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1b2441318SGreg Kroah-Hartman# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
21da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PARISC
31da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
412700c17SArnd Bergmann	select ALTERNATE_USER_ADDRESS_SPACE
5942fa985SYury Norov	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T if !64BIT
64a24fb2fSMark Salter	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
7366dd4eaSHelge Deller	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
8366dd4eaSHelge Deller	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
9fc79168aSHelge Deller	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
104530c49eSHelge Deller	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
1118d98a79SHelge Deller	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
12ad21fc4fSLaura Abbott	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
130a1355dbSHelge Deller	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
14e35a2ce6SHelge Deller	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
15df24e178SHelge Deller	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
167c703e54SChristoph Hellwig	select ARCH_NO_SG_CHAIN
17855f9a8eSAnshuman Khandual	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS if PA20
1854ac8fcbSHelge Deller	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
19aeb1e833SHelge Deller	select ARCH_STACKWALK
202b41be48SHelge Deller	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE
21aeb1e833SHelge Deller	select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE
222f9237d4SChristoph Hellwig	select DMA_OPS
239eb16864SKyle McMartin	select RTC_CLASS
243afe6d04SGeert Uytterhoeven	select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
2598a79d6aSRusty Russell	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
26f67d3c83SKyle McMartin	select BUG
2710916706SShile Zhang	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
28eb01d42aSChristoph Hellwig	select HAVE_PCI
29cdd6c482SIngo Molnar	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
30b6adc16eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
31b6adc16eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
32b6adc16eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
33b6adc16eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
34b6adc16eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
35b6adc16eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
3664daa443SKyle McMartin	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
3772e73af1SThomas Gleixner	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
38629a8581SMichael S. Tsirkin	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
39df013ffbSHuang Ying	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
409a134723SThomas Gleixner	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
4162773112SHelge Deller	select GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY if SMP
421955c4f8SHelge Deller	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES if !SMP
4361c43943SHelge Deller	select GENERIC_LIB_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
44bf14e3b9SVineet Gupta	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
45fef47e2aSHelge Deller	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
46786d35d4SDavid Howells	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
47786d35d4SDavid Howells	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
48415bfae9SAl Viro	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
494f73bc4dSJoe Millenbach	select TTY # Needed for pdc_cons.c
50fcbfe812SNiklas Schnelle	select HAS_IOPORT if PCI || EISA
51d1a1dc0bSDave Hansen	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
527a017721SAKASHI Takahiro	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
53773e1c5fSGeorge Spelvin	select HAVE_ARCH_HASH
5462217bebSHelge Deller	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
5562217bebSHelge Deller	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL_RELATIVE
56ec5c1150SHelge Deller	select HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE
57910cd32eSHelge Deller	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
5864e2a42bSHelge Deller	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
5975ebedf1SHelge Deller	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
6043b1f6abSHelge Deller	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
6188b3aac6SHelge Deller	select GENERIC_IRQ_MIGRATION if SMP
6243b1f6abSHelge Deller	select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK if SMP
63686092e7SArnd Bergmann	select LEGACY_TIMER_TICK
64fff7fb0bSZhaoxiu Zeng	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
652214c0e7SHelge Deller	select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
66f616ab59SChristoph Hellwig	select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
6786596f0aSChristoph Hellwig	select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
68eacbfce1SSven Schnelle	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
698858ac8eSSven Schnelle	select HAVE_KPROBES
70e0b59b7bSSven Schnelle	select HAVE_KRETPROBES
716ca63662SSven Schnelle	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE if $(cc-option,-fpatchable-function-entry=1,1)
726ca63662SSven Schnelle	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
733d1dc719SSami Tolvanen	select FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY if DYNAMIC_FTRACE
7452a22e6cSSven Schnelle	select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
7552a22e6cSSven Schnelle	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
76cd1a41ceSThomas Gleixner	select HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK if IRQSTACKS
774aae683fSMasahiro Yamada	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
78a257caccSChristophe Leroy	select HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS if 64BIT
7972e73af1SThomas Gleixner
801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The PA-RISC microprocessor is designed by Hewlett-Packard and used
821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  in many of their workstations & servers (HP9000 700 and 800 series,
831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and later HP3000 series).  The PA-RISC Linux project home page is
8424289f56SHelge Deller	  at <https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org>.
