1b2441318SGreg Kroah-Hartman# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2daa93fabSSam Ravnborg# Select 32 or 64 bit 3daa93fabSSam Ravnborgconfig 64BIT 4104daea1SMasahiro Yamada bool "64-bit kernel" if "$(ARCH)" = "x86" 5104daea1SMasahiro Yamada default "$(ARCH)" != "i386" 6a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 7daa93fabSSam Ravnborg Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64 8daa93fabSSam Ravnborg Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386 9daa93fabSSam Ravnborg 10daa93fabSSam Ravnborgconfig X86_32 113120e25eSJan Beulich def_bool y 123120e25eSJan Beulich depends on !64BIT 13341c787eSIngo Molnar # Options that are inherently 32-bit kernel only: 14341c787eSIngo Molnar select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION 15341c787eSIngo Molnar select CLKSRC_I8253 16341c787eSIngo Molnar select CLONE_BACKWARDS 17157e118bSThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_VDSO_32 18117ed454SThomas Gleixner select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW 19157e118bSThomas Gleixner select KMAP_LOCAL 20341c787eSIngo Molnar select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL 21341c787eSIngo Molnar select OLD_SIGACTION 222ca408d9SBrian Gerst select ARCH_SPLIT_ARG64 23daa93fabSSam Ravnborg 24daa93fabSSam Ravnborgconfig X86_64 253120e25eSJan Beulich def_bool y 263120e25eSJan Beulich depends on 64BIT 27d94e0685SIngo Molnar # Options that are inherently 64-bit kernel only: 284eb0716eSAlexandre Ghiti select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE 29c12d3362SArd Biesheuvel select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if CC_HAS_INT128 300bff0aaeSSuren Baghdasaryan select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PER_VMA_LOCK 31d94e0685SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY 32d94e0685SIngo Molnar select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA 33f616ab59SChristoph Hellwig select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE 3409230cbcSChristoph Hellwig select SWIOTLB 357facdc42SAl Viro select ARCH_HAS_ELFCORE_COMPAT 3663703f37SKefeng Wang select ZONE_DMA32 371032c0baSSam Ravnborg 38518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FORCE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE 39518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) def_bool y 40518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on X86_32 41518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FUNCTION_TRACER 42518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select DYNAMIC_FTRACE 43518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 44518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) We keep the static function tracing (!DYNAMIC_FTRACE) around 45518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) in order to test the non static function tracing in the 46518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) generic code, as other architectures still use it. But we 47518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) only need to keep it around for x86_64. No need to keep it 48518049d9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) for x86_32. For x86_32, force DYNAMIC_FTRACE. 49d94e0685SIngo Molnar# 50d94e0685SIngo Molnar# Arch settings 51d94e0685SIngo Molnar# 52d94e0685SIngo Molnar# ( Note that options that are marked 'if X86_64' could in principle be 53d94e0685SIngo Molnar# ported to 32-bit as well. ) 54d94e0685SIngo Molnar# 558d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig X86 563c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 57c763ea26SIngo Molnar # 58c763ea26SIngo Molnar # Note: keep this list sorted alphabetically 59c763ea26SIngo Molnar # 606471b825SIngo Molnar select ACPI_LEGACY_TABLES_LOOKUP if ACPI 616e0a0ea1SGraeme Gregory select ACPI_SYSTEM_POWER_STATES_SUPPORT if ACPI 62a02f66bbSJames Morse select ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU if ACPI_PROCESSOR && HOTPLUG_CPU 63942fa985SYury Norov select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T if X86_32 642a21ad57SThomas Gleixner select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT 65fe42754bSSean Christopherson select ARCH_CONFIGURES_CPU_MITIGATIONS 661f6d3a8fSMasami Hiramatsu select ARCH_CORRECT_STACKTRACE_ON_KRETPROBE 671e866974SAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION if X86_64 && HUGETLB_PAGE && MIGRATION 685c11f00bSDavid Hildenbrand select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG if X86_64 6991024b3cSAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE if MEMORY_HOTPLUG 70cebc774fSAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK if (PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2) && (X86_64 || X86_PAE) 711e866974SAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION if X86_64 && TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE 7291dda51aSAleksey Makarov select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE if ACPI 73c2280be8SAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE 741156b441SDavidlohr Bueso select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION 757c7077a7SThomas Gleixner select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT 768f23f5dbSJason Gunthorpe select ARCH_HAS_CPU_PASID if IOMMU_SVA 772792d84eSKees Cook select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER 78fa5b6ec9SLaura Abbott select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL 79399145f9SAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE if !X86_PAE 8021266be9SDan Williams select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED 81b1a57bbfSDouglas Anderson select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG if KGDB 826471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE 8372d93104SLinus Torvalds select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER 846974f0c4SDaniel Micay select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE 85957e3facSRiku Voipio select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL 86bece04b5SMarco Elver select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if X86_64 870c9c1d56SThiago Jung Bauermann select ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT 8810bcc80eSMathieu Desnoyers select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE 8949f88c70SPaul E. McKenney select ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS 900ebeea8cSDaniel Borkmann select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE 91c763ea26SIngo Molnar select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64 9217596731SRobin Murphy select ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP if X86_64 933010a5eaSLaurent Dufour select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL 9471ce1ab5SKinsey Ho select ARCH_HAS_HW_PTE_YOUNG 95eed9a328SYu Zhao select ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG if PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2 960aed55afSDan Williams select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE if X86_64 97ec6347bbSDan Williams select ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC if X86_64 98d2852a22SDaniel Borkmann select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY 99d253ca0cSRick Edgecombe select ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP 100ad21fc4fSLaura Abbott select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX 101ad21fc4fSLaura Abbott select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX 102ac1ab12aSMathieu Desnoyers select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE 10325c619e5SBrian Gerst select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER 104918327e9SKees Cook select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN 1057e01ccb4SZong Li select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX 10663703f37SKefeng Wang select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DMA_SET if EXPERT 1076471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG 10804d5ea46SAneesh Kumar K.V select ARCH_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_ENABLE 1096471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC if ACPI 11077fbbc81SMark Salter select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT 1115e2c18c0SMark Salter select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO 1123599fe12SThomas Gleixner select ARCH_STACKWALK 1132c870e61SArnd Bergmann select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI 1146471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW 1155d6ad668SMike Rapoport select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC 116d283d422SPasha Tatashin select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK if X86_64 1176471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING if X86_64 11814df3267SThomas Gleixner select ARCH_SUPPORTS_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP if NR_CPUS <= 4096 1193c516f89SSami Tolvanen select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG if X86_64 1203c516f89SSami Tolvanen select ARCH_USES_CFI_TRAPS if X86_64 && CFI_CLANG 121583bfd48SNathan Chancellor select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG 122583bfd48SNathan Chancellor select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN 1236471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP 124a432b7c0SUros Bizjak select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF if X86_CMPXCHG64 125dce44566SAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST 1266471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS 1276471b825SIngo Molnar select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS 1282ce0d7f9SMark Brown select ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS 129ce4a4e56SAndy Lutomirski select ARCH_WANT_BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH 13081c22041SDaniel Borkmann select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT if X86_64 131c763ea26SIngo Molnar select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT 13251c2ee6dSNick Desaulniers select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR 13307431506SAnshuman Khandual select ARCH_WANT_GENERAL_HUGETLB 1343876d4a3SAlexandre Ghiti select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE 13559612b24SNathan Chancellor select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN 1360b6f1582SAneesh Kumar K.V select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_DAX_VMEMMAP if X86_64 1370b6f1582SAneesh Kumar K.V select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP if X86_64 13838d8b4e6SHuang Ying select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if X86_64 139b5f06f64SBalbir Singh select ARCH_HAS_PARANOID_L1D_FLUSH 14010916706SShile Zhang select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT 1416471b825SIngo Molnar select CLKEVT_I8253 1426471b825SIngo Molnar select CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE 1436471b825SIngo Molnar select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG 1447cf8f44aSAlexander Potapenko # Word-size accesses may read uninitialized data past the trailing \0 1457cf8f44aSAlexander Potapenko # in strings and cause false KMSAN reports. 1467cf8f44aSAlexander Potapenko select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if !KMSAN 1473aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner select DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME 14845471cd9SLinus Torvalds select EDAC_ATOMIC_SCRUB 14945471cd9SLinus Torvalds select EDAC_SUPPORT 1506471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC) 151cb81deefSThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST_IDLE if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST 1526471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST 1536471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE 1546471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE 1555b95f94cSJames Morse select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES 15661dc0f55SThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES 1576471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP 15827d6b4d1SThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_ENTRY 1596471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_IOMAP 160c7d6c9ddSThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK if SMP 1610fa115daSThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_IRQ_MATRIX_ALLOCATOR if X86_LOCAL_APIC 162ad7a929fSThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_IRQ_MIGRATION if SMP 1636471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE 164c201c917SThomas Gleixner select GENERIC_IRQ_RESERVATION_MODE 1656471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW 1666471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP 1672ae27137SSteven Price select GENERIC_PTDUMP 1686471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD 1696471b825SIngo Molnar select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL 1707ac87074SVincenzo Frascino select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY 171550a77a7SDmitry Safonov select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS 1727e90ffb7SAdrian Hunter select GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT 1736ca297d4SPeter Zijlstra select GUP_GET_PXX_LOW_HIGH if X86_PAE 17417e5888eSHans de Goede select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND 1757edaeb68SThomas Gleixner select HARDLOCKUP_CHECK_TIMESTAMP if X86_64 176fcbfe812SNiklas Schnelle select HAS_IOPORT 1776471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ACPI_APEI if ACPI 1786471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ACPI_APEI_NMI if ACPI 1792a19be61SVlastimil Babka select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE 1806471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL 1816471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP if X86_64 || X86_PAE 182eed1fceeSSong Liu select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC if X86_64 1836471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL 184b34006c4SArd Biesheuvel select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL_RELATIVE 185d17a1d97SAndrey Ryabinin select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if X86_64 1860609ae01SDaniel Axtens select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC if X86_64 1871dc0da6eSAlexander Potapenko select HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE 1884ca8cc8dSAlexander Potapenko select HAVE_ARCH_KMSAN if X86_64 1896471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB 1909e08f57dSDaniel Cashman select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS if MMU 1919e08f57dSDaniel Cashman select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS if MMU && COMPAT 1921b028f78SDmitry Safonov select HAVE_ARCH_COMPAT_MMAP_BASES if MMU && COMPAT 193271ca788SArd Biesheuvel select HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS 1946471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER 195f7d83c1cSKees Cook select HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_STRUCT_WHITELIST 196afaef01cSAlexander Popov select HAVE_ARCH_STACKLEAK 1976471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK 1986471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE 199a00cc7d9SMatthew Wilcox select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD if X86_64 200b64d8d1eSPeter Xu select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD 2017677f7fdSAxel Rasmussen select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD 202e37e43a4SAndy Lutomirski select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK if X86_64 203fe950f60SKees Cook select HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET 204c763ea26SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES 2052ff2b7ecSMasahiro Yamada select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS 2066471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE 2076471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL 20824a9c541SFrederic Weisbecker select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER if X86_64 20924a9c541SFrederic Weisbecker select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER_OFFSTACK if HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER 2106471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT 21103f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT if HAVE_OBJTOOL 212280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy select HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT if HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT 2134ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) select HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT 2146471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK 2159c5a3621SAkinobu Mita select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS 216677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE 21706aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS 21802a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware) select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS if X86_64 219562955feSSteven Rostedt (VMware) select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS 220c316eb44SHeiko Carstens select HAVE_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT if X86_64 221503e4510SHeiko Carstens select HAVE_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI if X86_64 22203f5781bSWang YanQing select HAVE_EBPF_JIT 22358340a07SJohannes Berg select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 2246630a8e5SChristoph Hellwig select HAVE_EISA 2255f56a5dfSJiri Slaby select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD 22667a929e0SChristoph Hellwig select HAVE_FAST_GUP 227644e0e8dSSteven Rostedt (VMware) select HAVE_FENTRY if X86_64 || DYNAMIC_FTRACE 2286471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 229d938ba17SDonglin Peng select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL if HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 2304a30e4c9SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER if X86_32 || (X86_64 && DYNAMIC_FTRACE) 2316471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER 2326b90bd4bSEmese Revfy select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS 2330067f129SK.Prasad select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT 2346471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT 235624db9eaSThomas Gleixner select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK if X86_64 2366471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING 2374ab7674fSJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK if HAVE_OBJTOOL 2386471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 2396471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP 2406471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4 2416471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA 2426471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO 2436471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ 244fb46d057SNick Terrell select HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD 2456471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KPROBES 2466471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE 247540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu select HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION 2486471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_KRETPROBES 249f3a112c0SMasami Hiramatsu select HAVE_RETHOOK 2506471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_LIVEPATCH if X86_64 2510102752eSFrederic