1comment "Processor Type" 2 3# Select CPU types depending on the architecture selected. This selects 4# which CPUs we support in the kernel image, and the compiler instruction 5# optimiser behaviour. 6 7# ARM7TDMI 8config CPU_ARM7TDMI 9 bool 10 depends on !MMU 11 select CPU_32v4T 12 select CPU_ABRT_LV4T 13 select CPU_CACHE_V4 14 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 15 help 16 A 32-bit RISC microprocessor based on the ARM7 processor core 17 which has no memory control unit and cache. 18 19 Say Y if you want support for the ARM7TDMI processor. 20 Otherwise, say N. 21 22# ARM720T 23config CPU_ARM720T 24 bool 25 select CPU_32v4T 26 select CPU_ABRT_LV4T 27 select CPU_CACHE_V4 28 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 29 select CPU_COPY_V4WT if MMU 30 select CPU_CP15_MMU 31 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 32 select CPU_TLB_V4WT if MMU 33 help 34 A 32-bit RISC processor with 8kByte Cache, Write Buffer and 35 MMU built around an ARM7TDMI core. 36 37 Say Y if you want support for the ARM720T processor. 38 Otherwise, say N. 39 40# ARM740T 41config CPU_ARM740T 42 bool 43 depends on !MMU 44 select CPU_32v4T 45 select CPU_ABRT_LV4T 46 select CPU_CACHE_V4 47 select CPU_CP15_MPU 48 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 49 help 50 A 32-bit RISC processor with 8KB cache or 4KB variants, 51 write buffer and MPU(Protection Unit) built around 52 an ARM7TDMI core. 53 54 Say Y if you want support for the ARM740T processor. 55 Otherwise, say N. 56 57# ARM9TDMI 58config CPU_ARM9TDMI 59 bool 60 depends on !MMU 61 select CPU_32v4T 62 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 63 select CPU_CACHE_V4 64 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 65 help 66 A 32-bit RISC microprocessor based on the ARM9 processor core 67 which has no memory control unit and cache. 68 69 Say Y if you want support for the ARM9TDMI processor. 70 Otherwise, say N. 71 72# ARM920T 73config CPU_ARM920T 74 bool 75 select CPU_32v4T 76 select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 77 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 78 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 79 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 80 select CPU_CP15_MMU 81 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 82 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 83 help 84 The ARM920T is licensed to be produced by numerous vendors, 85 and is used in the Cirrus EP93xx and the Samsung S3C2410. 86 87 Say Y if you want support for the ARM920T processor. 88 Otherwise, say N. 89 90# ARM922T 91config CPU_ARM922T 92 bool 93 select CPU_32v4T 94 select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 95 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 96 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 97 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 98 select CPU_CP15_MMU 99 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 100 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 101 help 102 The ARM922T is a version of the ARM920T, but with smaller 103 instruction and data caches. It is used in Altera's 104 Excalibur XA device family and Micrel's KS8695 Centaur. 105 106 Say Y if you want support for the ARM922T processor. 107 Otherwise, say N. 108 109# ARM925T 110config CPU_ARM925T 111 bool 112 select CPU_32v4T 113 select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 114 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 115 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 116 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 117 select CPU_CP15_MMU 118 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 119 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 120 help 121 The ARM925T is a mix between the ARM920T and ARM926T, but with 122 different instruction and data caches. It is used in TI's OMAP 123 device family. 124 125 Say Y if you want support for the ARM925T processor. 126 Otherwise, say N. 127 128# ARM926T 129config CPU_ARM926T 130 bool 131 select CPU_32v5 132 select CPU_ABRT_EV5TJ 133 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 134 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 135 select CPU_CP15_MMU 136 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 137 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 138 help 139 This is a variant of the ARM920. It has slightly different 140 instruction sequences for cache and TLB operations. Curiously, 141 there is no documentation on it at the ARM corporate website. 