851da177e4SLinus Torvalds
8674ad3d28SBabu Mogerconfig CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
8774ad3d28SBabu Moger	def_bool y
8874ad3d28SBabu Moger
891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MMU
901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STACK_GROWSUP
931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
941da177e4SLinus Torvalds
9595c354feSNick Pigginconfig GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
9695c354feSNick Piggin	bool
9795c354feSNick Piggin	default y
9809613e83SThomas Gleixner	depends on SMP && PREEMPTION
9995c354feSNick Piggin
100f0d1b0b3SDavid Howellsconfig ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32
101f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells	bool
102f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells	default n
103f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells
104f0d1b0b3SDavid Howellsconfig ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
105f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells	bool
106f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells	default n
107f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells
1086891f8a1SHelge Dellerconfig GENERIC_BUG
1096891f8a1SHelge Deller	bool
1106891f8a1SHelge Deller	default y
1116891f8a1SHelge Deller	depends on BUG
1126891f8a1SHelge Deller
11359e18a2eSAkinobu Mitaconfig GENERIC_HWEIGHT
11459e18a2eSAkinobu Mita	bool
11559e18a2eSAkinobu Mita	default y
11659e18a2eSAkinobu Mita
1171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12106027bddSIngo Molnarconfig TIME_LOW_RES
12206027bddSIngo Molnar	bool
12306027bddSIngo Molnar	depends on SMP
12406027bddSIngo Molnar	default y
12506027bddSIngo Molnar
1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds# unless you want to implement ACPI on PA-RISC ... ;-)
1271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PM
1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds
130548f1176SHelge Dellerconfig STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
131548f1176SHelge Deller	def_bool y
132548f1176SHelge Deller
133*adf8e96aSHelge Dellerconfig LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
134*adf8e96aSHelge Deller	bool
135*adf8e96aSHelge Deller	default y
136*adf8e96aSHelge Deller
1375cae841bSAl Viroconfig ISA_DMA_API
1385cae841bSAl Viro	bool
1395cae841bSAl Viro
140a08b6b79Sviro@ZenIV.linux.org.ukconfig ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
141a08b6b79Sviro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk	bool
1428b631342SGrant Grundler	depends on BROKEN
143a08b6b79Sviro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk	default y
144a08b6b79Sviro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk
145f24ffde4SKirill A. Shutemovconfig PGTABLE_LEVELS
146f24ffde4SKirill A. Shutemov	int
147f24ffde4SKirill A. Shutemov	default 3 if 64BIT && PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_4KB
148f24ffde4SKirill A. Shutemov	default 2
149f24ffde4SKirill A. Shutemov
1501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Processor type and features"
1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1521da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice
1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	prompt "Processor type"
1543dcfb729SHelge Deller	default PA7000 if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc"
1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA7000
1573dcfb729SHelge Deller	bool "PA7000/PA7100" if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc"
158a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the processor type of your CPU.  This information is
1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  used for optimizing purposes.  In order to compile a kernel
1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  that can run on all 32-bit PA CPUs (albeit not optimally fast),
1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you can specify "PA7000" here.
1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Specifying "PA8000" here will allow you to select a 64-bit kernel
1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  which is required on some machines.
1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA7100LC
1683dcfb729SHelge Deller	bool "PA7100LC" if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc"
1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Select this option for the PCX-L processor, as used in the
1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  712, 715/64, 715/80, 715/100, 715/100XC, 725/100, 743, 748,
1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  D200, D210, D300, D310 and E-class
1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA7200
1753dcfb729SHelge Deller	bool "PA7200" if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc"
1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Select this option for the PCX-T' processor, as used in the
1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  C100, C110, J100, J110, J210XC, D250, D260, D350, D360,
1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  K100, K200, K210, K220, K400, K410 and K420
1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA7300LC
1823dcfb729SHelge Deller	bool "PA7300LC" if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc"
1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Select this option for the PCX-L2 processor, as used in the
1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  744, A180, B132L, B160L, B180L, C132L, C160L, C180L,
1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  D220, D230, D320 and D330.
1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA8X00
1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "PA8000 and up"
1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Select this option for PCX-U to PCX-W2 processors.