Weisbecker select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS 252ee9f8fceSJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC 2539f132f7eSJoel Fernandes (Google) select HAVE_MOVE_PMD 254be37c98dSKalesh Singh select HAVE_MOVE_PUD 25522102f45SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_NOINSTR_HACK if HAVE_OBJTOOL 25642a0bb3fSPetr Mladek select HAVE_NMI 257489e355bSJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_NOINSTR_VALIDATION if HAVE_OBJTOOL 25803f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_OBJTOOL if X86_64 2596471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_OPTPROBES 2605394f1e9SArnd Bergmann select HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_4KB 2616471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM 2626471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS 263c01d4323SFrederic Weisbecker select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI 26492e5aae4SNicholas Piggin select HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF if PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI 265eb01d42aSChristoph Hellwig select HAVE_PCI 266c5e63197SJiri Olsa select HAVE_PERF_REGS 267c5ebcedbSJiri Olsa select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP 268ff2e6d72SPeter Zijlstra select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE if PARAVIRT 2691e9fdf21SPeter Zijlstra select MMU_GATHER_MERGE_VMAS 27000998085SThomas Gleixner select HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK 2716471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API 27203f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE if UNWINDER_ORC || STACK_VALIDATION 2733c88ee19SMasami Hiramatsu select HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API 2747ecd19cfSKefeng Wang select HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA 275cd1a41ceSThomas Gleixner select HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK 276d148eac0SMasahiro Yamada select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR if CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR 27703f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION if HAVE_OBJTOOL 278e6d6c071SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_STATIC_CALL 27903f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE if HAVE_OBJTOOL 28099cf983cSMark Rutland select HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL 281d6761b8fSMathieu Desnoyers select HAVE_RSEQ 28209498135SMiguel Ojeda select HAVE_RUST if X86_64 2836471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS 2845f3da8c0SJosh Poimboeuf select HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION if HAVE_OBJTOOL 2856471b825SIngo Molnar select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK 2867c68af6eSAvi Kivity select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER 2877ac87074SVincenzo Frascino select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO 2880c7ffa32SThomas Gleixner select HOTPLUG_PARALLEL if SMP && X86_64 28905736e4aSThomas Gleixner select HOTPLUG_SMT if SMP 2900c7ffa32SThomas Gleixner select HOTPLUG_SPLIT_STARTUP if SMP && X86_32 291c0185808SThomas Gleixner select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING 292c2508ec5SLinus Torvalds select LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA 2937ecd19cfSKefeng Wang select NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK 2947ecd19cfSKefeng Wang select NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK 29586596f0aSChristoph Hellwig select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH 2962eac9c2dSChristoph Hellwig select PCI_DOMAINS if PCI 297625210cfSSinan Kaya select PCI_LOCKLESS_CONFIG if PCI 2986471b825SIngo Molnar select PERF_EVENTS 2993195ef59SPrarit Bhargava select RTC_LIB 300d6faca40SArnd Bergmann select RTC_MC146818_LIB 3016471b825SIngo Molnar select SPARSE_IRQ 3026471b825SIngo Molnar select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE 30315f4eae7SAndy Lutomirski select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK 3044aae683fSMasahiro Yamada select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT 3054510bffbSMark Rutland select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_NMI_SUPPORT 3066471b825SIngo Molnar select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 3073b02a051SIngo Molnar select HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN if X86_64 3080c608dadSAubrey Li select PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS if PROC_FS 30950468e43SJarkko Sakkinen select HAVE_ARCH_NODE_DEV_GROUP if X86_SGX 310d49a0626SPeter Zijlstra select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B if X86_64 || X86_ALIGNMENT_16 311d49a0626SPeter Zijlstra select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B 3129e2b4be3SNayna Jain imply IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT if EFI 313ceea991aSJiri Olsa select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE 3147d8330a5SBalbir Singh 315ba7e4d13SIngo Molnarconfig INSTRUCTION_DECODER 3163120e25eSJan Beulich def_bool y 3173120e25eSJan Beulich depends on KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS || UPROBES 318ba7e4d13SIngo Molnar 31951b26adaSLinus Torvaldsconfig OUTPUT_FORMAT 32051b26adaSLinus Torvalds string 32151b26adaSLinus Torvalds default "elf32-i386" if X86_32 32251b26adaSLinus Torvalds default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64 32351b26adaSLinus Torvalds 3248d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig LOCKDEP_SUPPORT 3253c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 3268d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 3278d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 3283c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 3298d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 3308d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig MMU 3313c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 3328d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 3339e08f57dSDaniel Cashmanconfig ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN 3349e08f57dSDaniel Cashman default 28 if 64BIT 3359e08f57dSDaniel Cashman default 8 3369e08f57dSDaniel Cashman 3379e08f57dSDaniel Cashmanconfig ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX 3389e08f57dSDaniel Cashman default 32 if 64BIT 3399e08f57dSDaniel Cashman default 16 3409e08f57dSDaniel Cashman 3419e08f57dSDaniel Cashmanconfig ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN 3429e08f57dSDaniel Cashman default 8 3439e08f57dSDaniel Cashman 3449e08f57dSDaniel Cashmanconfig ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX 3459e08f57dSDaniel Cashman default 16 3469e08f57dSDaniel Cashman 3478d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig SBUS 3488d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg bool 3498d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 3508d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig GENERIC_ISA_DMA 3513120e25eSJan Beulich def_bool y 3523120e25eSJan Beulich depends on ISA_DMA_API 3538d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 354d911c67eSAlexander Potapenkoconfig GENERIC_CSUM 355d911c67eSAlexander Potapenko bool 356d911c67eSAlexander Potapenko default y if KMSAN || KASAN 357d911c67eSAlexander Potapenko 3588d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig GENERIC_BUG 3593c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 3608d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg depends on BUG 361b93a531eSJan Beulich select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64 362b93a531eSJan Beulich 363b93a531eSJan Beulichconfig GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS 364b93a531eSJan Beulich bool 3658d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 3668d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC 3673120e25eSJan Beulich def_bool y 3683120e25eSJan Beulich depends on ISA_DMA_API 3698d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 3701032c0baSSam Ravnborgconfig GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY 3711032c0baSSam Ravnborg def_bool y 3721032c0baSSam Ravnborg 3739a0b8415Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.comconfig ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX 3749a0b8415Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com def_bool y 3758d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 376801e4062SJohannes Bergconfig ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE 377801e4062SJohannes Berg def_bool y 378801e4062SJohannes Berg 379f4cb5700SJohannes Bergconfig ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE 380f4cb5700SJohannes Berg def_bool y 381f4cb5700SJohannes Berg 3828d5fffb9SSam Ravnborgconfig AUDIT_ARCH 383e0fd24a3SJan Beulich def_bool y if X86_64 3848d5fffb9SSam Ravnborg 385d6f2d75aSAndrey Ryabininconfig KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET 386d6f2d75aSAndrey Ryabinin hex 387d6f2d75aSAndrey Ryabinin depends on KASAN 388d6f2d75aSAndrey Ryabinin default 0xdffffc0000000000 389d6f2d75aSAndrey Ryabinin 39069575d38SShane Wangconfig HAVE_INTEL_TXT 39169575d38SShane Wang def_bool y 3926ea30386SKees Cook depends on INTEL_IOMMU && ACPI 39369575d38SShane Wang 3946b0c3d44SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_64_SMP 3956b0c3d44SSam Ravnborg def_bool y 3966b0c3d44SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_64 && SMP 3976b0c3d44SSam Ravnborg 3982b144498SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES 3992b144498SSrikar Dronamraju def_bool y 4002b144498SSrikar Dronamraju 401d20642f0SRob Herringconfig FIX_EARLYCON_MEM 402d20642f0SRob Herring def_bool y 403d20642f0SRob Herring 40494d49eb3SKirill A. Shutemovconfig DYNAMIC_PHYSICAL_MASK 40594d49eb3SKirill A. Shutemov bool 40694d49eb3SKirill A. Shutemov 40798233368SKirill A. Shutemovconfig PGTABLE_LEVELS 40898233368SKirill A. Shutemov int 40977ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov default 5 if X86_5LEVEL 41098233368SKirill A. Shutemov default 4 if X86_64 41198233368SKirill A. Shutemov default 3 if X86_PAE 41298233368SKirill A. Shutemov default 2 41398233368SKirill A. Shutemov 4142a61f474SMasahiro Yamadaconfig CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR 4152a61f474SMasahiro Yamada bool 4161b866781SNathan Chancellor default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS)) if 64BIT 4171b866781SNathan Chancellor default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS)) 4182a61f474SMasahiro Yamada help 4192a61f474SMasahiro Yamada We have to make sure stack protector is unconditionally disabled if 4203fb0fdb3SAndy Lutomirski the compiler produces broken code or if it does not let us control 4213fb0fdb3SAndy Lutomirski the segment on 32-bit kernels. 4222a61f474SMasahiro Yamada 423506f1d07SSam Ravnborgmenu "Processor type and features" 424506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 425506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig SMP 426506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "Symmetric multi-processing support" 427a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 428506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have 4294a474157SRobert Graffham a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more 4304a474157SRobert Graffham than one CPU, say Y. 431506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 4324a474157SRobert Graffham If you say N here, the kernel will run on uni- and multiprocessor 433506f1d07SSam Ravnborg machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If 434506f1d07SSam Ravnborg you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all, 4354a474157SRobert Graffham uniprocessor machines. On a uniprocessor machine, the kernel 436506f1d07SSam Ravnborg will run faster if you say N here. 437506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 438506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or 439506f1d07SSam Ravnborg "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486 440506f1d07SSam Ravnborg architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro" 441506f1d07SSam Ravnborg architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards. 442506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 443506f1d07SSam Ravnborg People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say 444506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power 445506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here. 446506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 447ff61f079SJonathan Corbet See also <file:Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst>, 4484f4cfa6cSMauro Carvalho Chehab <file:Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst> and the SMP-HOWTO available at 449506f1d07SSam Ravnborg <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 450506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 451506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If you don't know what to do here, say N. 452506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 45306cd9a7dSYinghai Luconfig X86_X2APIC 45406cd9a7dSYinghai Lu bool "Support x2apic" 45519e3d60dSJan Kiszka depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && (IRQ_REMAP || HYPERVISOR_GUEST) 456a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 45706cd9a7dSYinghai Lu This enables x2apic support on CPUs that have this feature. 45806cd9a7dSYinghai Lu 45906cd9a7dSYinghai Lu This allows 32-bit apic IDs (so it can support very large systems), 46006cd9a7dSYinghai Lu and accesses the local apic via MSRs not via mmio. 46106cd9a7dSYinghai Lu 462b8d1d163SDaniel Sneddon Some Intel systems circa 2022 and later are locked into x2APIC mode 463b8d1d163SDaniel Sneddon and can not fall back to the legacy APIC modes if SGX or TDX are 464e3998434SMateusz Jończyk enabled in the BIOS. They will boot with very reduced functionality 465e3998434SMateusz Jończyk without enabling this option. 466b8d1d163SDaniel Sneddon 46706cd9a7dSYinghai Lu If you don't know what to do here, say N. 46806cd9a7dSYinghai Lu 4697fec07fdSJacob Panconfig X86_POSTED_MSI 4707fec07fdSJacob Pan bool "Enable MSI and MSI-x delivery by posted interrupts" 4717fec07fdSJacob Pan depends on X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP 4727fec07fdSJacob Pan help 4737fec07fdSJacob Pan This enables MSIs that are under interrupt remapping to be delivered as 4747fec07fdSJacob Pan posted interrupts to the host kernel. Interrupt throughput can 4757fec07fdSJacob Pan potentially be improved by coalescing CPU notifications during high 4767fec07fdSJacob Pan frequency bursts. 4777fec07fdSJacob Pan 4787fec07fdSJacob Pan If you don't know what to do here, say N. 4797fec07fdSJacob Pan 4806695c85bSYinghai Luconfig X86_MPPARSE 4814590d98fSAndy Shevchenko bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI 4827a527688SJan Beulich default y 4835ab74722SIngo Molnar depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC 484a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 4856695c85bSYinghai Lu For old smp systems that do not have proper acpi support. Newer systems 4866695c85bSYinghai Lu (esp with 64bit cpus) with acpi support, MADT and DSDT will override it 4876695c85bSYinghai Lu 488e6d42931SJohannes Weinerconfig X86_CPU_RESCTRL 489e6d42931SJohannes Weiner bool "x86 CPU resource control support" 4906fe07ce3SBabu Moger depends on X86 && (CPU_SUP_INTEL || CPU_SUP_AMD) 49159fe5a77SThomas Gleixner select KERNFS 492e79f15a4SChen Yu select PROC_CPU_RESCTRL if PROC_FS 49378e99b4aSFenghua Yu help 494e6d42931SJohannes Weiner Enable x86 CPU resource control support. 4956fe07ce3SBabu Moger 4966fe07ce3SBabu Moger Provide support for the allocation and monitoring of system resources 4976fe07ce3SBabu Moger usage by the CPU. 4986fe07ce3SBabu Moger 4996fe07ce3SBabu Moger Intel calls this Intel Resource Director Technology 5006fe07ce3SBabu Moger (Intel(R) RDT). More information about RDT can be found in the 5016fe07ce3SBabu Moger Intel x86 Architecture Software Developer Manual. 5026fe07ce3SBabu Moger 5036fe07ce3SBabu Moger AMD calls this AMD Platform Quality of Service (AMD QoS). 5046fe07ce3SBabu Moger More information about AMD QoS can be found in the AMD64 Technology 5056fe07ce3SBabu Moger Platform Quality of Service Extensions manual. 50678e99b4aSFenghua Yu 50778e99b4aSFenghua Yu Say N if unsure. 50878e99b4aSFenghua Yu 5092cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel)config X86_FRED 5102cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) bool "Flexible Return and Event Delivery" 5112cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) depends on X86_64 5122cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) help 5132cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) When enabled, try to use Flexible Return and Event Delivery 5142cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) instead of the legacy SYSCALL/SYSENTER/IDT architecture for 5152cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) ring transitions and exception/interrupt handling if the 5163c41786cSPaul Menzel system supports it. 5172cce9591SH. Peter Anvin (Intel) 518a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlapconfig X86_BIGSMP 519a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs" 52071d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada depends on SMP && X86_32 521a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 522e133f6eaSRandy Dunlap This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs. 523a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap 524c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalaiconfig X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 525c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms" 526c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai default y 527a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 52806ac8346SIngo Molnar If you disable this option then the kernel will only support 52906ac8346SIngo Molnar standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of 53006ac8346SIngo Molnar systems out there.) 53106ac8346SIngo Molnar 5328425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support 53371d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada for the following non-PC x86 platforms, depending on the value of 53471d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada CONFIG_64BIT. 53571d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada 53671d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada 32-bit platforms (CONFIG_64BIT=n): 537cb7b8023SBen Hutchings Goldfish (Android emulator) 5388425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai AMD Elan 5398425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai RDC R-321x SoC 5408425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation) 54183125a3aSAlessandro Rubini STA2X11-based (e.g. Northville) 5423f4110a4SThomas Gleixner Moorestown MID devices 54306ac8346SIngo Molnar 54471d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada 64-bit platforms (CONFIG_64BIT=y): 54544b111b5SSteffen Persvold Numascale NumaChip 5468425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai ScaleMP vSMP 5478425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai SGI Ultraviolet 5488425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai 5498425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a 5508425091fSRavikiran G Thirumalai generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N. 55171d99ea4SMasahiro Yamada 552c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai# This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms 553c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions 55444b111b5SSteffen Persvoldconfig X86_NUMACHIP 55544b111b5SSteffen Persvold bool "Numascale NumaChip" 55644b111b5SSteffen Persvold depends on X86_64 55744b111b5SSteffen Persvold depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 55844b111b5SSteffen Persvold depends on NUMA 55944b111b5SSteffen Persvold depends on SMP 56044b111b5SSteffen Persvold depends on X86_X2APIC 561f9726bfdSDaniel J Blueman depends on PCI_MMCONFIG 562a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 56344b111b5SSteffen Persvold Adds support for Numascale NumaChip large-SMP systems. Needed to 56444b111b5SSteffen Persvold enable more than ~168 cores. 