142 143 Say Y if you want support for the ARM926T processor. 144 Otherwise, say N. 145 146# FA526 147config CPU_FA526 148 bool 149 select CPU_32v4 150 select CPU_ABRT_EV4 151 select CPU_CACHE_FA 152 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 153 select CPU_COPY_FA if MMU 154 select CPU_CP15_MMU 155 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 156 select CPU_TLB_FA if MMU 157 help 158 The FA526 is a version of the ARMv4 compatible processor with 159 Branch Target Buffer, Unified TLB and cache line size 16. 160 161 Say Y if you want support for the FA526 processor. 162 Otherwise, say N. 163 164# ARM940T 165config CPU_ARM940T 166 bool 167 depends on !MMU 168 select CPU_32v4T 169 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 170 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 171 select CPU_CP15_MPU 172 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 173 help 174 ARM940T is a member of the ARM9TDMI family of general- 175 purpose microprocessors with MPU and separate 4KB 176 instruction and 4KB data cases, each with a 4-word line 177 length. 178 179 Say Y if you want support for the ARM940T processor. 180 Otherwise, say N. 181 182# ARM946E-S 183config CPU_ARM946E 184 bool 185 depends on !MMU 186 select CPU_32v5 187 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 188 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 189 select CPU_CP15_MPU 190 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 191 help 192 ARM946E-S is a member of the ARM9E-S family of high- 193 performance, 32-bit system-on-chip processor solutions. 194 The TCM and ARMv5TE 32-bit instruction set is supported. 195 196 Say Y if you want support for the ARM946E-S processor. 197 Otherwise, say N. 198 199# ARM1020 - needs validating 200config CPU_ARM1020 201 bool 202 select CPU_32v5 203 select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 204 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 205 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 206 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 207 select CPU_CP15_MMU 208 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 209 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 210 help 211 The ARM1020 is the 32K cached version of the ARM10 processor, 212 with an addition of a floating-point unit. 213 214 Say Y if you want support for the ARM1020 processor. 215 Otherwise, say N. 216 217# ARM1020E - needs validating 218config CPU_ARM1020E 219 bool 220 depends on n 221 select CPU_32v5 222 select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 223 select CPU_CACHE_V4WT 224 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 225 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 226 select CPU_CP15_MMU 227 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 228 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 229 230# ARM1022E 231config CPU_ARM1022 232 bool 233 select CPU_32v5 234 select CPU_ABRT_EV4T 235 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 236 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU # can probably do better 237 select CPU_CP15_MMU 238 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 239 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 240 help 241 The ARM1022E is an implementation of the ARMv5TE architecture 242 based upon the ARM10 integer core with a 16KiB L1 Harvard cache, 243 embedded trace macrocell, and a floating-point unit. 244 245 Say Y if you want support for the ARM1022E processor. 246 Otherwise, say N. 247 248# ARM1026EJ-S 249config CPU_ARM1026 250 bool 251 select CPU_32v5 252 select CPU_ABRT_EV5T # But need Jazelle, but EV5TJ ignores bit 10 253 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 254 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU # can probably do better 255 select CPU_CP15_MMU 256 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 257 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 258 help 259 The ARM1026EJ-S is an implementation of the ARMv5TEJ architecture 260 based upon the ARM10 integer core. 261 262 Say Y if you want support for the ARM1026EJ-S processor. 263 Otherwise, say N. 264 265# SA110 266config CPU_SA110 267 bool 268 select CPU_32v3 if ARCH_RPC 269 select CPU_32v4 if !ARCH_RPC 270 select CPU_ABRT_EV4 271 select CPU_CACHE_V4WB 272 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 273 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 274 select CPU_CP15_MMU 275 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 276 select CPU_TLB_V4WB if MMU 277 help 278 The Intel StrongARM(R) SA-110 is a 32-bit microprocessor and 279 is available at five speeds ranging from 100 MHz to 233 MHz. 280 More information is available at 281 <http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/sa110.htm>. 