamadaconfig ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7 108901bf9278SMasahiro Yamada bool 109001bf9278SMasahiro Yamada help 109101bf9278SMasahiro Yamada Setting ARM L1 cache line size to 128 Bytes. 109201bf9278SMasahiro Yamada 1093910a17e5SKirill A. Shutemovconfig ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT 1094910a17e5SKirill A. Shutemov int 109501bf9278SMasahiro Yamada default 7 if ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7 1096d6d502faSKukjin Kim default 6 if ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6 1097910a17e5SKirill A. Shutemov default 5 109847ab0deeSRussell King 109947ab0deeSRussell Kingconfig ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE 11001b11d39eSVladimir Murzin bool "Use non-cacheable memory for DMA" if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7M) && !CPU_V7 11011b11d39eSVladimir Murzin default y if CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M 110247ab0deeSRussell King help 110347ab0deeSRussell King Historically, the kernel has used strongly ordered mappings to 110447ab0deeSRussell King provide DMA coherent memory. With the advent of ARMv7, mapping 110547ab0deeSRussell King memory with differing types results in unpredictable behaviour, 110647ab0deeSRussell King so on these CPUs, this option is forced on. 110747ab0deeSRussell King 110847ab0deeSRussell King Multiple mappings with differing attributes is also unpredictable 110947ab0deeSRussell King on ARMv6 CPUs, but since they do not have aggressive speculative 111047ab0deeSRussell King prefetch, no harm appears to occur. 111147ab0deeSRussell King 111247ab0deeSRussell King However, drivers may be missing the necessary barriers for ARMv6, 111347ab0deeSRussell King and therefore turning this on may result in unpredictable driver 111447ab0deeSRussell King behaviour. Therefore, we offer this as an option. 111547ab0deeSRussell King 11161b11d39eSVladimir Murzin On some of the beefier ARMv7-M machines (with DMA and write 11171b11d39eSVladimir Murzin buffers) you likely want this enabled, while those that 11181b11d39eSVladimir Murzin didn't need it until now also won't need it in the future. 11191b11d39eSVladimir Murzin 112047ab0deeSRussell King You are recommended say 'Y' here and debug any affected drivers. 1121ac1d426eSRussell King 1122f8130906SRussell Kingconfig ARM_HEAVY_MB 1123f8130906SRussell King bool 1124f8130906SRussell King 112525362dc4SKees Cookconfig DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA 112625362dc4SKees Cook bool "Make rodata strictly non-executable" 11270f5bf6d0SLaura Abbott depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX 112880d6b0c2SKees Cook default y 112980d6b0c2SKees Cook help 113025362dc4SKees Cook If this is set, rodata will be made explicitly non-executable. This 113125362dc4SKees Cook provides protection on the rare chance that attackers might find and 113225362dc4SKees Cook use ROP gadgets that exist in the rodata section. This adds an 113325362dc4SKees Cook additional section-aligned split of rodata from kernel text so it 113425362dc4SKees Cook can be made explicitly non-executable. This padding may waste memory 113525362dc4SKees Cook space to gain the additional protection. 1136