56544b111b5SSteffen Persvold If you don't have one of these, you should say N here. 56603b48632SNick Piggin 5676a48565eSIngo Molnarconfig X86_VSMP 568c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai bool "ScaleMP vSMP" 5696276a074SBorislav Petkov select HYPERVISOR_GUEST 5706a48565eSIngo Molnar select PARAVIRT 5716a48565eSIngo Molnar depends on X86_64 && PCI 572c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 573ead91d4bSShai Fultheim depends on SMP 574a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 5756a48565eSIngo Molnar Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is 5766a48565eSIngo Molnar supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option 5776a48565eSIngo Molnar if you have one of these machines. 5786a48565eSIngo Molnar 579c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalaiconfig X86_UV 580c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai bool "SGI Ultraviolet" 581c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai depends on X86_64 582c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 58354c28d29SJack Steiner depends on NUMA 5841ecb4ae5SAndrew Morton depends on EFI 585c2209ea5SIngo Molnar depends on KEXEC_CORE 5869d6c26e7SSuresh Siddha depends on X86_X2APIC 5871222e564SIngo Molnar depends on PCI 588a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 589c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai This option is needed in order to support SGI Ultraviolet systems. 590c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai If you don't have one of these, you should say N here. 591c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai 592c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai# Following is an alphabetically sorted list of 32 bit extended platforms 593c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions 594506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 595ddd70cf9SJun Nakajimaconfig X86_GOLDFISH 596ddd70cf9SJun Nakajima bool "Goldfish (Virtual Platform)" 597cb7b8023SBen Hutchings depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 598a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 599ddd70cf9SJun Nakajima Enable support for the Goldfish virtual platform used primarily 600ddd70cf9SJun Nakajima for Android development. Unless you are building for the Android 601ddd70cf9SJun Nakajima Goldfish emulator say N here. 602ddd70cf9SJun Nakajima 603c751e17bSThomas Gleixnerconfig X86_INTEL_CE 604c751e17bSThomas Gleixner bool "CE4100 TV platform" 605c751e17bSThomas Gleixner depends on PCI 606c751e17bSThomas Gleixner depends on PCI_GODIRECT 6076084a6e2SJiang Liu depends on X86_IO_APIC 608c751e17bSThomas Gleixner depends on X86_32 609c751e17bSThomas Gleixner depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 61037bc9f50SDirk Brandewie select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS 611da6b737bSSebastian Andrzej Siewior select OF 612da6b737bSSebastian Andrzej Siewior select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE 613a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 614c751e17bSThomas Gleixner Select for the Intel CE media processor (CE4100) SOC. 615c751e17bSThomas Gleixner This option compiles in support for the CE4100 SOC for settop 616c751e17bSThomas Gleixner boxes and media devices. 617c751e17bSThomas Gleixner 6184cb9b00fSDavid Cohenconfig X86_INTEL_MID 61943605ef1SAlan Cox bool "Intel MID platform support" 62043605ef1SAlan Cox depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 621edc6bc78SDavid Cohen depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES 6221ea7c673SAlan Cox depends on PCI 6233fda5bb4SAndy Shevchenko depends on X86_64 || (PCI_GOANY && X86_32) 6241ea7c673SAlan Cox depends on X86_IO_APIC 6254cb9b00fSDavid Cohen select I2C 6267c9c3a1eSAlan Cox select DW_APB_TIMER 62754b34aa0SMika Westerberg select INTEL_SCU_PCI 628a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 6294cb9b00fSDavid Cohen Select to build a kernel capable of supporting Intel MID (Mobile 6304cb9b00fSDavid Cohen Internet Device) platform systems which do not have the PCI legacy 6314cb9b00fSDavid Cohen interfaces. If you are building for a PC class system say N here. 6321ea7c673SAlan Cox 6334cb9b00fSDavid Cohen Intel MID platforms are based on an Intel processor and chipset which 6344cb9b00fSDavid Cohen consume less power than most of the x86 derivatives. 63543605ef1SAlan Cox 6368bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghueconfig X86_INTEL_QUARK 6378bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue bool "Intel Quark platform support" 6388bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on X86_32 6398bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 6408bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES 6418bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on X86_TSC 6428bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on PCI 6438bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on PCI_GOANY 6448bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue depends on X86_IO_APIC 6458bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue select IOSF_MBI 6468bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue select INTEL_IMR 6479ab6eb51SAndy Shevchenko select COMMON_CLK 648a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 6498bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue Select to include support for Quark X1000 SoC. 6508bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue Say Y here if you have a Quark based system such as the Arduino 6518bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue compatible Intel Galileo. 6528bbc2a13SBryan O'Donoghue 6533d48aab1SMika Westerbergconfig X86_INTEL_LPSS 6543d48aab1SMika Westerberg bool "Intel Low Power Subsystem Support" 6555962dd22SSinan Kaya depends on X86 && ACPI && PCI 6563d48aab1SMika Westerberg select COMMON_CLK 6570f531431SMathias Nyman select PINCTRL 658eebb3e8dSAndy Shevchenko select IOSF_MBI 659a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 6603d48aab1SMika Westerberg Select to build support for Intel Low Power Subsystem such as 6613d48aab1SMika Westerberg found on Intel Lynxpoint PCH. Selecting this option enables 6620f531431SMathias Nyman things like clock tree (common clock framework) and pincontrol 6630f531431SMathias Nyman which are needed by the LPSS peripheral drivers. 6643d48aab1SMika Westerberg 66592082a88SKen Xueconfig X86_AMD_PLATFORM_DEVICE 66692082a88SKen Xue bool "AMD ACPI2Platform devices support" 66792082a88SKen Xue depends on ACPI 66892082a88SKen Xue select COMMON_CLK 66992082a88SKen Xue select PINCTRL 670a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 67192082a88SKen Xue Select to interpret AMD specific ACPI device to platform device 67292082a88SKen Xue such as I2C, UART, GPIO found on AMD Carrizo and later chipsets. 67392082a88SKen Xue I2C and UART depend on COMMON_CLK to set clock. GPIO driver is 67492082a88SKen Xue implemented under PINCTRL subsystem. 67592082a88SKen Xue 676ced3ce76SDavid E. Boxconfig IOSF_MBI 677ced3ce76SDavid E. Box tristate "Intel SoC IOSF Sideband support for SoC platforms" 678ced3ce76SDavid E. Box depends on PCI 679a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 680ced3ce76SDavid E. Box This option enables sideband register access support for Intel SoC 681ced3ce76SDavid E. Box platforms. On these platforms the IOSF sideband is used in lieu of 682ced3ce76SDavid E. Box MSR's for some register accesses, mostly but not limited to thermal 683ced3ce76SDavid E. Box and power. Drivers may query the availability of this device to 684ced3ce76SDavid E. Box determine if they need the sideband in order to work on these 685ced3ce76SDavid E. Box platforms. The sideband is available on the following SoC products. 686ced3ce76SDavid E. Box This list is not meant to be exclusive. 687ced3ce76SDavid E. Box - BayTrail 688ced3ce76SDavid E. Box - Braswell 689ced3ce76SDavid E. Box - Quark 690ced3ce76SDavid E. Box 691ced3ce76SDavid E. Box You should say Y if you are running a kernel on one of these SoC's. 692ced3ce76SDavid E. Box 693ed2226bdSDavid E. Boxconfig IOSF_MBI_DEBUG 694ed2226bdSDavid E. Box bool "Enable IOSF sideband access through debugfs" 695ed2226bdSDavid E. Box depends on IOSF_MBI && DEBUG_FS 696a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 697ed2226bdSDavid E. Box Select this option to expose the IOSF sideband access registers (MCR, 698ed2226bdSDavid E. Box MDR, MCRX) through debugfs to write and read register information from 699ed2226bdSDavid E. Box different units on the SoC. This is most useful for obtaining device 700ed2226bdSDavid E. Box state information for debug and analysis. As this is a general access 701ed2226bdSDavid E. Box mechanism, users of this option would have specific knowledge of the 702ed2226bdSDavid E. Box device they want to access. 703ed2226bdSDavid E. Box 704ed2226bdSDavid E. Box If you don't require the option or are in doubt, say N. 705ed2226bdSDavid E. Box 706c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalaiconfig X86_RDC321X 707c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai bool "RDC R-321x SoC" 708506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 709c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 710c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai select M486 711c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS 712a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 713c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known 714c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai as R-8610-(G). 715c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here. 716c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai 717e0c7ae37SIngo Molnarconfig X86_32_NON_STANDARD 7189c398017SIngo Molnar bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures" 7199c398017SIngo Molnar depends on X86_32 && SMP 720c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 721a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 722b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin This option compiles in the bigsmp and STA2X11 default 723b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary 724b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin kernel. If you select them all, kernel will probe it one by 725b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin one and will fallback to default. 726d49c4288SYinghai Lu 727c5c606d9SRavikiran G Thirumalai# Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms 728d49c4288SYinghai Lu 729d949f36fSLinus Torvaldsconfig X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE 7306fc108a0SJan Beulich def_bool y 731d949f36fSLinus Torvalds # MCE code calls memory_failure(): 732d949f36fSLinus Torvalds depends on X86_MCE 733d949f36fSLinus Torvalds # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags: 734d949f36fSLinus Torvalds # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH: 735d949f36fSLinus Torvalds depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM 736d949f36fSLinus Torvalds select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE 737d949f36fSLinus Torvalds 73883125a3aSAlessandro Rubiniconfig STA2X11 73983125a3aSAlessandro Rubini bool "STA2X11 Companion Chip Support" 74083125a3aSAlessandro Rubini depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && PCI 74183125a3aSAlessandro Rubini select SWIOTLB 74283125a3aSAlessandro Rubini select MFD_STA2X11 7430145071bSLinus Walleij select GPIOLIB 744a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 74583125a3aSAlessandro Rubini This adds support for boards based on the STA2X11 IO-Hub, 74683125a3aSAlessandro Rubini a.k.a. "ConneXt". The chip is used in place of the standard 74783125a3aSAlessandro Rubini PC chipset, so all "standard" peripherals are missing. If this 74883125a3aSAlessandro Rubini option is selected the kernel will still be able to boot on 74983125a3aSAlessandro Rubini standard PC machines. 75083125a3aSAlessandro Rubini 75182148d1dSShérabconfig X86_32_IRIS 75282148d1dSShérab tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module" 75382148d1dSShérab depends on X86_32 754a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 75582148d1dSShérab The Iris machines from EuroBraille do not have APM or ACPI support 75682148d1dSShérab to shut themselves down properly. A special I/O sequence is 75782148d1dSShérab needed to do so, which is what this module does at 75882148d1dSShérab kernel shutdown. 75982148d1dSShérab 76082148d1dSShérab This is only for Iris machines from EuroBraille. 76182148d1dSShérab 76282148d1dSShérab If unused, say N. 76382148d1dSShérab 764ae1e9130SIngo Molnarconfig SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER 7653c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 7663c2362e6SHarvey Harrison prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output" 767a87d0914SKen Chen depends on X86 768a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 769506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option 770506f1d07SSam Ravnborg is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the 771506f1d07SSam Ravnborg caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values, 772506f1d07SSam Ravnborg at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead. 773506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 774506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If in doubt, say "Y". 775506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 7766276a074SBorislav Petkovmenuconfig HYPERVISOR_GUEST 7776276a074SBorislav Petkov bool "Linux guest support" 778a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 7796276a074SBorislav Petkov Say Y here to enable options for running Linux under various hyper- 7806276a074SBorislav Petkov visors. This option enables basic hypervisor detection and platform 7816276a074SBorislav Petkov setup. 782506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 7836276a074SBorislav Petkov If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and 7846276a074SBorislav Petkov disabled, and Linux guest support won't be built in. 785506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 7866276a074SBorislav Petkovif HYPERVISOR_GUEST 787506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 788e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkostconfig PARAVIRT 789e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkost bool "Enable paravirtualization code" 790a0e2bf7cSJuergen Gross depends on HAVE_STATIC_CALL 791a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 792e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkost This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run 793e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkost under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly 794e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkost over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor 795e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkost the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger. 796e61bd94aSEduardo Pereira Habkost 797c00a280aSJuergen Grossconfig PARAVIRT_XXL 798c00a280aSJuergen Gross bool 799c00a280aSJuergen Gross 8006276a074SBorislav Petkovconfig PARAVIRT_DEBUG 8016276a074SBorislav Petkov bool "paravirt-ops debugging" 8026276a074SBorislav Petkov depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL 803a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 8046276a074SBorislav Petkov Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if 8056276a074SBorislav Petkov a paravirt_op is missing when it is called. 8066276a074SBorislav Petkov 807b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS 808b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks" 8096ea30386SKees Cook depends on PARAVIRT && SMP 810a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 811b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the 812b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly 813b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning). 814b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge 8154c4e4f61SRaghavendra K T It has a minimal impact on native kernels and gives a nice performance 8164c4e4f61SRaghavendra K T benefit on paravirtualized KVM / Xen kernels. 817b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge 8184c4e4f61SRaghavendra K T If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y. 819b4ecc126SJeremy Fitzhardinge 820ecca2502SZhao Yakuiconfig X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR 821ecca2502SZhao Yakui def_bool n 822ecca2502SZhao Yakui 8236276a074SBorislav Petkovsource "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig" 8246276a074SBorislav Petkov 8256276a074SBorislav Petkovconfig KVM_GUEST 8266276a074SBorislav Petkov bool "KVM Guest support (including kvmclock)" 8276276a074SBorislav Petkov depends on PARAVIRT 8286276a074SBorislav Petkov select PARAVIRT_CLOCK 829a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatti select ARCH_CPUIDLE_HALTPOLL 830b1d40575SVitaly Kuznetsov select X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR 8316276a074SBorislav Petkov default y 832a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 8336276a074SBorislav Petkov This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM 8346276a074SBorislav Petkov hypervisor. It includes a paravirtualized clock, so that instead 8356276a074SBorislav Petkov of relying on a PIT (or probably other) emulation by the 8366276a074SBorislav Petkov underlying device model, the host provides the guest with 8376276a074SBorislav Petkov timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time 8386276a074SBorislav Petkov 839a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatticonfig ARCH_CPUIDLE_HALTPOLL 840a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatti def_bool n 841a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatti prompt "Disable host haltpoll when loading haltpoll driver" 842a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatti help 843a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatti If virtualized under KVM, disable host haltpoll. 844a1c4423bSMarcelo Tosatti 8457733607fSMaran Wilsonconfig PVH 8467733607fSMaran Wilson bool "Support for running PVH guests" 847a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 8487733607fSMaran Wilson This option enables the PVH entry point for guest virtual machines 8497733607fSMaran Wilson as specified in the x86/HVM direct boot ABI. 8507733607fSMaran Wilson 8516276a074SBorislav Petkovconfig PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING 8526276a074SBorislav Petkov bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting" 8536276a074SBorislav Petkov depends on PARAVIRT 854a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 8556276a074SBorislav Petkov Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time 8566276a074SBorislav Petkov accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with 8576276a074SBorislav Petkov the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for 8586276a074SBorislav Petkov that, there can be a small performance impact. 