282 283 Say Y if you want support for the SA-110 processor. 284 Otherwise, say N. 285 286# SA1100 287config CPU_SA1100 288 bool 289 select CPU_32v4 290 select CPU_ABRT_EV4 291 select CPU_CACHE_V4WB 292 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 293 select CPU_CP15_MMU 294 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 295 select CPU_TLB_V4WB if MMU 296 297# XScale 298config CPU_XSCALE 299 bool 300 select CPU_32v5 301 select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 302 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 303 select CPU_CP15_MMU 304 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 305 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 306 307# XScale Core Version 3 308config CPU_XSC3 309 bool 310 select CPU_32v5 311 select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 312 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 313 select CPU_CP15_MMU 314 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 315 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 316 select IO_36 317 318# Marvell PJ1 (Mohawk) 319config CPU_MOHAWK 320 bool 321 select CPU_32v5 322 select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 323 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 324 select CPU_COPY_V4WB if MMU 325 select CPU_CP15_MMU 326 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 327 select CPU_TLB_V4WBI if MMU 328 329# Feroceon 330config CPU_FEROCEON 331 bool 332 select CPU_32v5 333 select CPU_ABRT_EV5T 334 select CPU_CACHE_VIVT 335 select CPU_COPY_FEROCEON if MMU 336 select CPU_CP15_MMU 337 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 338 select CPU_TLB_FEROCEON if MMU 339 340config CPU_FEROCEON_OLD_ID 341 bool "Accept early Feroceon cores with an ARM926 ID" 342 depends on CPU_FEROCEON && !CPU_ARM926T 343 default y 344 help 345 This enables the usage of some old Feroceon cores 346 for which the CPU ID is equal to the ARM926 ID. 347 Relevant for Feroceon-1850 and early Feroceon-2850. 348 349# Marvell PJ4 350config CPU_PJ4 351 bool 352 select ARM_THUMBEE 353 select CPU_V7 354 355config CPU_PJ4B 356 bool 357 select CPU_V7 358 359# ARMv6 360config CPU_V6 361 bool 362 select CPU_32v6 363 select CPU_ABRT_EV6 364 select CPU_CACHE_V6 365 select CPU_CACHE_VIPT 366 select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU 367 select CPU_CP15_MMU 368 select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU 369 select CPU_PABRT_V6 370 select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU 371 372# ARMv6k 373config CPU_V6K 374 bool 375 select CPU_32v6 376 select CPU_32v6K 377 select CPU_ABRT_EV6 378 select CPU_CACHE_V6 379 select CPU_CACHE_VIPT 380 select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU 381 select CPU_CP15_MMU 382 select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU 383 select CPU_PABRT_V6 384 select CPU_TLB_V6 if MMU 385 386# ARMv7 387config CPU_V7 388 bool 389 select CPU_32v6K 390 select CPU_32v7 391 select CPU_ABRT_EV7 392 select CPU_CACHE_V7 393 select CPU_CACHE_VIPT 394 select CPU_COPY_V6 if MMU 395 select CPU_CP15_MMU if MMU 396 select CPU_CP15_MPU if !MMU 397 select CPU_HAS_ASID if MMU 398 select CPU_PABRT_V7 399 select CPU_TLB_V7 if MMU 400 401# ARMv7M 402config CPU_V7M 403 bool 404 select CPU_32v7M 405 select CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 406 select CPU_CACHE_V7M 407 select CPU_CACHE_NOP 408 select CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 409 select CPU_THUMBONLY 410 411config CPU_THUMBONLY 412 bool 413 # There are no CPUs available with MMU that don't implement an ARM ISA: 414 depends on !MMU 415 help 416 Select this if your CPU doesn't support the 32 bit ARM instructions. 417 418# Figure out what processor architecture version we should be using. 