1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice
1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Define implied options from the CPU selection here
1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA20
1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PA8X00
2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PA11
2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PA7000 || PA7100LC || PA7200 || PA7300LC
204c1f59375SChristoph Hellwig	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
205c1f59375SChristoph Hellwig	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PREFETCH
2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
20932104b29SKyle McMartin	depends on PA8X00 || PA7200
2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds
211778e45d7SHelge Dellerconfig PARISC_HUGE_KERNEL
212778e45d7SHelge Deller	def_bool y if !MODULES || UBSAN || FTRACE || COMPILE_TEST
213778e45d7SHelge Deller
214ec758f98SHelge Dellerconfig MLONGCALLS
215778e45d7SHelge Deller	def_bool y if PARISC_HUGE_KERNEL
216778e45d7SHelge Deller	bool "Enable the -mlong-calls compiler option for big kernels" if !PARISC_HUGE_KERNEL
217ec758f98SHelge Deller	depends on PA8X00
218ec758f98SHelge Deller	help
219ec758f98SHelge Deller	  If you configure the kernel to include many drivers built-in instead
220ec758f98SHelge Deller	  as modules, the kernel executable may become too big, so that the
221ec758f98SHelge Deller	  linker will not be able to resolve some long branches and fails to link
222ec758f98SHelge Deller	  your vmlinux kernel. In that case enabling this option will help you
223ec758f98SHelge Deller	  to overcome this limit by using the -mlong-calls compiler option.
224ec758f98SHelge Deller
225ec758f98SHelge Deller	  Usually you want to say N here, unless you e.g. want to build
226ec758f98SHelge Deller	  a kernel which includes all necessary drivers built-in and which can
227ec758f98SHelge Deller	  be used for TFTP booting without the need to have an initrd ramdisk.
228ec758f98SHelge Deller
229ec758f98SHelge Deller	  Enabling this option will probably slow down your kernel.
230ec758f98SHelge Deller
2311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 64BIT
232805ce861SHelge Deller	def_bool y if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc64"
233805ce861SHelge Deller	bool "64-bit kernel" if "$(ARCH)" = "parisc"
2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PA8X00
235805ce861SHelge Deller	help
236805ce861SHelge Deller	  Enable this if you want to support 64bit kernel on PA-RISC platform.
237805ce861SHelge Deller
238805ce861SHelge Deller	  At the moment, only people willing to use more than 2GB of RAM,
239805ce861SHelge Deller	  or having a 64bit-only capable PA-RISC machine should say Y here.
240805ce861SHelge Deller
241805ce861SHelge Deller	  Since there is no 64bit userland on PA-RISC, there is no point to
242805ce861SHelge Deller	  enable this option otherwise. The 64bit kernel is significantly bigger
243805ce861SHelge Deller	  and slower than the 32bit one.
2441da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2452fd83038SHelge Dellerchoice
2462fd83038SHelge Deller	prompt "Kernel page size"
2471c5f873dSPaul Bolle	default PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_4KB
2482fd83038SHelge Deller
2492fd83038SHelge Dellerconfig PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_4KB
2502fd83038SHelge Deller	bool "4KB"
2512fd83038SHelge Deller	help
2522fd83038SHelge Deller	  This lets you select the page size of the kernel.  For best
2532fd83038SHelge Deller	  performance, a page size of 16KB is recommended.  For best
2542fd83038SHelge Deller	  compatibility with 32bit applications, a page size of 4KB should be
2552fd83038SHelge Deller	  selected (the vast majority of 32bit binaries work perfectly fine
2562fd83038SHelge Deller	  with a larger page size).
2572fd83038SHelge Deller
2582fd83038SHelge Deller	  4KB                For best 32bit compatibility
2592fd83038SHelge Deller	  16KB               For best performance
2602fd83038SHelge Deller	  64KB               For best performance, might give more overhead.
2612fd83038SHelge Deller
2622fd83038SHelge Deller	  If you don't know what to do, choose 4KB.
2632fd83038SHelge Deller
2642fd83038SHelge Dellerconfig PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_16KB
265daef22cfSKees Cook	bool "16KB"
266ec5c1150SHelge Deller	depends on PA8X00 && BROKEN && !KFENCE
2672fd83038SHelge Deller
2682fd83038SHelge Dellerconfig PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_64KB
269daef22cfSKees Cook	bool "64KB"
270ec5c1150SHelge Deller	depends on PA8X00 && BROKEN && !KFENCE
2712fd83038SHelge Deller
2722fd83038SHelge Dellerendchoice
2732fd83038SHelge Deller
2741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMP
2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
276a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
2784a474157SRobert Graffham	  a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
2794a474157SRobert Graffham	  than one CPU, say Y.