8596276a074SBorislav Petkov 8606276a074SBorislav Petkov If in doubt, say N here. 8616276a074SBorislav Petkov 8627af192c9SGerd Hoffmannconfig PARAVIRT_CLOCK 8637af192c9SGerd Hoffmann bool 8647af192c9SGerd Hoffmann 8654a362601SJan Kiszkaconfig JAILHOUSE_GUEST 8664a362601SJan Kiszka bool "Jailhouse non-root cell support" 867abde587bSArnd Bergmann depends on X86_64 && PCI 86887e65d05SJan Kiszka select X86_PM_TIMER 869a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 8704a362601SJan Kiszka This option allows to run Linux as guest in a Jailhouse non-root 8714a362601SJan Kiszka cell. You can leave this option disabled if you only want to start 8724a362601SJan Kiszka Jailhouse and run Linux afterwards in the root cell. 8734a362601SJan Kiszka 874ec7972c9SZhao Yakuiconfig ACRN_GUEST 875ec7972c9SZhao Yakui bool "ACRN Guest support" 876ec7972c9SZhao Yakui depends on X86_64 877498ad393SZhao Yakui select X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR 878ec7972c9SZhao Yakui help 879ec7972c9SZhao Yakui This option allows to run Linux as guest in the ACRN hypervisor. ACRN is 880ec7972c9SZhao Yakui a flexible, lightweight reference open-source hypervisor, built with 881ec7972c9SZhao Yakui real-time and safety-criticality in mind. It is built for embedded 882ec7972c9SZhao Yakui IOT with small footprint and real-time features. More details can be 883ec7972c9SZhao Yakui found in https://projectacrn.org/. 884ec7972c9SZhao Yakui 88559bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayananconfig INTEL_TDX_GUEST 88659bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan bool "Intel TDX (Trust Domain Extensions) - Guest Support" 88759bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL 88859bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan depends on X86_X2APIC 88975d090fdSKirill A. Shutemov depends on EFI_STUB 89041394e33SKirill A. Shutemov select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM 891968b4931SKirill A. Shutemov select X86_MEM_ENCRYPT 89277a512e3SSean Christopherson select X86_MCE 89375d090fdSKirill A. Shutemov select UNACCEPTED_MEMORY 89459bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan help 89559bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan Support running as a guest under Intel TDX. Without this support, 89659bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan the guest kernel can not boot or run under TDX. 89759bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan TDX includes memory encryption and integrity capabilities 89859bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan which protect the confidentiality and integrity of guest 89959bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan memory contents and CPU state. TDX guests are protected from 90059bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan some attacks from the VMM. 90159bd54a8SKuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 9026276a074SBorislav Petkovendif # HYPERVISOR_GUEST 90397349135SJeremy Fitzhardinge 904506f1d07SSam Ravnborgsource "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu" 905506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 906506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HPET_TIMER 9073c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool X86_64 908506f1d07SSam Ravnborg prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32 909a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 910506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage 911506f1d07SSam Ravnborg time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is 912506f1d07SSam Ravnborg present. 913506f1d07SSam Ravnborg HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s. 914506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP 915506f1d07SSam Ravnborg systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access, 9164e7f9df2SMichael S. Tsirkin as it is off-chip. The interface used is documented 9174e7f9df2SMichael S. Tsirkin in the HPET spec, revision 1. 918506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 919506f1d07SSam Ravnborg You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be 920506f1d07SSam Ravnborg activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature. 921506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services. 922506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 923506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer. 924506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 925506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HPET_EMULATE_RTC 9263c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 9273228e1dcSAnand K Mistry depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y) 928506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 9296a108a14SDavid Rientjes# Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong. 930506f1d07SSam Ravnborg# The code disables itself when not needed. 9317ae9392cSThomas Petazzoniconfig DMI 9327ae9392cSThomas Petazzoni default y 933cf074402SArd Biesheuvel select DMI_SCAN_MACHINE_NON_EFI_FALLBACK 9346a108a14SDavid Rientjes bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT 935a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 9367ae9392cSThomas Petazzoni Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y 9377ae9392cSThomas Petazzoni here unless you have verified that your setup is not 9387ae9392cSThomas Petazzoni affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP 9397ae9392cSThomas Petazzoni BIOS code. 9407ae9392cSThomas Petazzoni 941506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig GART_IOMMU 94238901f1cSAndi Kleen bool "Old AMD GART IOMMU support" 9432f9237d4SChristoph Hellwig select DMA_OPS 944a4ce5a48SChristoph Hellwig select IOMMU_HELPER 945506f1d07SSam Ravnborg select SWIOTLB 94623ac4ae8SAndreas Herrmann depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB 947a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 948ced3c42cSIngo Molnar Provides a driver for older AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron 949ced3c42cSIngo Molnar GART based hardware IOMMUs. 950ced3c42cSIngo Molnar 951ced3c42cSIngo Molnar The GART supports full DMA access for devices with 32-bit access 952ced3c42cSIngo Molnar limitations, on systems with more than 3 GB. This is usually needed 953ced3c42cSIngo Molnar for USB, sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices. 954ced3c42cSIngo Molnar 955ced3c42cSIngo Molnar Newer systems typically have a modern AMD IOMMU, supported via 956ced3c42cSIngo Molnar the CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y config option. 957ced3c42cSIngo Molnar 958ced3c42cSIngo Molnar In normal configurations this driver is only active when needed: 959ced3c42cSIngo Molnar there's more than 3 GB of memory and the system contains a 960ced3c42cSIngo Molnar 32-bit limited device. 961ced3c42cSIngo Molnar 962ced3c42cSIngo Molnar If unsure, say Y. 963506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 9648b766b0fSMichal Suchanekconfig BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT 9658b766b0fSMichal Suchanek bool 9668b766b0fSMichal Suchanek help 9678b766b0fSMichal Suchanek If true, at least one selected framebuffer driver can take advantage 9688b766b0fSMichal Suchanek of VESA video modes set at an early boot stage via the vga= parameter. 9698b766b0fSMichal Suchanek 9701184dc2fSMike Travisconfig MAXSMP 971ddb0c5a6SSamuel Thibault bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes" 9726ea30386SKees Cook depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL 97336f5101aSMike Travis select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK 974a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 975ddb0c5a6SSamuel Thibault Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture. 9761184dc2fSMike Travis If unsure, say N. 977506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 978aec6487eSIngo Molnar# 979aec6487eSIngo Molnar# The maximum number of CPUs supported: 980aec6487eSIngo Molnar# 981aec6487eSIngo Molnar# The main config value is NR_CPUS, which defaults to NR_CPUS_DEFAULT, 982aec6487eSIngo Molnar# and which can be configured interactively in the 983aec6487eSIngo Molnar# [NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN ... NR_CPUS_RANGE_END] range. 984aec6487eSIngo Molnar# 985aec6487eSIngo Molnar# The ranges are different on 32-bit and 64-bit kernels, depending on 986aec6487eSIngo Molnar# hardware capabilities and scalability features of the kernel. 987aec6487eSIngo Molnar# 988aec6487eSIngo Molnar# ( If MAXSMP is enabled we just use the highest possible value and disable 989aec6487eSIngo Molnar# interactive configuration. ) 990aec6487eSIngo Molnar# 991a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap 992aec6487eSIngo Molnarconfig NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN 993a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap int 994aec6487eSIngo Molnar default NR_CPUS_RANGE_END if MAXSMP 995a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap default 1 if !SMP 996a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap default 2 997a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap 998aec6487eSIngo Molnarconfig NR_CPUS_RANGE_END 999a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap int 1000a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap depends on X86_32 1001aec6487eSIngo Molnar default 64 if SMP && X86_BIGSMP 1002aec6487eSIngo Molnar default 8 if SMP && !X86_BIGSMP 1003a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap default 1 if !SMP 1004a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap 1005aec6487eSIngo Molnarconfig NR_CPUS_RANGE_END 1006a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap int 1007a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap depends on X86_64 10081edae1aeSScott Wood default 8192 if SMP && CPUMASK_OFFSTACK 10091edae1aeSScott Wood default 512 if SMP && !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK 1010a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap default 1 if !SMP 1011aec6487eSIngo Molnar 1012aec6487eSIngo Molnarconfig NR_CPUS_DEFAULT 1013aec6487eSIngo Molnar int 1014aec6487eSIngo Molnar depends on X86_32 1015aec6487eSIngo Molnar default 32 if X86_BIGSMP 1016aec6487eSIngo Molnar default 8 if SMP 1017aec6487eSIngo Molnar default 1 if !SMP 1018aec6487eSIngo Molnar 1019aec6487eSIngo Molnarconfig NR_CPUS_DEFAULT 1020aec6487eSIngo Molnar int 1021aec6487eSIngo Molnar depends on X86_64 1022a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap default 8192 if MAXSMP 1023a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap default 64 if SMP 1024aec6487eSIngo Molnar default 1 if !SMP 1025a0d0bb4dSRandy Dunlap 1026506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig NR_CPUS 102736f5101aSMike Travis int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP 1028aec6487eSIngo Molnar range NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN NR_CPUS_RANGE_END 1029aec6487eSIngo Molnar default NR_CPUS_DEFAULT 1030a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1031506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this 1032bb61ccc7SJosh Boyer kernel will support. If CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, the maximum 1033cad14bb9SKirill A. Shutemov supported value is 8192, otherwise the maximum value is 512. The 1034506f1d07SSam Ravnborg minimum value which makes sense is 2. 1035506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1036aec6487eSIngo Molnar This is purely to save memory: each supported CPU adds about 8KB 1037aec6487eSIngo Molnar to the kernel image. 1038506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 103966558b73STim Chenconfig SCHED_CLUSTER 104066558b73STim Chen bool "Cluster scheduler support" 104166558b73STim Chen depends on SMP 104266558b73STim Chen default y 104366558b73STim Chen help 104466558b73STim Chen Cluster scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision 104566558b73STim Chen making when dealing with machines that have clusters of CPUs. 104666558b73STim Chen Cluster usually means a couple of CPUs which are placed closely 104766558b73STim Chen by sharing mid-level caches, last-level cache tags or internal 104866558b73STim Chen busses. 104966558b73STim Chen 1050506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig SCHED_SMT 1051dbe73364SThomas Gleixner def_bool y if SMP 1052506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1053506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig SCHED_MC 10543c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 10553c2362e6SHarvey Harrison prompt "Multi-core scheduler support" 1056c8e56d20SBorislav Petkov depends on SMP 1057a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1058506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision 1059506f1d07SSam Ravnborg making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly 1060506f1d07SSam Ravnborg increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. 1061506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1062de966cf4STim Chenconfig SCHED_MC_PRIO 1063de966cf4STim Chen bool "CPU core priorities scheduler support" 10643598e577SMeng Li depends on SCHED_MC 10653598e577SMeng Li select X86_INTEL_PSTATE if CPU_SUP_INTEL 10663598e577SMeng Li select X86_AMD_PSTATE if CPU_SUP_AMD && ACPI 10670a21fc12SIngo Molnar select CPU_FREQ 1068de966cf4STim Chen default y 1069a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1070de966cf4STim Chen Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 enabled CPUs have a 1071de966cf4STim Chen core ordering determined at manufacturing time, which allows 1072de966cf4STim Chen certain cores to reach higher turbo frequencies (when running 1073de966cf4STim Chen single threaded workloads) than others. 1074de966cf4STim Chen 1075de966cf4STim Chen Enabling this kernel feature teaches the scheduler about 1076de966cf4STim Chen the TBM3 (aka ITMT) priority order of the CPU cores and adjusts the 1077de966cf4STim Chen scheduler's CPU selection logic accordingly, so that higher 1078de966cf4STim Chen overall system performance can be achieved. 1079de966cf4STim Chen 1080de966cf4STim Chen This feature will have no effect on CPUs without this feature. 1081de966cf4STim Chen 1082de966cf4STim Chen If unsure say Y here. 10835e76b2abSTim Chen 108430b8b006SThomas Gleixnerconfig UP_LATE_INIT 108530b8b006SThomas Gleixner def_bool y 1086ba360f88SThomas Gleixner depends on !SMP && X86_LOCAL_APIC 108730b8b006SThomas Gleixner 1088506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_UP_APIC 108950849eefSJan Beulich bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" if !PCI_MSI 109050849eefSJan Beulich default PCI_MSI 109138a1dfdaSBryan O'Donoghue depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD 1092a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1093506f1d07SSam Ravnborg A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an 1094506f1d07SSam Ravnborg integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU 1095506f1d07SSam Ravnborg system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to 1096506f1d07SSam Ravnborg enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't 1097506f1d07SSam Ravnborg have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at 1098506f1d07SSam Ravnborg all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer, 1099506f1d07SSam Ravnborg performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard 1100506f1d07SSam Ravnborg lockups. 1101506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1102506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_UP_IOAPIC 1103506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors" 1104506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_UP_APIC 1105a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1106506f1d07SSam Ravnborg An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an 1107506f1d07SSam Ravnborg SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most 1108506f1d07SSam Ravnborg SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one. 1109506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1110506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here 1111506f1d07SSam Ravnborg to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have 1112506f1d07SSam Ravnborg an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all. 1113506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1114506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_LOCAL_APIC 11153c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 11160dbc6078SThomas Petazzoni depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC || PCI_MSI 1117b5dc8e6cSJiang Liu select IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY 1118506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1119506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_IO_APIC 1120b1da1e71SJan Beulich def_bool y 1121b1da1e71SJan Beulich depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC || X86_UP_IOAPIC 1122506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 112341b9eb26SStefan Assmannconfig X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS 112441b9eb26SStefan Assmann bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs" 112541b9eb26SStefan Assmann depends on X86_IO_APIC 1126a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 112741b9eb26SStefan Assmann This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of 112841b9eb26SStefan Assmann spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded 112941b9eb26SStefan Assmann interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of 113041b9eb26SStefan Assmann superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled. 113141b9eb26SStefan Assmann 113241b9eb26SStefan Assmann Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ 113341b9eb26SStefan Assmann entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT 113441b9eb26SStefan Assmann kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this 113541b9eb26SStefan Assmann boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps 113641b9eb26SStefan Assmann the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot 113741b9eb26SStefan Assmann IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the 113841b9eb26SStefan Assmann kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this 113941b9eb26SStefan Assmann way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise 114041b9eb26SStefan Assmann the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring 114141b9eb26SStefan Assmann down (vital) interrupt lines. 114241b9eb26SStefan Assmann 114341b9eb26SStefan Assmann Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be 114441b9eb26SStefan Assmann increased on these systems. 114541b9eb26SStefan Assmann 1146506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_MCE 1147bab9bc65SAndi Kleen bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting" 1148648ed940SChen, Gong select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR 1149e57dbaf7SBorislav Petkov default y 1150a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1151bab9bc65SAndi Kleen Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the 1152bab9bc65SAndi Kleen kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption). 1153506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem, 1154bab9bc65SAndi Kleen ranging from warning messages to halting the machine. 