419# This defines the compiler instruction set which depends on the machine type. 420config CPU_32v3 421 bool 422 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 423 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 424 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 425 select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS 426 427config CPU_32v4 428 bool 429 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 430 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 431 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 432 select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS 433 434config CPU_32v4T 435 bool 436 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 437 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 438 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 439 select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS 440 441config CPU_32v5 442 bool 443 select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU 444 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 445 select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU 446 447config CPU_32v6 448 bool 449 select TLS_REG_EMUL if !CPU_32v6K && !MMU 450 451config CPU_32v6K 452 bool 453 454config CPU_32v7 455 bool 456 457config CPU_32v7M 458 bool 459 460# The abort model 461config CPU_ABRT_NOMMU 462 bool 463 464config CPU_ABRT_EV4 465 bool 466 467config CPU_ABRT_EV4T 468 bool 469 470config CPU_ABRT_LV4T 471 bool 472 473config CPU_ABRT_EV5T 474 bool 475 476config CPU_ABRT_EV5TJ 477 bool 478 479config CPU_ABRT_EV6 480 bool 481 482config CPU_ABRT_EV7 483 bool 484 485config CPU_PABRT_LEGACY 486 bool 487 488config CPU_PABRT_V6 489 bool 490 491config CPU_PABRT_V7 492 bool 493 494# The cache model 495config CPU_CACHE_V4 496 bool 497 498config CPU_CACHE_V4WT 499 bool 500 501config CPU_CACHE_V4WB 502 bool 503 504config CPU_CACHE_V6 505 bool 506 507config CPU_CACHE_V7 508 bool 509 510config CPU_CACHE_NOP 511 bool 512 513config CPU_CACHE_VIVT 514 bool 515 516config CPU_CACHE_VIPT 517 bool 518 519config CPU_CACHE_FA 520 bool 521 522config CPU_CACHE_V7M 523 bool 524 525if MMU 526# The copy-page model 527config CPU_COPY_V4WT 528 bool 529 530config CPU_COPY_V4WB 531 bool 532 533config CPU_COPY_FEROCEON 534 bool 535 536config CPU_COPY_FA 537 bool 538 539config CPU_COPY_V6 540 bool 541 542# This selects the TLB model 543config CPU_TLB_V4WT 544 bool 545 help 546 ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writethrough cache. 547 548config CPU_TLB_V4WB 549 bool 550 help 551 ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writeback cache. 552 553config CPU_TLB_V4WBI 554 bool 555 help 556 ARM Architecture Version 4 TLB with writeback cache and invalidate 557 instruction cache entry. 558 559config CPU_TLB_FEROCEON 560 bool 561 help 562 Feroceon TLB (v4wbi with non-outer-cachable page table walks). 563 564config CPU_TLB_FA 565 bool 566 help 567 Faraday ARM FA526 architecture, unified TLB with writeback cache 568 and invalidate instruction cache entry. Branch target buffer is 569 also supported. 570 571config CPU_TLB_V6 572 bool 573 574config CPU_TLB_V7 575 bool 576 577config VERIFY_PERMISSION_FAULT 578 bool 579endif 580 581config CPU_HAS_ASID 582 bool 583 help 584 This indicates whether the CPU has the ASID register; used to 585 tag TLB and possibly cache entries. 586 587config CPU_CP15 588 bool 589 help 590 Processor has the CP15 register. 591 592config CPU_CP15_MMU 593 bool 594 select CPU_CP15 595 help 596 Processor has the CP15 register, which has MMU related registers. 597 598config CPU_CP15_MPU 599 bool 600 select CPU_CP15 601 help 602 Processor has the CP15 register, which has MPU related registers. 603 604config CPU_USE_DOMAINS 605 bool 606 help 607 This option enables or disables the use of domain switching 608 via the set_fs() function. 609 610config CPU_V7M_NUM_IRQ 611 int "Number of external interrupts connected to the NVIC" 612 depends on CPU_V7M 613 default 90 if ARCH_STM32 614 default 38 if ARCH_EFM32 615 default 112 if SOC_VF610 616 default 240 617 help 618 This option indicates the number of interrupts connected to the NVIC. 619 The value can be larger than the real number of interrupts supported 620 by the system, but must not be lower. 621 The default value is 240, corresponding to the maximum number of 622 interrupts supported by the NVIC on Cortex-M family. 623 624 If unsure, keep default value. 625 626# 627# CPU supports 36-bit I/O 628# 629config IO_36 630 bool 631 632comment "Processor Features" 633 634config ARM_LPAE 635 bool "Support for the Large Physical Address Extension" 636 depends on MMU && CPU_32v7 && !CPU_32v6 && !CPU_32v5 && \ 637 !CPU_32v4 && !CPU_32v3 638 help 639 Say Y if you have an ARMv7 processor supporting the LPAE page 640 table format and you would like to access memory beyond the 641 4GB limit. The resulting kernel image will not run on 642 processors without the LPA extension. 