2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2814a474157SRobert Graffham	  If you say N here, the kernel will run on uni- and multiprocessor
2822a3f53d5SHelge Deller	  machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine.
2832a3f53d5SHelge Deller	  On a uniprocessor machine, the kernel will run faster if you say N.
2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2854f4cfa6cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst> and the SMP-HOWTO
286693a0654SAlexander A. Klimov	  available at <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds
290bf7b4c1bSHelge Dellerconfig SCHED_MC
291bf7b4c1bSHelge Deller	bool "Multi-core scheduler support"
29262773112SHelge Deller	depends on GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY && PA8X00
293bf7b4c1bSHelge Deller	help
294bf7b4c1bSHelge Deller	  Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
295bf7b4c1bSHelge Deller	  making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
296bf7b4c1bSHelge Deller	  increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
297bf7b4c1bSHelge Deller
298200c8804SHelge Dellerconfig IRQSTACKS
299200c8804SHelge Deller	bool "Use separate kernel stacks when processing interrupts"
300416821d3SHelge Deller	default y
301200c8804SHelge Deller	help
302200c8804SHelge Deller	  If you say Y here the kernel will use separate kernel stacks
303200c8804SHelge Deller	  for handling hard and soft interrupts.  This can help avoid
304200c8804SHelge Deller	  overflowing the process kernel stacks.
305200c8804SHelge Deller
306b7795074SHelge Dellerconfig TLB_PTLOCK
307b7795074SHelge Deller	bool "Use page table locks in TLB fault handler"
308b7795074SHelge Deller	depends on SMP
309b7795074SHelge Deller	default n
310b7795074SHelge Deller	help
311b7795074SHelge Deller	  Select this option to enable page table locking in the TLB
312b7795074SHelge Deller	  fault handler. This ensures that page table entries are
313b7795074SHelge Deller	  updated consistently on SMP machines at the expense of some
314b7795074SHelge Deller	  loss in performance.
315b7795074SHelge Deller
3161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HOTPLUG_CPU
3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool
3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y if SMP
3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds
320a2ba82cdSKyle McMartinconfig ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
321a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin	def_bool y
322a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin	depends on 64BIT
323a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin
324dbdf0760SHelge Dellerconfig ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
325a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin	def_bool y
326a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin	depends on 64BIT
327a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin
328a2ba82cdSKyle McMartinconfig ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
329a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin	def_bool y
330a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin
331dbdf0760SHelge Dellerconfig ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
332a2ba82cdSKyle McMartin	def_bool y
333dbdf0760SHelge Deller	depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
334c80d79d7SYasunori Goto
3358b631342SGrant Grundlersource "kernel/Kconfig.hz"
3363f22ab27SDave Hansen
3371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig COMPAT
3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	def_bool y
3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on 64BIT
3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
341527973c8SHelge Dellerconfig AUDIT_ARCH
342527973c8SHelge Deller	def_bool y
343527973c8SHelge Deller
3441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NR_CPUS
3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)"
3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	range 2 32
3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on SMP
34868d247adSHelge Deller	default "4" if 64BIT
34968d247adSHelge Deller	default "16"
3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds
351fc697dc0SSven Schnelleconfig KEXEC
352fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	bool "Kexec system call"
353fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	select KEXEC_CORE
354fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	help
355fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
356fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  current kernel, and to start another kernel.  It is like a reboot
357fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  but it is independent of the system firmware.   And like a reboot
358fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
359fc697dc0SSven Schnelle
360fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
361fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
362fc697dc0SSven Schnelle	  initially work for you.
363fc697dc0SSven Schnelle
3641191cf49SSven Schnelleconfig KEXEC_FILE
3651191cf49SSven Schnelle	bool "kexec file based system call"
3661191cf49SSven Schnelle	select KEXEC_CORE
3671191cf49SSven Schnelle	select KEXEC_ELF
3681191cf49SSven Schnelle	help
3691191cf49SSven Schnelle	  This enables the kexec_file_load() System call. This is
3701191cf49SSven Schnelle	  file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
3711191cf49SSven Schnelle	  for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
3721191cf49SSven Schnelle	  accepted by previous system call.
3731191cf49SSven Schnelle
3741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3761da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/parisc/Kconfig"
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