11554efc0670SAndi Kleen 11565de97c9fSTony Luckconfig X86_MCELOG_LEGACY 11575de97c9fSTony Luck bool "Support for deprecated /dev/mcelog character device" 11585de97c9fSTony Luck depends on X86_MCE 1159a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 11605de97c9fSTony Luck Enable support for /dev/mcelog which is needed by the old mcelog 11615de97c9fSTony Luck userspace logging daemon. Consider switching to the new generation 11625de97c9fSTony Luck rasdaemon solution. 11635de97c9fSTony Luck 1164506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_MCE_INTEL 11653c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 11663c2362e6SHarvey Harrison prompt "Intel MCE features" 1167c1ebf835SAndi Kleen depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC 1168a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1169506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as 1170506f1d07SSam Ravnborg the thermal monitor. 1171506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1172506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_MCE_AMD 11733c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 11743c2362e6SHarvey Harrison prompt "AMD MCE features" 1175f5382de9SYazen Ghannam depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC && AMD_NB 1176a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1177506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as 1178506f1d07SSam Ravnborg the DRAM Error Threshold. 1179506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 11804efc0670SAndi Kleenconfig X86_ANCIENT_MCE 11816fc108a0SJan Beulich bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks" 1182c31d9633SAndi Kleen depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE 1183a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 11844efc0670SAndi Kleen Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip 11855065a706SMasanari Iida systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitly on the command 11864efc0670SAndi Kleen line. 11874efc0670SAndi Kleen 1188b2762686SAndi Kleenconfig X86_MCE_THRESHOLD 1189b2762686SAndi Kleen depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL 11906fc108a0SJan Beulich def_bool y 1191b2762686SAndi Kleen 1192ea149b36SAndi Kleenconfig X86_MCE_INJECT 1193bc8e80d5SBorislav Petkov depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC && DEBUG_FS 1194ea149b36SAndi Kleen tristate "Machine check injector support" 1195a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1196ea149b36SAndi Kleen Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes. 1197ea149b36SAndi Kleen If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel 1198ea149b36SAndi Kleen QA it is safe to say n. 1199ea149b36SAndi Kleen 120007dc900eSPeter Zijlstrasource "arch/x86/events/Kconfig" 1201e633c65aSKan Liang 12025aef51c3SAndy Lutomirskiconfig X86_LEGACY_VM86 12031e642812SIngo Molnar bool "Legacy VM86 support" 1204506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 1205a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 12065aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski This option allows user programs to put the CPU into V8086 12075aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski mode, which is an 80286-era approximation of 16-bit real mode. 12085aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski 12095aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski Some very old versions of X and/or vbetool require this option 12105aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski for user mode setting. Similarly, DOSEMU will use it if 12115aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski available to accelerate real mode DOS programs. However, any 12125aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski recent version of DOSEMU, X, or vbetool should be fully 12135aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski functional even without kernel VM86 support, as they will all 12141e642812SIngo Molnar fall back to software emulation. Nevertheless, if you are using 12151e642812SIngo Molnar a 16-bit DOS program where 16-bit performance matters, vm86 12161e642812SIngo Molnar mode might be faster than emulation and you might want to 12171e642812SIngo Molnar enable this option. 12185aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski 12191e642812SIngo Molnar Note that any app that works on a 64-bit kernel is unlikely to 12201e642812SIngo Molnar need this option, as 64-bit kernels don't, and can't, support 12211e642812SIngo Molnar V8086 mode. This option is also unrelated to 16-bit protected 12221e642812SIngo Molnar mode and is not needed to run most 16-bit programs under Wine. 12235aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski 12241e642812SIngo Molnar Enabling this option increases the complexity of the kernel 12251e642812SIngo Molnar and slows down exception handling a tiny bit. 12265aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski 12271e642812SIngo Molnar If unsure, say N here. 12285aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski 12295aef51c3SAndy Lutomirskiconfig VM86 12305aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski bool 12315aef51c3SAndy Lutomirski default X86_LEGACY_VM86 123234273f41SH. Peter Anvin 123334273f41SH. Peter Anvinconfig X86_16BIT 123434273f41SH. Peter Anvin bool "Enable support for 16-bit segments" if EXPERT 123534273f41SH. Peter Anvin default y 1236a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL 1237a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 123834273f41SH. Peter Anvin This option is required by programs like Wine to run 16-bit 123934273f41SH. Peter Anvin protected mode legacy code on x86 processors. Disabling 124034273f41SH. Peter Anvin this option saves about 300 bytes on i386, or around 6K text 124134273f41SH. Peter Anvin plus 16K runtime memory on x86-64, 124234273f41SH. Peter Anvin 124334273f41SH. Peter Anvinconfig X86_ESPFIX32 124434273f41SH. Peter Anvin def_bool y 124534273f41SH. Peter Anvin depends on X86_16BIT && X86_32 1246506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1247197725deSH. Peter Anvinconfig X86_ESPFIX64 1248197725deSH. Peter Anvin def_bool y 124934273f41SH. Peter Anvin depends on X86_16BIT && X86_64 1250506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 12511ad83c85SAndy Lutomirskiconfig X86_VSYSCALL_EMULATION 12521ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski bool "Enable vsyscall emulation" if EXPERT 12531ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski default y 12541ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski depends on X86_64 1255a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 12561ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski This enables emulation of the legacy vsyscall page. Disabling 12571ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski it is roughly equivalent to booting with vsyscall=none, except 12581ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski that it will also disable the helpful warning if a program 12591ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski tries to use a vsyscall. With this option set to N, offending 12601ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski programs will just segfault, citing addresses of the form 12611ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski 0xffffffffff600?00. 12621ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski 12631ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski This option is required by many programs built before 2013, and 12641ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski care should be used even with newer programs if set to N. 12651ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski 12661ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski Disabling this option saves about 7K of kernel size and 12671ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski possibly 4K of additional runtime pagetable memory. 12681ad83c85SAndy Lutomirski 1269111e7b15SThomas Gleixnerconfig X86_IOPL_IOPERM 1270111e7b15SThomas Gleixner bool "IOPERM and IOPL Emulation" 1271a24ca997SThomas Gleixner default y 1272a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1273111e7b15SThomas Gleixner This enables the ioperm() and iopl() syscalls which are necessary 1274111e7b15SThomas Gleixner for legacy applications. 1275111e7b15SThomas Gleixner 1276c8137aceSThomas Gleixner Legacy IOPL support is an overbroad mechanism which allows user 1277c8137aceSThomas Gleixner space aside of accessing all 65536 I/O ports also to disable 1278c8137aceSThomas Gleixner interrupts. To gain this access the caller needs CAP_SYS_RAWIO 1279c8137aceSThomas Gleixner capabilities and permission from potentially active security 1280c8137aceSThomas Gleixner modules. 1281c8137aceSThomas Gleixner 1282c8137aceSThomas Gleixner The emulation restricts the functionality of the syscall to 1283c8137aceSThomas Gleixner only allowing the full range I/O port access, but prevents the 1284a24ca997SThomas Gleixner ability to disable interrupts from user space which would be 1285a24ca997SThomas Gleixner granted if the hardware IOPL mechanism would be used. 1286c8137aceSThomas Gleixner 1287506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig TOSHIBA 1288506f1d07SSam Ravnborg tristate "Toshiba Laptop support" 1289506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 1290a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1291506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of 1292506f1d07SSam Ravnborg the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does 1293506f1d07SSam Ravnborg not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode 1294506f1d07SSam Ravnborg is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables. 1295506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1296506f1d07SSam Ravnborg For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the 1297506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Toshiba Linux utilities web site at: 1298506f1d07SSam Ravnborg <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>. 1299506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1300506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable. 1301506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Say N otherwise. 1302506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1303506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_REBOOTFIXUPS 13049ba16087SJan Beulich bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot" 13059ba16087SJan Beulich depends on X86_32 1306a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1307506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done 1308506f1d07SSam Ravnborg in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on 1309506f1d07SSam Ravnborg some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which 1310506f1d07SSam Ravnborg this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung 1311506f1d07SSam Ravnborg system. 1312506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1313506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using 13145e3a77e9SFlorian Fainelli CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC. 1315506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1316506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to 1317506f1d07SSam Ravnborg enable this option even if you don't need it. 1318506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Say N otherwise. 1319506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1320506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig MICROCODE 1321e6bcfdd7SThomas Gleixner def_bool y 132280030e3dSBorislav Petkov depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL 132380cc9f10SPeter Oruba 1324fdbd4381SThomas Gleixnerconfig MICROCODE_INITRD32 1325fdbd4381SThomas Gleixner def_bool y 1326fdbd4381SThomas Gleixner depends on MICROCODE && X86_32 && BLK_DEV_INITRD 1327fdbd4381SThomas Gleixner 1328a77a94f8SBorislav Petkovconfig MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING 1329a77a94f8SBorislav Petkov bool "Late microcode loading (DANGEROUS)" 1330c02f48e0SBorislav Petkov default n 1331634ac23aSThomas Gleixner depends on MICROCODE && SMP 1332a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1333a77a94f8SBorislav Petkov Loading microcode late, when the system is up and executing instructions 1334a77a94f8SBorislav Petkov is a tricky business and should be avoided if possible. Just the sequence 1335a77a94f8SBorislav Petkov of synchronizing all cores and SMT threads is one fragile dance which does 1336a77a94f8SBorislav Petkov not guarantee that cores might not softlock after the loading. Therefore, 13379407bda8SThomas Gleixner use this at your own risk. Late loading taints the kernel unless the 13389407bda8SThomas Gleixner microcode header indicates that it is safe for late loading via the 13399407bda8SThomas Gleixner minimal revision check. This minimal revision check can be enforced on 13409407bda8SThomas Gleixner the kernel command line with "microcode.minrev=Y". 13419407bda8SThomas Gleixner 13429407bda8SThomas Gleixnerconfig MICROCODE_LATE_FORCE_MINREV 13439407bda8SThomas Gleixner bool "Enforce late microcode loading minimal revision check" 13449407bda8SThomas Gleixner default n 13459407bda8SThomas Gleixner depends on MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING 13469407bda8SThomas Gleixner help 13479407bda8SThomas Gleixner To prevent that users load microcode late which modifies already 13489407bda8SThomas Gleixner in use features, newer microcode patches have a minimum revision field 13499407bda8SThomas Gleixner in the microcode header, which tells the kernel which minimum 13509407bda8SThomas Gleixner revision must be active in the CPU to safely load that new microcode 13519407bda8SThomas Gleixner late into the running system. If disabled the check will not 13529407bda8SThomas Gleixner be enforced but the kernel will be tainted when the minimal 13539407bda8SThomas Gleixner revision check fails. 13549407bda8SThomas Gleixner 13559407bda8SThomas Gleixner This minimal revision check can also be controlled via the 13569407bda8SThomas Gleixner "microcode.minrev" parameter on the kernel command line. 13579407bda8SThomas Gleixner 13589407bda8SThomas Gleixner If unsure say Y. 1359506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1360506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_MSR 1361506f1d07SSam Ravnborg tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support" 1362a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1363506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This device gives privileged processes access to the x86 1364506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with 1365506f1d07SSam Ravnborg major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr. 1366506f1d07SSam Ravnborg MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor 1367506f1d07SSam Ravnborg systems. 1368506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1369506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_CPUID 1370506f1d07SSam Ravnborg tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support" 1371a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1372506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to 1373506f1d07SSam Ravnborg be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device 1374506f1d07SSam Ravnborg with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to 1375506f1d07SSam Ravnborg /dev/cpu/31/cpuid. 1376506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1377506f1d07SSam Ravnborgchoice 1378506f1d07SSam Ravnborg prompt "High Memory Support" 13796fc108a0SJan Beulich default HIGHMEM4G 1380506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 1381506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1382506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig NOHIGHMEM 1383506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "off" 1384a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1385506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems. 1386506f1d07SSam Ravnborg However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4 1387506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of 1388506f1d07SSam Ravnborg physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the 1389506f1d07SSam Ravnborg kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called 1390506f1d07SSam Ravnborg "high memory". 1391506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1392506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with 1393506f1d07SSam Ravnborg more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default 1394506f1d07SSam Ravnborg choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB" 1395506f1d07SSam Ravnborg split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory 1396506f1d07SSam Ravnborg space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used 1397506f1d07SSam Ravnborg by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as 1398506f1d07SSam Ravnborg possible. 1399506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1400506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then 1401506f1d07SSam Ravnborg answer "4GB" here. 1402506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1403506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This 1404506f1d07SSam Ravnborg selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on. 1405506f1d07SSam Ravnborg PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully 1406506f1d07SSam Ravnborg supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel 1407506f1d07SSam Ravnborg processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here, 1408506f1d07SSam Ravnborg then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE! 1409506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1410506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The actual amount of total physical memory will either be 1411506f1d07SSam Ravnborg auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option 1412506f1d07SSam Ravnborg such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of 1413506f1d07SSam Ravnborg your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the 1414506f1d07SSam Ravnborg kernel at boot time.) 1415506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1416506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If unsure, say "off". 1417506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1418506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HIGHMEM4G 1419506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "4GB" 1420a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1421506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4 1422506f1d07SSam Ravnborg gigabytes of physical RAM. 1423506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1424506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HIGHMEM64G 1425506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "64GB" 142688a2b4edSArnd Bergmann depends on X86_HAVE_PAE 1427506f1d07SSam Ravnborg select X86_PAE 1428a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1429506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4 1430506f1d07SSam Ravnborg gigabytes of physical RAM. 1431506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1432506f1d07SSam Ravnborgendchoice 1433506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1434506f1d07SSam Ravnborgchoice 14356a108a14SDavid Rientjes prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT 1436506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default VMSPLIT_3G 1437506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 1438a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1439506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Select the desired split between kernel and user memory. 