643 644 If unsure, say N. 645 646config ARM_PV_FIXUP 647 def_bool y 648 depends on ARM_LPAE && ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT && ARCH_KEYSTONE 649 650config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT 651 def_bool ARM_LPAE 652 653config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT 654 bool 655 656config ARM_THUMB 657 bool "Support Thumb user binaries" if !CPU_THUMBONLY 658 depends on CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM920T || CPU_ARM922T || \ 659 CPU_ARM925T || CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM940T || CPU_ARM946E || \ 660 CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_ARM1020E || CPU_ARM1022 || CPU_ARM1026 || \ 661 CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || \ 662 CPU_V7 || CPU_FEROCEON || CPU_V7M 663 default y 664 help 665 Say Y if you want to include kernel support for running user space 666 Thumb binaries. 667 668 The Thumb instruction set is a compressed form of the standard ARM 669 instruction set resulting in smaller binaries at the expense of 670 slightly less efficient code. 671 672 If you don't know what this all is, saying Y is a safe choice. 673 674config ARM_THUMBEE 675 bool "Enable ThumbEE CPU extension" 676 depends on CPU_V7 677 help 678 Say Y here if you have a CPU with the ThumbEE extension and code to 679 make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE. 680 681config ARM_VIRT_EXT 682 bool 683 depends on MMU 684 default y if CPU_V7 685 help 686 Enable the kernel to make use of the ARM Virtualization 687 Extensions to install hypervisors without run-time firmware 688 assistance. 689 690 A compliant bootloader is required in order to make maximum 691 use of this feature. Refer to Documentation/arm/Booting for 692 details. 693 694config SWP_EMULATE 695 bool "Emulate SWP/SWPB instructions" if !SMP 696 depends on CPU_V7 697 default y if SMP 698 select HAVE_PROC_CPU if PROC_FS 699 help 700 ARMv6 architecture deprecates use of the SWP/SWPB instructions. 701 ARMv7 multiprocessing extensions introduce the ability to disable 702 these instructions, triggering an undefined instruction exception 703 when executed. Say Y here to enable software emulation of these 704 instructions for userspace (not kernel) using LDREX/STREX. 705 Also creates /proc/cpu/swp_emulation for statistics. 706 707 In some older versions of glibc [<=2.8] SWP is used during futex 708 trylock() operations with the assumption that the code will not 709 be preempted. This invalid assumption may be more likely to fail 710 with SWP emulation enabled, leading to deadlock of the user 711 application. 712 713 NOTE: when accessing uncached shared regions, LDREX/STREX rely 714 on an external transaction monitoring block called a global 715 monitor to maintain update atomicity. If your system does not 716 implement a global monitor, this option can cause programs that 717 perform SWP operations to uncached memory to deadlock. 718 719 If unsure, say Y. 720 721config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN 722 bool "Build big-endian kernel" 723 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN 724 help 725 Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode. 726 Note that your board must be properly built and your board 727 port must properly enable any big-endian related features 728 of your chipset/board/processor. 729 730config CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 731 bool 732 depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN 733 default CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7 734 help 735 Support for the BE-8 (big-endian) mode on ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors. 736 737config CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 738 bool 739 depends on CPU_BIG_ENDIAN 740 default !CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 741 help 742 Support for the BE-32 (big-endian) mode on pre-ARMv6 processors. 743 744config CPU_HIGH_VECTOR 745 depends on !MMU && CPU_CP15 && !CPU_ARM740T 746 bool "Select the High exception vector" 747 help 748 Say Y here to select high exception vector(0xFFFF0000~). 749 The exception vector can vary depending on the platform 750 design in nommu mode. If your platform needs to select 751 high exception vector, say Y. 752 Otherwise or if you are unsure, say N, and the low exception 753 vector (0x00000000~) will be used. 754 755config CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE 756 bool "Disable I-Cache (I-bit)" 757 depends on (CPU_CP15 && !