1440506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1441506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If the address range available to the kernel is less than the 1442506f1d07SSam Ravnborg physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available 1443506f1d07SSam Ravnborg as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly 1444506f1d07SSam Ravnborg than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first. 1445506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range 1446506f1d07SSam Ravnborg available to user programs, making the address space there 1447506f1d07SSam Ravnborg tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split 1448506f1d07SSam Ravnborg will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only 1449506f1d07SSam Ravnborg kernel modules. 1450506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1451506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this 1452506f1d07SSam Ravnborg option alone! 1453506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1454506f1d07SSam Ravnborg config VMSPLIT_3G 1455506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "3G/1G user/kernel split" 1456506f1d07SSam Ravnborg config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT 1457506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on !X86_PAE 1458506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)" 1459506f1d07SSam Ravnborg config VMSPLIT_2G 1460506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "2G/2G user/kernel split" 1461506f1d07SSam Ravnborg config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT 1462506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on !X86_PAE 1463506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)" 1464506f1d07SSam Ravnborg config VMSPLIT_1G 1465506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "1G/3G user/kernel split" 1466506f1d07SSam Ravnborgendchoice 1467506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1468506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig PAGE_OFFSET 1469506f1d07SSam Ravnborg hex 1470506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT 1471506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G 1472506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT 1473506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G 1474506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default 0xC0000000 1475506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 1476506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1477506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HIGHMEM 14783c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 1479506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G) 1480506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1481506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_PAE 14829ba16087SJan Beulich bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support" 148388a2b4edSArnd Bergmann depends on X86_32 && X86_HAVE_PAE 1484d4a451d5SChristoph Hellwig select PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT 14859d99c712SChristian Melki select SWIOTLB 1486a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1487506f1d07SSam Ravnborg PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables 1488506f1d07SSam Ravnborg larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It 1489506f1d07SSam Ravnborg has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also 1490506f1d07SSam Ravnborg consumes more pagetable space per process. 1491506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 149277ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemovconfig X86_5LEVEL 149377ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov bool "Enable 5-level page tables support" 149418ec1eafSKirill A. Shutemov default y 1495eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemov select DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT 1496162434e7SKirill A. Shutemov select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP 149777ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov depends on X86_64 1498a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 149977ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov 5-level paging enables access to larger address space: 150077ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov up to 128 PiB of virtual address space and 4 PiB of 150177ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov physical address space. 150277ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov 150377ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov It will be supported by future Intel CPUs. 150477ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov 15056657fca0SKirill A. Shutemov A kernel with the option enabled can be booted on machines that 15066657fca0SKirill A. Shutemov support 4- or 5-level paging. 150777ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov 1508ff61f079SJonathan Corbet See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.rst for more 150977ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov information. 151077ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov 151177ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov Say N if unsure. 151277ef56e4SKirill A. Shutemov 151310971ab2SIngo Molnarconfig X86_DIRECT_GBPAGES 1514e5008abeSLuis R. Rodriguez def_bool y 15152e1da13fSVlastimil Babka depends on X86_64 1516a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 151710971ab2SIngo Molnar Certain kernel features effectively disable kernel 151810971ab2SIngo Molnar linear 1 GB mappings (even if the CPU otherwise 151910971ab2SIngo Molnar supports them), so don't confuse the user by printing 152010971ab2SIngo Molnar that we have them enabled. 15219e899816SNick Piggin 15225c280cf6SThomas Gleixnerconfig X86_CPA_STATISTICS 15235c280cf6SThomas Gleixner bool "Enable statistic for Change Page Attribute" 15245c280cf6SThomas Gleixner depends on DEBUG_FS 1525a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1526b75baaf3SIngo Molnar Expose statistics about the Change Page Attribute mechanism, which 1527a943245aSColin Ian King helps to determine the effectiveness of preserving large and huge 15285c280cf6SThomas Gleixner page mappings when mapping protections are changed. 15295c280cf6SThomas Gleixner 153020f07a04SKirill A. Shutemovconfig X86_MEM_ENCRYPT 153120f07a04SKirill A. Shutemov select ARCH_HAS_FORCE_DMA_UNENCRYPTED 153220f07a04SKirill A. Shutemov select DYNAMIC_PHYSICAL_MASK 153320f07a04SKirill A. Shutemov def_bool n 153420f07a04SKirill A. Shutemov 15357744ccdbSTom Lendackyconfig AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT 15367744ccdbSTom Lendacky bool "AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) support" 15377744ccdbSTom Lendacky depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_AMD 15386c321179STom Lendacky depends on EFI_STUB 153982fef0adSDavid Rientjes select DMA_COHERENT_POOL 1540ce9084baSArd Biesheuvel select ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT 1541597cfe48SJoerg Roedel select INSTRUCTION_DECODER 1542aa5a4611STom Lendacky select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM 154320f07a04SKirill A. Shutemov select X86_MEM_ENCRYPT 15446c321179STom Lendacky select UNACCEPTED_MEMORY 1545a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 15467744ccdbSTom Lendacky Say yes to enable support for the encryption of system memory. 15477744ccdbSTom Lendacky This requires an AMD processor that supports Secure Memory 15487744ccdbSTom Lendacky Encryption (SME). 15497744ccdbSTom Lendacky 1550506f1d07SSam Ravnborg# Common NUMA Features 1551506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig NUMA 1552e133f6eaSRandy Dunlap bool "NUMA Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support" 1553506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on SMP 1554b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && X86_BIGSMP) 1555b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin default y if X86_BIGSMP 15567ecd19cfSKefeng Wang select USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID 15570c436a58SSaurabh Sengar select OF_NUMA if OF 1558a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1559e133f6eaSRandy Dunlap Enable NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) support. 1560fd51b2d7SKOSAKI Motohiro 1561506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the 1562506f1d07SSam Ravnborg local memory controller of the CPU and add some more 1563506f1d07SSam Ravnborg NUMA awareness to the kernel. 1564506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1565c280ea5eSIngo Molnar For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7 1566fd51b2d7SKOSAKI Motohiro (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA. 1567fd51b2d7SKOSAKI Motohiro 1568b5660ba7SH. Peter Anvin For 32-bit this is only needed if you boot a 32-bit 15697cf6c945SDavid Rientjes kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform. 1570fd51b2d7SKOSAKI Motohiro 1571fd51b2d7SKOSAKI Motohiro Otherwise, you should say N. 1572506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1573eec1d4faSHans Rosenfeldconfig AMD_NUMA 15743c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 15753c2362e6SHarvey Harrison prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection" 15765da0ef9aSTejun Heo depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI 1577a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1578eec1d4faSHans Rosenfeld Enable AMD NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if 1579eec1d4faSHans Rosenfeld you have a multi processor AMD system. This uses an old method to 1580eec1d4faSHans Rosenfeld read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin Northbridge 1581eec1d4faSHans Rosenfeld of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA instead, 1582eec1d4faSHans Rosenfeld which also takes priority if both are compiled in. 1583506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1584506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig X86_64_ACPI_NUMA 15853c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 15863c2362e6SHarvey Harrison prompt "ACPI NUMA detection" 1587506f1d07SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI 1588506f1d07SSam Ravnborg select ACPI_NUMA 1589a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1590506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection. 1591506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1592506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig NUMA_EMU 1593506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "NUMA emulation" 15941b7e03efSTejun Heo depends on NUMA 1595a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1596506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Enable NUMA emulation. A flat machine will be split 1597506f1d07SSam Ravnborg into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the 1598506f1d07SSam Ravnborg number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging. 1599506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1600506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig NODES_SHIFT 1601d25e26b6SLinus Torvalds int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP 160251591e31SDavid Rientjes range 1 10 160351591e31SDavid Rientjes default "10" if MAXSMP 1604506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default "6" if X86_64 1605506f1d07SSam Ravnborg default "3" 1606a9ee6cf5SMike Rapoport depends on NUMA 1607a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 16081184dc2fSMike Travis Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target 1609692105b8SMatt LaPlante system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables. 1610506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1611506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE 1612506f1d07SSam Ravnborg def_bool y 16133b16651fSTejun Heo depends on X86_32 && !NUMA 1614506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1615506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE 1616506f1d07SSam Ravnborg def_bool y 16176ea30386SKees Cook depends on X86_64 || NUMA || X86_32 || X86_32_NON_STANDARD 1618506f1d07SSam Ravnborg select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32 1619506f1d07SSam Ravnborg select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64 1620506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 16213b16651fSTejun Heoconfig ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT 16226ad57f7fSMike Rapoport def_bool X86_64 || (NUMA && X86_32) 16233b16651fSTejun Heo 1624506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL 1625506f1d07SSam Ravnborg def_bool y 16264eda2bc3SDavid Hildenbrand depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE && ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE 1627506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1628506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE 1629a0842b70SToshi Kani bool "Enable sysfs memory/probe interface" 16305c11f00bSDavid Hildenbrand depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG 1631a0842b70SToshi Kani help 1632a0842b70SToshi Kani This option enables a sysfs memory/probe interface for testing. 1633cb1aaebeSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst for more information. 1634a0842b70SToshi Kani If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. 1635506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 16363b16651fSTejun Heoconfig ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT 16373b16651fSTejun Heo def_bool y 16383b16651fSTejun Heo depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE 16393b16651fSTejun Heo 1640a29815a3SAvi Kivityconfig ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE 1641a29815a3SAvi Kivity hex 1642a29815a3SAvi Kivity default 0 if X86_32 1643a29815a3SAvi Kivity default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64 1644a29815a3SAvi Kivity 16457a67832cSDan Williamsconfig X86_PMEM_LEGACY_DEVICE 16467a67832cSDan Williams bool 16477a67832cSDan Williams 1648ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwigconfig X86_PMEM_LEGACY 16497a67832cSDan Williams tristate "Support non-standard NVDIMMs and ADR protected memory" 16509f53f9faSDan Williams depends on PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT 16519f53f9faSDan Williams depends on BLK_DEV 16527a67832cSDan Williams select X86_PMEM_LEGACY_DEVICE 16537b27a862SDan Williams select NUMA_KEEP_MEMINFO if NUMA 16549f53f9faSDan Williams select LIBNVDIMM 1655ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig help 1656ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig Treat memory marked using the non-standard e820 type of 12 as used 1657ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig by the Intel Sandy Bridge-EP reference BIOS as protected memory. 1658ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig The kernel will offer these regions to the 'pmem' driver so 1659ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig they can be used for persistent storage. 1660ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig 1661ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig Say Y if unsure. 1662ec776ef6SChristoph Hellwig 1663506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HIGHPTE 1664506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem" 16656fc108a0SJan Beulich depends on HIGHMEM 1666a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1667506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory. 1668506f1d07SSam Ravnborg For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious 1669506f1d07SSam Ravnborg low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table 1670506f1d07SSam Ravnborg entries in high memory. 1671506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 16729f077871SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION 16739f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge bool "Check for low memory corruption" 1674a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 16759f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which 16769f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the 16779f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by 16789f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command 16799f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60 16809f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and 16819f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge memory_corruption_check_period parameters in 16828c27ceffSMauro Carvalho Chehab Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst to adjust this. 16839f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge 16849f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge When enabled with the default parameters, this option has 16859f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount 16869f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption 16879f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge and prevents it from affecting the running system. 16889f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge 16899f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable 16909f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory, 16919f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that 16929f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge memory. 16939f077871SJeremy Fitzhardinge 1694c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK 1695c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardinge bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check" 1696c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardinge depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION 1697c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardinge default y 1698a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1699c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardinge Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is 1700c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardinge on or off. 1701c885df50SJeremy Fitzhardinge 1702506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig MATH_EMULATION 1703506f1d07SSam Ravnborg bool 1704a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL 170587d6021bSArnd Bergmann prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32 && (M486SX || MELAN) 1706a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1707506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point 1708506f1d07SSam Ravnborg operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have 1709506f1d07SSam Ravnborg a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added 1710506f1d07SSam Ravnborg a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can 1711506f1d07SSam Ravnborg give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a 1712506f1d07SSam Ravnborg coprocessor or this emulation. 1713506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1714506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you 1715506f1d07SSam Ravnborg say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will 1716506f1d07SSam Ravnborg be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel 1717506f1d07SSam Ravnborg command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor 1718506f1d07SSam Ravnborg is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot 1719506f1d07SSam Ravnborg loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at 1720506f1d07SSam Ravnborg boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you 1721506f1d07SSam Ravnborg intend to use this kernel on different machines. 1722506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1723506f1d07SSam Ravnborg More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor 1724506f1d07SSam Ravnborg emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>. 1725506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1726506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger 1727506f1d07SSam Ravnborg kernel, it won't hurt. 1728506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1729506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig MTRR 17306fc108a0SJan Beulich def_bool y 17316a108a14SDavid Rientjes prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT 1732a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1733506f1d07SSam Ravnborg On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later) 1734506f1d07SSam Ravnborg the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control 1735506f1d07SSam Ravnborg processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have 1736506f1d07SSam Ravnborg a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining 1737506f1d07SSam Ravnborg allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer 1738506f1d07SSam Ravnborg before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance 1739506f1d07SSam Ravnborg of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a 1740506f1d07SSam Ravnborg /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's 1741506f1d07SSam Ravnborg MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this. 1742506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1743506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar 1744506f1d07SSam Ravnborg control registers on other processors can be easily supported 1745506f1d07SSam Ravnborg as well: 1746506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1747506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range 1748506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For 1749506f1d07SSam Ravnborg these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs. 1750506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two 1751506f1d07SSam Ravnborg MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing 1752506f1d07SSam Ravnborg write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code 1753506f1d07SSam Ravnborg and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them. 1754506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1755506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only 1756506f1d07SSam Ravnborg set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This 1757506f1d07SSam Ravnborg can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here. 1758506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1759506f1d07SSam Ravnborg You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll 1760506f1d07SSam Ravnborg just add about 9 KB to your kernel. 1761506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1762ff61f079SJonathan Corbet See <file:Documentation/arch/x86/mtrr.rst> for more information. 1763506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 176495ffa243SYinghai Luconfig MTRR_SANITIZER 17652ffb3501SYinghai Lu def_bool y 176695ffa243SYinghai Lu prompt "MTRR cleanup support" 176795ffa243SYinghai Lu depends on MTRR 1768a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1769aba3728cSThomas Gleixner Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can 1770aba3728cSThomas Gleixner add writeback entries. 177195ffa243SYinghai Lu 1772aba3728cSThomas Gleixner Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line. 1773692105b8SMatt LaPlante The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with 1774aba3728cSThomas Gleixner mtrr_chunk_size. 177595ffa243SYinghai Lu 17762ffb3501SYinghai Lu If unsure, say Y. 177795ffa243SYinghai Lu 177895ffa243SYinghai Luconfig MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT 1779f5098d62SYinghai Lu int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)" 1780f5098d62SYinghai Lu range 0 1 1781f5098d62SYinghai Lu default "0" 178295ffa243SYinghai Lu depends on MTRR_SANITIZER 1783a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1784f5098d62SYinghai Lu Enable mtrr cleanup default value 178595ffa243SYinghai Lu 178612031a62SYinghai Luconfig MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT 178712031a62SYinghai Lu int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)" 178812031a62SYinghai Lu range 0 7 178912031a62SYinghai Lu default "1" 179012031a62SYinghai Lu depends on MTRR_SANITIZER 1791a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 179212031a62SYinghai Lu mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via 1793aba3728cSThomas Gleixner mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line. 179412031a62SYinghai Lu 17952e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.comconfig X86_PAT 17966fc108a0SJan Beulich def_bool y 17976a108a14SDavid Rientjes prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT 17982a8a2719SIngo Molnar depends on MTRR 1799a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 18002e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control. 1801042b78e4SVenki Pallipadi 18022e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more 18032e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com flexible than MTRRs. 18042e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com 18052e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang, 1806042b78e4SVenki Pallipadi spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver. 18072e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com 18082e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com If unsure, say Y. 18092e5d9c85Svenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com 181046cf98cdSVenkatesh Pallipadiconfig ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED 181146cf98cdSVenkatesh Pallipadi def_bool y 181246cf98cdSVenkatesh Pallipadi depends on X86_PAT 181346cf98cdSVenkatesh Pallipadi 1814b971880fSBabu Mogerconfig X86_UMIP 1815796ebc81SRicardo Neri def_bool y 1816b971880fSBabu Moger prompt "User Mode Instruction Prevention" if EXPERT 1817a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1818b971880fSBabu Moger User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is a security feature in 1819b971880fSBabu Moger some x86 processors. If enabled, a general protection fault is 1820b971880fSBabu Moger issued if the SGDT, SLDT, SIDT, SMSW or STR instructions are 1821b971880fSBabu Moger executed in user mode. These instructions unnecessarily expose 1822b971880fSBabu Moger information about the hardware state. 1823796ebc81SRicardo Neri 1824796ebc81SRicardo Neri The vast majority of applications do not use these instructions. 1825796ebc81SRicardo Neri For the very few that do, software emulation is provided in 1826796ebc81SRicardo Neri specific cases in protected and virtual-8086 modes. Emulated 1827796ebc81SRicardo Neri results are dummy. 1828aa35f896SRicardo Neri 1829156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstraconfig CC_HAS_IBT 1830156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra # GCC >= 9 and binutils >= 2.29 1831156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra # Retpoline check to work around https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93654 1832156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra # Clang/LLVM >= 14 1833262448f3SNathan Chancellor # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e0b89df2e0f0130881bf6c39bf31d7f6aac00e0f 1834262448f3SNathan Chancellor # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/dfcf69770bc522b9e411c66454934a37c1f35332 1835156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra def_bool ((CC_IS_GCC && $(cc-option, -fcf-protection=branch -mindirect-branch-register)) || \ 1836262448f3SNathan Chancellor (CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 140000)) && \ 1837156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra $(as-instr,endbr64) 1838156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra 183918e66b69SRick Edgecombeconfig X86_CET 184018e66b69SRick Edgecombe def_bool n 184118e66b69SRick Edgecombe help 184218e66b69SRick Edgecombe CET features configured (Shadow stack or IBT) 184318e66b69SRick Edgecombe 1844156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstraconfig X86_KERNEL_IBT 1845156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra prompt "Indirect Branch Tracking" 18464fd5f70cSKees Cook def_bool y 184703f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf depends on X86_64 && CC_HAS_IBT && HAVE_OBJTOOL 1848f6a2c2b2SNathan Chancellor # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/9d7001eba9c4cb311e03cd8cdc231f9e579f2d0f 1849f6a2c2b2SNathan Chancellor depends on !LD_IS_LLD || LLD_VERSION >= 140000 185003f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select OBJTOOL 185118e66b69SRick Edgecombe select X86_CET 1852156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra help 1853156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra Build the kernel with support for Indirect Branch Tracking, a 1854156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra hardware support course-grain forward-edge Control Flow Integrity 1855156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra protection. It enforces that all indirect calls must land on 1856156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra an ENDBR instruction, as such, the compiler will instrument the 1857156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra code with them to make this happen. 1858156ff4a5SPeter Zijlstra 1859ed53a0d9SPeter Zijlstra In addition to building the kernel with IBT, seal all functions that 18604cdfc11bSNur Hussein are not indirect call targets, avoiding them ever becoming one. 1861ed53a0d9SPeter Zijlstra 1862ed53a0d9SPeter Zijlstra This requires LTO like objtool runs and will slow down the build. It 1863ed53a0d9SPeter Zijlstra does significantly reduce the number of ENDBR instructions in the 1864ed53a0d9SPeter Zijlstra kernel image. 1865ed53a0d9SPeter Zijlstra 186635e97790SDave Hansenconfig X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS 186738f3e775SBabu Moger prompt "Memory Protection Keys" 186835e97790SDave Hansen def_bool y 1869284244a9SDave Hansen # Note: only available in 64-bit mode 187038f3e775SBabu Moger depends on X86_64 && (CPU_SUP_INTEL || CPU_SUP_AMD) 187152c8e601SIngo Molnar select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS 187252c8e601SIngo Molnar select ARCH_HAS_PKEYS 1873a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1874284244a9SDave Hansen Memory Protection Keys provides a mechanism for enforcing 1875284244a9SDave Hansen page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the 1876284244a9SDave Hansen page tables when an application changes protection domains. 1877284244a9SDave Hansen 18781eecbcdcSMauro Carvalho Chehab For details, see Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst 1879284244a9SDave Hansen 1880284244a9SDave Hansen If unsure, say y. 188135e97790SDave Hansen 1882db616173SMichal Hockochoice 1883db616173SMichal Hocko prompt "TSX enable mode" 1884db616173SMichal Hocko depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL 1885db616173SMichal Hocko default X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF 1886db616173SMichal Hocko help 1887db616173SMichal Hocko Intel's TSX (Transactional Synchronization Extensions) feature 1888db616173SMichal Hocko allows to optimize locking protocols through lock elision which 1889db616173SMichal Hocko can lead to a noticeable performance boost. 1890db616173SMichal Hocko 1891db616173SMichal Hocko On the other hand it has been shown that TSX can be exploited 1892db616173SMichal Hocko to form side channel attacks (e.g. TAA) and chances are there 1893db616173SMichal Hocko will be more of those attacks discovered in the future. 1894db616173SMichal Hocko 1895db616173SMichal Hocko Therefore TSX is not enabled by default (aka tsx=off). An admin 1896db616173SMichal Hocko might override this decision by tsx=on the command line parameter. 1897db616173SMichal Hocko Even with TSX enabled, the kernel will attempt to enable the best 1898db616173SMichal Hocko possible TAA mitigation setting depending on the microcode available 1899db616173SMichal Hocko for the particular machine. 1900db616173SMichal Hocko 1901db616173SMichal Hocko This option allows to set the default tsx mode between tsx=on, =off 1902db616173SMichal Hocko and =auto. See Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more 1903db616173SMichal Hocko details. 1904db616173SMichal Hocko 1905db616173SMichal Hocko Say off if not sure, auto if TSX is in use but it should be used on safe 1906db616173SMichal Hocko platforms or on if TSX is in use and the security aspect of tsx is not 1907db616173SMichal Hocko relevant. 1908db616173SMichal Hocko 1909db616173SMichal Hockoconfig X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF 1910db616173SMichal Hocko bool "off" 1911db616173SMichal Hocko help 1912db616173SMichal Hocko TSX is disabled if possible - equals to tsx=off command line parameter. 1913db616173SMichal Hocko 1914db616173SMichal Hockoconfig X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_ON 1915db616173SMichal Hocko bool "on" 1916db616173SMichal Hocko help 1917db616173SMichal Hocko TSX is always enabled on TSX capable HW - equals the tsx=on command 1918db616173SMichal Hocko line parameter. 1919db616173SMichal Hocko 1920db616173SMichal Hockoconfig X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_AUTO 1921db616173SMichal Hocko bool "auto" 1922db616173SMichal Hocko help 1923db616173SMichal Hocko TSX is enabled on TSX capable HW that is believed to be safe against 1924db616173SMichal Hocko side channel attacks- equals the tsx=auto command line parameter. 1925db616173SMichal Hockoendchoice 1926db616173SMichal Hocko 1927e7e05452SSean Christophersonconfig X86_SGX 1928e7e05452SSean Christopherson bool "Software Guard eXtensions (SGX)" 1929b8d1d163SDaniel Sneddon depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_X2APIC 1930e7e05452SSean Christopherson depends on CRYPTO=y 1931e7e05452SSean Christopherson depends on CRYPTO_SHA256=y 1932e7e05452SSean Christopherson select MMU_NOTIFIER 1933901ddbb9SJarkko Sakkinen select NUMA_KEEP_MEMINFO if NUMA 193440e0e784STony Luck select XARRAY_MULTI 1935e7e05452SSean Christopherson help 1936e7e05452SSean Christopherson Intel(R) Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) is a set of CPU instructions 1937e7e05452SSean Christopherson that can be used by applications to set aside private regions of code 1938e7e05452SSean Christopherson and data, referred to as enclaves. An enclave's private memory can 1939e7e05452SSean Christopherson only be accessed by code running within the enclave. Accesses from 1940e7e05452SSean Christopherson outside the enclave, including other enclaves, are disallowed by 1941e7e05452SSean Christopherson hardware. 1942e7e05452SSean Christopherson 1943e7e05452SSean Christopherson If unsure, say N. 1944e7e05452SSean Christopherson 194518e66b69SRick Edgecombeconfig X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK 194618e66b69SRick Edgecombe bool "X86 userspace shadow stack" 194718e66b69SRick Edgecombe depends on AS_WRUSS 194818e66b69SRick Edgecombe depends on X86_64 194918e66b69SRick Edgecombe select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS 195018e66b69SRick Edgecombe select X86_CET 195118e66b69SRick Edgecombe help 195218e66b69SRick Edgecombe Shadow stack protection is a hardware feature that detects function 195318e66b69SRick Edgecombe return address corruption. This helps mitigate ROP attacks. 195418e66b69SRick Edgecombe Applications must be enabled to use it, and old userspace does not 195518e66b69SRick Edgecombe get protection "for free". 195618e66b69SRick Edgecombe 195718e66b69SRick Edgecombe CPUs supporting shadow stacks were first released in 2020. 195818e66b69SRick Edgecombe 195954acee60SDave Hansen See Documentation/arch/x86/shstk.rst for more information. 196018e66b69SRick Edgecombe 196118e66b69SRick Edgecombe If unsure, say N. 196218e66b69SRick Edgecombe 1963c33621b4SKai Huangconfig INTEL_TDX_HOST 1964c33621b4SKai Huang bool "Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) host support" 1965c33621b4SKai Huang depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL 1966c33621b4SKai Huang depends on X86_64 1967c33621b4SKai Huang depends on KVM_INTEL 19683115cabdSKai Huang depends on X86_X2APIC 1969abe8dbabSKai Huang select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK 1970ac3a2208SKai Huang depends on CONTIG_ALLOC 1971cb8eb06dSDave Hansen depends on !KEXEC_CORE 197283e1bdc9SKai Huang depends on X86_MCE 1973c33621b4SKai Huang help 1974c33621b4SKai Huang Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) protects guest VMs from malicious 1975c33621b4SKai Huang host and certain physical attacks. This option enables necessary TDX 1976c33621b4SKai Huang support in the host kernel to run confidential VMs. 1977c33621b4SKai Huang 1978c33621b4SKai Huang If unsure, say N. 1979c33621b4SKai Huang 1980506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig EFI 19819ba16087SJan Beulich bool "EFI runtime service support" 19825b83683fSHuang, Ying depends on ACPI 1983f6ce5002SSergey Vlasov select UCS2_STRING 1984022ee6c5SArd Biesheuvel select EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS 19851ff2fc02STom Lendacky select ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT 1986aba7e066SArd Biesheuvel select EFI_RUNTIME_MAP if KEXEC_CORE 1987a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 19888b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are 1989506f1d07SSam Ravnborg available (such as the EFI variable services). 1990506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 19918b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware. 19928b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available 19938b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage 19948b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the 19958b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI 19968b2cb7a8SHuang, Ying platforms. 1997506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 1998291f3632SMatt Flemingconfig EFI_STUB 1999291f3632SMatt Fleming bool "EFI stub support" 2000c6dbd3e5SPeter Zijlstra depends on EFI 20017b2a583aSMatt Fleming select RELOCATABLE 2002a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2003291f3632SMatt Fleming This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly 2004291f3632SMatt Fleming by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader. 2005291f3632SMatt Fleming 20064f4cfa6cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst for more information. 20070c759662SMatt Fleming 2008cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvelconfig EFI_HANDOVER_PROTOCOL 2009cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel bool "EFI handover protocol (DEPRECATED)" 2010cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel depends on EFI_STUB 2011cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel default y 2012cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel help 2013cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel Select this in order to include support for the deprecated EFI 2014cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel handover protocol, which defines alternative entry points into the 2015cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel EFI stub. This is a practice that has no basis in the UEFI 2016cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel specification, and requires a priori knowledge on the part of the 2017cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel bootloader about Linux/x86 specific ways of passing the command line 2018cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel and initrd, and where in memory those assets may be loaded. 