(CPU_ARM720T || CPU_ARM740T || CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3)) || CPU_V7M 758 help 759 Say Y here to disable the processor instruction cache. Unless 760 you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N. 761 762config CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE 763 bool "Disable D-Cache (C-bit)" 764 depends on (CPU_CP15 && !SMP) || CPU_V7M 765 help 766 Say Y here to disable the processor data cache. Unless 767 you have a reason not to or are unsure, say N. 768 769config CPU_DCACHE_SIZE 770 hex 771 depends on CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM946E 772 default 0x00001000 if CPU_ARM740T 773 default 0x00002000 # default size for ARM946E-S 774 help 775 Some cores are synthesizable to have various sized cache. For 776 ARM946E-S case, it can vary from 0KB to 1MB. 777 To support such cache operations, it is efficient to know the size 778 before compile time. 779 If your SoC is configured to have a different size, define the value 780 here with proper conditions. 781 782config CPU_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH 783 bool "Force write through D-cache" 784 depends on (CPU_ARM740T || CPU_ARM920T || CPU_ARM922T || CPU_ARM925T || CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM940T || CPU_ARM946E || CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_FA526) && !CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE 785 default y if CPU_ARM925T 786 help 787 Say Y here to use the data cache in writethrough mode. Unless you 788 specifically require this or are unsure, say N. 789 790config CPU_CACHE_ROUND_ROBIN 791 bool "Round robin I and D cache replacement algorithm" 792 depends on (CPU_ARM926T || CPU_ARM946E || CPU_ARM1020) && (!CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE || !CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE) 793 help 794 Say Y here to use the predictable round-robin cache replacement 795 policy. Unless you specifically require this or are unsure, say N. 796 797config CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE 798 bool "Disable branch prediction" 799 depends on CPU_ARM1020 || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_MOHAWK || CPU_XSC3 || CPU_V7 || CPU_FA526 || CPU_V7M 800 help 801 Say Y here to disable branch prediction. If unsure, say N. 802 803config TLS_REG_EMUL 804 bool 805 select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 806 help 807 An SMP system using a pre-ARMv6 processor (there are apparently 808 a few prototypes like that in existence) and therefore access to 809 that required register must be emulated. 810 811config NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 812 bool 813 814config KUSER_HELPERS 815 bool "Enable kuser helpers in vector page" if !NEED_KUSER_HELPERS 816 depends on MMU 817 default y 818 help 819 Warning: disabling this option may break user programs. 820 821 Provide kuser helpers in the vector page. The kernel provides 822 helper code to userspace in read only form at a fixed location 823 in the high vector page to allow userspace to be independent of 824 the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be 825 run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification. 826 827 See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for details. 828 829 However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used 830 by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating 831 exploits. 832 833 If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform 834 are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of 835 these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder 836 such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library 837 relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal, 838 which will terminate the program. 839 840 Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not 841 need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y. 842 843config VDSO 844 bool "Enable VDSO for acceleration of some system calls" 845 depends on AEABI && MMU && CPU_V7 846 default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER 847 select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL 848 help 849 Place in the process address space an ELF shared object 850 providing fast implementations of gettimeofday and 851 clock_gettime. Systems that implement the ARM architected 852 timer will receive maximum benefit. 853 854 You must have glibc 2.22 or later for programs to seamlessly 855 take advantage of this. 856 857config DMA_CACHE_RWFO 858 bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance" 859 depends on CPU_V6K && SMP 860 default y 861 help 862 The Snoop Control Unit on ARM11MPCore does not detect the 863 cache maintenance operations and the dma_{map,unmap}_area() 864 functions may leave stale cache entries on other CPUs. By 865 enabling this option, Read or Write For Ownership in the ARMv6 866 DMA cache maintenance functions is performed. These LDR/STR 867 instructions change the cache line state to shared or modified 868 so that the cache operation has the desired effect. 869 870 Note that the workaround is only valid on processors that do 871 not perform speculative loads into the D-cache. For such 872 processors, if cache maintenance operations are not broadcast 873 in hardware, other workarounds are needed (e.g. cache 874 maintenance broadcasting in software via FIQ). 875 876config OUTER_CACHE 877 bool 878 879config OUTER_CACHE_SYNC 880 bool 881 select ARM_HEAVY_MB 882 help 883 The outer cache has a outer_cache_fns.sync function pointer 884 that can be used to drain the write buffer of the outer cache. 885 886config CACHE_FEROCEON_L2 887 bool "Enable the Feroceon L2 cache controller" 888 depends on ARCH_MV78XX0 || ARCH_MVEBU 889 default y 890 select OUTER_CACHE 891 help 892 This option enables the Feroceon L2 cache controller. 893 894config CACHE_FEROCEON_L2_WRITETHROUGH 895 bool "Force Feroceon L2 cache write through" 896 depends on CACHE_FEROCEON_L2 897 help 898 Say Y here to use the Feroceon L2 cache in writethrough mode. 899 Unless you specifically require this, say N for writeback mode. 900 901config MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 902 bool 903 help 904 This option should be selected by machines which have a L2x0 905 or PL310 cache controller, but where its use is optional. 906 907 The only effect of this option is to make CACHE_L2X0 and 908 related options available to the user for configuration. 909 910 Boards or SoCs which always require the cache controller 911 support to be present should select CACHE_L2X0 directly 912 instead of this option, thus preventing the user from 913 inadvertently configuring a broken kernel. 914 915config CACHE_L2X0 916 bool "Enable the L2x0 outer cache controller" if MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 917 default MIGHT_HAVE_CACHE_L2X0 918 select OUTER_CACHE 919 select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC 920 help 921 This option enables the L2x0 PrimeCell. 922 923config CACHE_L2X0_PMU 924 bool "L2x0 performance monitor support" if CACHE_L2X0 925 depends on PERF_EVENTS 926 help 927 This option enables support for the performance monitoring features 928 of the L220 and PL310 outer cache controllers. 929 930if CACHE_L2X0 931 932config PL310_ERRATA_588369 933 bool "PL310 errata: Clean & Invalidate maintenance operations do not invalidate clean lines" 934 help 935 The PL310 L2 cache controller implements three types of Clean & 936 Invalidate maintenance operations: by Physical Address 937 (offset 0x7F0), by Index/Way (0x7F8) and by Way (0x7FC). 938 They are architecturally defined to behave as the execution of a 939 clean operation followed immediately by an invalidate operation, 940 both performing to the same memory location. This functionality 941 is not correctly implemented in PL310 prior to r2p0 (fixed in r2p0) 942 as clean lines are not invalidated as a result of these operations. 943 944config PL310_ERRATA_727915 945 bool "PL310 errata: Background Clean & Invalidate by Way operation can cause data corruption" 946 help 947 PL310 implements the Clean & Invalidate by Way L2 cache maintenance 948 operation (offset 0x7FC). This operation runs in background so that 949 PL310 can handle normal accesses while it is in progress. Under very 950 rare circumstances, due to this erratum, write data can be lost when 951 PL310 treats a cacheable write transaction during a Clean & 952 Invalidate by Way operation. Revisions prior to r3p1 are affected by 953 this errata (fixed in r3p1). 954 955config PL310_ERRATA_753970 956 bool "PL310 errata: cache sync operation may be faulty" 957 help 958 This option enables the workaround for the 753970 PL310 (r3p0) erratum. 959 960 Under some condition the effect of cache sync operation on 961 the store buffer still remains when the operation completes. 962 This means that the store buffer is always asked to drain and 963 this prevents it from merging any further writes. The workaround 964 is to replace the normal offset of cache sync operation (0x730) 965 by another offset targeting an unmapped PL310 register 0x740. 966 This has the same effect as the cache sync operation: store buffer 967 drain and waiting for all buffers empty. 968 969config PL310_ERRATA_769419 970 bool "PL310 errata: no automatic Store Buffer drain" 971 help 972 On revisions of the PL310 prior to r3p2, the Store Buffer does 973 not automatically drain. This can cause normal, non-cacheable 974 writes to be retained when the memory system is idle, leading 975 to suboptimal I/O performance for drivers using coherent DMA. 976 This option adds a write barrier to the cpu_idle loop so that, 977 on systems with an outer cache, the store buffer is drained 978 explicitly. 979 980endif 981 982config CACHE_TAUROS2 983 bool "Enable the Tauros2 L2 cache controller" 984 depends on (ARCH_DOVE || ARCH_MMP || CPU_PJ4) 985 default y 986 select OUTER_CACHE 987 help 988 This option enables the Tauros2 L2 cache controller (as 989 found on PJ1/PJ4). 990 991config CACHE_UNIPHIER 992 bool "Enable the UniPhier outer cache controller" 993 depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER 994 select ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7 995 select OUTER_CACHE 996 select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC 997 help 998 This option enables the UniPhier outer cache (system cache) 999 controller. 1000 1001config CACHE_XSC3L2 1002 bool "Enable the L2 cache on XScale3" 1003 depends on CPU_XSC3 1004 default y 1005 select OUTER_CACHE 1006 help 1007 This option enables the L2 cache on XScale3. 1008 1009config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6 1010 bool 1011 default y if CPU_V7 1012 help 1013 Setting ARM L1 cache line size to 64 Bytes. 1014 1015config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7 1016 bool 1017 help 1018 Setting ARM L1 cache line size to 128 Bytes. 1019 1020config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT 1021 int 1022 default 7 if ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7 1023 default 6 if ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_6 1024 default 5 1025 1026config ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE 1027 bool "Use non-cacheable memory for DMA" if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K) && !CPU_V7 1028 default y if CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7 1029 help 1030 Historically, the kernel has used strongly ordered mappings to 1031 provide DMA coherent memory. With the advent of ARMv7, mapping 1032 memory with differing types results in unpredictable behaviour, 1033 so on these CPUs, this option is forced on. 1034 1035 Multiple mappings with differing attributes is also unpredictable 1036 on ARMv6 CPUs, but since they do not have aggressive speculative 1037 prefetch, no harm appears to occur. 1038 1039 However, drivers may be missing the necessary barriers for ARMv6, 1040 and therefore turning this on may result in unpredictable driver 1041 behaviour. Therefore, we offer this as an option. 1042 1043 You are recommended say 'Y' here and debug any affected drivers. 1044 1045config ARM_HEAVY_MB 1046 bool 1047 1048config ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN 1049 bool 1050 help 1051 This option specifies the architecture can support big endian 1052 operation. 1053 1054config DEBUG_RODATA 1055 bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only" 1056 depends on MMU && !XIP_KERNEL 1057 default y if CPU_V7 1058 help 1059 If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made 1060 read-only, and non-text kernel memory will be made non-executable. 1061 The tradeoff is that each region is padded to section-size (1MiB) 1062 boundaries (because their permissions are different and splitting 1063 the 1M pages into 4K ones causes TLB performance problems), which 1064 can waste memory. 1065 1066config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA 1067 bool "Make rodata strictly non-executable" 1068 depends on DEBUG_RODATA 1069 default y 1070 help 1071 If this is set, rodata will be made explicitly non-executable. This 1072 provides protection on the rare chance that attackers might find and 1073 use ROP gadgets that exist in the rodata section. This adds an 1074 additional section-aligned split of rodata from kernel text so it 1075 can be made explicitly non-executable. This padding may waste memory 1076 space to gain the additional protection. 1077