2019cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel 2020cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel If in doubt, say Y. Even though the corresponding support is not 2021cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel present in upstream GRUB or other bootloaders, most distros build 2022cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel GRUB with numerous downstream patches applied, and may rely on the 2023cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel handover protocol as as result. 2024cc3fdda2SArd Biesheuvel 20257d453eeeSMatt Flemingconfig EFI_MIXED 20267d453eeeSMatt Fleming bool "EFI mixed-mode support" 20277d453eeeSMatt Fleming depends on EFI_STUB && X86_64 2028a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 20297d453eeeSMatt Fleming Enabling this feature allows a 64-bit kernel to be booted 20307d453eeeSMatt Fleming on a 32-bit firmware, provided that your CPU supports 64-bit 20317d453eeeSMatt Fleming mode. 20327d453eeeSMatt Fleming 20337d453eeeSMatt Fleming Note that it is not possible to boot a mixed-mode enabled 20347d453eeeSMatt Fleming kernel via the EFI boot stub - a bootloader that supports 20357d453eeeSMatt Fleming the EFI handover protocol must be used. 20367d453eeeSMatt Fleming 20377d453eeeSMatt Fleming If unsure, say N. 20387d453eeeSMatt Fleming 20394059ba65SArd Biesheuvelconfig EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP 20404059ba65SArd Biesheuvel bool "Enable EFI fake memory map" 20414059ba65SArd Biesheuvel depends on EFI 20424059ba65SArd Biesheuvel help 20434059ba65SArd Biesheuvel Saying Y here will enable "efi_fake_mem" boot option. By specifying 20444059ba65SArd Biesheuvel this parameter, you can add arbitrary attribute to specific memory 20454059ba65SArd Biesheuvel range by updating original (firmware provided) EFI memmap. This is 20464059ba65SArd Biesheuvel useful for debugging of EFI memmap related feature, e.g., Address 20474059ba65SArd Biesheuvel Range Mirroring feature. 20484059ba65SArd Biesheuvel 20494059ba65SArd Biesheuvelconfig EFI_MAX_FAKE_MEM 20504059ba65SArd Biesheuvel int "maximum allowable number of ranges in efi_fake_mem boot option" 20514059ba65SArd Biesheuvel depends on EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP 20524059ba65SArd Biesheuvel range 1 128 20534059ba65SArd Biesheuvel default 8 20544059ba65SArd Biesheuvel help 20554059ba65SArd Biesheuvel Maximum allowable number of ranges in efi_fake_mem boot option. 20564059ba65SArd Biesheuvel Ranges can be set up to this value using comma-separated list. 20574059ba65SArd Biesheuvel The default value is 8. 20584059ba65SArd Biesheuvel 20591fff234dSArd Biesheuvelconfig EFI_RUNTIME_MAP 20601fff234dSArd Biesheuvel bool "Export EFI runtime maps to sysfs" if EXPERT 20611fff234dSArd Biesheuvel depends on EFI 20621fff234dSArd Biesheuvel help 20631fff234dSArd Biesheuvel Export EFI runtime memory regions to /sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map. 20641fff234dSArd Biesheuvel That memory map is required by the 2nd kernel to set up EFI virtual 20651fff234dSArd Biesheuvel mappings after kexec, but can also be used for debugging purposes. 20661fff234dSArd Biesheuvel 20671fff234dSArd Biesheuvel See also Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi-runtime-map. 20681fff234dSArd Biesheuvel 20698636a1f9SMasahiro Yamadasource "kernel/Kconfig.hz" 2070506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 20716af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC 20726af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool y 2073506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 20746af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_FILE 2075c1ad12eeSArnd Bergmann def_bool X86_64 2076506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 20776af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SELECTS_KEXEC_FILE 20786af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool y 20796af51380SEric DeVolder depends on KEXEC_FILE 2080b69a2afdSJonathan McDowell select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC if IMA 208174ca317cSVivek Goyal 2082e6265fe7SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_PURGATORY 2083c1ad12eeSArnd Bergmann def_bool y 2084b799a09fSAKASHI Takahiro 20856af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_SIG 20866af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool y 208799d5cadfSJiri Bohac 20886af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_SIG_FORCE 20896af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool y 209099d5cadfSJiri Bohac 20916af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_BZIMAGE_VERIFY_SIG 20926af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool y 209399d5cadfSJiri Bohac 20946af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_JUMP 20956af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool y 20968e7d8381SVivek Goyal 20976af51380SEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_DUMP 20986af51380SEric DeVolder def_bool X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM) 20998e7d8381SVivek Goyal 2100ea53ad9cSEric DeVolderconfig ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_HOTPLUG 2101ea53ad9cSEric DeVolder def_bool y 21023ab83521SHuang Ying 21039c08a2a1SBaoquan Heconfig ARCH_HAS_GENERIC_CRASHKERNEL_RESERVATION 210485fcde40SBaoquan He def_bool CRASH_RESERVE 21059c08a2a1SBaoquan He 2106506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig PHYSICAL_START 21076a108a14SDavid Rientjes hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP) 2108ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin default "0x1000000" 2109a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2110506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. 2111506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 211243b1d3e6SChris Koch If the kernel is not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then bzImage 211343b1d3e6SChris Koch will decompress itself to above physical address and run from there. 211443b1d3e6SChris Koch Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where it has been loaded 211543b1d3e6SChris Koch by the boot loader. The only exception is if it is loaded below the 211643b1d3e6SChris Koch above physical address, in which case it will relocate itself there. 2117506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2118506f1d07SSam Ravnborg In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option 2119506f1d07SSam Ravnborg as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image 2120506f1d07SSam Ravnborg (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different 2121506f1d07SSam Ravnborg address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want 2122506f1d07SSam Ravnborg to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a 2123506f1d07SSam Ravnborg vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs 2124506f1d07SSam Ravnborg to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area 2125506f1d07SSam Ravnborg (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy. 2126506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2127ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, 2128ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set 2129ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux 2130ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of 2131ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on 2132ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" 2133ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed 2134330d4810SMauro Carvalho Chehab kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst 2135ceefccc9SH. Peter Anvin for more details about crash dumps. 2136506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2137506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as 2138506f1d07SSam Ravnborg one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used 2139506f1d07SSam Ravnborg as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have 2140506f1d07SSam Ravnborg gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it 2141506f1d07SSam Ravnborg is present because there are users out there who continue to use 2142506f1d07SSam Ravnborg vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the 2143506f1d07SSam Ravnborg line. 2144506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2145506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. 2146506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2147506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig RELOCATABLE 214826717808SH. Peter Anvin bool "Build a relocatable kernel" 214926717808SH. Peter Anvin default y 2150a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2151506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information 2152506f1d07SSam Ravnborg so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB. 2153506f1d07SSam Ravnborg The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger, 2154506f1d07SSam Ravnborg but are discarded at runtime. 2155506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2156506f1d07SSam Ravnborg One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel 2157506f1d07SSam Ravnborg must live at a different physical address than the primary 2158506f1d07SSam Ravnborg kernel. 2159506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2160506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address 2161506f1d07SSam Ravnborg it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address 21628ab3820fSKees Cook (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is used as the minimum location. 2163506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 21648ab3820fSKees Cookconfig RANDOMIZE_BASE 2165e8581e3dSBaoquan He bool "Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR)" 21668ab3820fSKees Cook depends on RELOCATABLE 21676807c846SIngo Molnar default y 2168a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2169e8581e3dSBaoquan He In support of Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR), 2170e8581e3dSBaoquan He this randomizes the physical address at which the kernel image 2171e8581e3dSBaoquan He is decompressed and the virtual address where the kernel 2172e8581e3dSBaoquan He image is mapped, as a security feature that deters exploit 2173e8581e3dSBaoquan He attempts relying on knowledge of the location of kernel 2174e8581e3dSBaoquan He code internals. 2175e8581e3dSBaoquan He 2176ed9f007eSKees Cook On 64-bit, the kernel physical and virtual addresses are 2177ed9f007eSKees Cook randomized separately. The physical address will be anywhere 2178ed9f007eSKees Cook between 16MB and the top of physical memory (up to 64TB). The 2179ed9f007eSKees Cook virtual address will be randomized from 16MB up to 1GB (9 bits 2180ed9f007eSKees Cook of entropy). Note that this also reduces the memory space 2181ed9f007eSKees Cook available to kernel modules from 1.5GB to 1GB. 2182ed9f007eSKees Cook 2183ed9f007eSKees Cook On 32-bit, the kernel physical and virtual addresses are 2184ed9f007eSKees Cook randomized together. They will be randomized from 16MB up to 2185ed9f007eSKees Cook 512MB (8 bits of entropy). 21868ab3820fSKees Cook 2187a653f356SKees Cook Entropy is generated using the RDRAND instruction if it is 2188e8581e3dSBaoquan He supported. If RDTSC is supported, its value is mixed into 2189e8581e3dSBaoquan He the entropy pool as well. If neither RDRAND nor RDTSC are 2190ed9f007eSKees Cook supported, then entropy is read from the i8254 timer. The 2191ed9f007eSKees Cook usable entropy is limited by the kernel being built using 2192ed9f007eSKees Cook 2GB addressing, and that PHYSICAL_ALIGN must be at a 2193ed9f007eSKees Cook minimum of 2MB. As a result, only 10 bits of entropy are 2194ed9f007eSKees Cook theoretically possible, but the implementations are further 2195ed9f007eSKees Cook limited due to memory layouts. 2196e8581e3dSBaoquan He 21976807c846SIngo Molnar If unsure, say Y. 2198da2b6fb9SKees Cook 21998ab3820fSKees Cook# Relocation on x86 needs some additional build support 2200845adf72SH. Peter Anvinconfig X86_NEED_RELOCS 2201845adf72SH. Peter Anvin def_bool y 22028ab3820fSKees Cook depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE || (X86_32 && RELOCATABLE) 2203845adf72SH. Peter Anvin 2204506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig PHYSICAL_ALIGN 2205a0215061SKees Cook hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" 22068ab3820fSKees Cook default "0x200000" 2207a0215061SKees Cook range 0x2000 0x1000000 if X86_32 2208a0215061SKees Cook range 0x200000 0x1000000 if X86_64 2209a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2210506f1d07SSam Ravnborg This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address 2211506f1d07SSam Ravnborg where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an 2212506f1d07SSam Ravnborg address which meets above alignment restriction. 2213506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2214506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and 2215506f1d07SSam Ravnborg CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest 2216506f1d07SSam Ravnborg address aligned to above value and run from there. 2217506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2218506f1d07SSam Ravnborg If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and 2219506f1d07SSam Ravnborg CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time 2220506f1d07SSam Ravnborg load address and decompress itself to the address it has been 2221506f1d07SSam Ravnborg compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is 2222506f1d07SSam Ravnborg compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the 2223506f1d07SSam Ravnborg end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting 2224506f1d07SSam Ravnborg above alignment restrictions. 2225506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2226a0215061SKees Cook On 32-bit this value must be a multiple of 0x2000. On 64-bit 2227a0215061SKees Cook this value must be a multiple of 0x200000. 2228a0215061SKees Cook 2229506f1d07SSam Ravnborg Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. 2230506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2231eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemovconfig DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT 2232eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemov bool 2233a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2234eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemov This option makes base addresses of vmalloc and vmemmap as well as 2235eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemov __PAGE_OFFSET movable during boot. 2236eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemov 22370483e1faSThomas Garnierconfig RANDOMIZE_MEMORY 22380483e1faSThomas Garnier bool "Randomize the kernel memory sections" 22390483e1faSThomas Garnier depends on X86_64 22400483e1faSThomas Garnier depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE 2241eedb92abSKirill A. Shutemov select DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT 22420483e1faSThomas Garnier default RANDOMIZE_BASE 2243a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 22440483e1faSThomas Garnier Randomizes the base virtual address of kernel memory sections 22450483e1faSThomas Garnier (physical memory mapping, vmalloc & vmemmap). This security feature 22460483e1faSThomas Garnier makes exploits relying on predictable memory locations less reliable. 22470483e1faSThomas Garnier 22480483e1faSThomas Garnier The order of allocations remains unchanged. Entropy is generated in 22490483e1faSThomas Garnier the same way as RANDOMIZE_BASE. Current implementation in the optimal 22500483e1faSThomas Garnier configuration have in average 30,000 different possible virtual 22510483e1faSThomas Garnier addresses for each memory section. 22520483e1faSThomas Garnier 22536807c846SIngo Molnar If unsure, say Y. 22540483e1faSThomas Garnier 225590397a41SThomas Garnierconfig RANDOMIZE_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PADDING 225690397a41SThomas Garnier hex "Physical memory mapping padding" if EXPERT 225790397a41SThomas Garnier depends on RANDOMIZE_MEMORY 225890397a41SThomas Garnier default "0xa" if MEMORY_HOTPLUG 225990397a41SThomas Garnier default "0x0" 226090397a41SThomas Garnier range 0x1 0x40 if MEMORY_HOTPLUG 226190397a41SThomas Garnier range 0x0 0x40 2262a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 226390397a41SThomas Garnier Define the padding in terabytes added to the existing physical 226490397a41SThomas Garnier memory size during kernel memory randomization. It is useful 226590397a41SThomas Garnier for memory hotplug support but reduces the entropy available for 226690397a41SThomas Garnier address randomization. 226790397a41SThomas Garnier 226890397a41SThomas Garnier If unsure, leave at the default value. 226990397a41SThomas Garnier 22706449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemovconfig ADDRESS_MASKING 22716449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov bool "Linear Address Masking support" 22726449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov depends on X86_64 22736449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov help 22746449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov Linear Address Masking (LAM) modifies the checking that is applied 22756449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov to 64-bit linear addresses, allowing software to use of the 22766449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov untranslated address bits for metadata. 22776449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov 22786449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov The capability can be used for efficient address sanitizers (ASAN) 22796449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov implementation and for optimizations in JITs. 22806449dcb0SKirill A. Shutemov 2281506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig HOTPLUG_CPU 2282bebd024eSThomas Gleixner def_bool y 228340b31360SStephen Rothwell depends on SMP 2284506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2285506f1d07SSam Ravnborgconfig COMPAT_VDSO 2286b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski def_bool n 2287b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski prompt "Disable the 32-bit vDSO (needed for glibc 2.3.3)" 2288953fee1dSIngo Molnar depends on COMPAT_32 2289a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2290b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski Certain buggy versions of glibc will crash if they are 2291b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski presented with a 32-bit vDSO that is not mapped at the address 2292b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski indicated in its segment table. 2293e84446deSRandy Dunlap 2294b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski The bug was introduced by f866314b89d56845f55e6f365e18b31ec978ec3a 2295b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski and fixed by 3b3ddb4f7db98ec9e912ccdf54d35df4aa30e04a and 2296b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski 49ad572a70b8aeb91e57483a11dd1b77e31c4468. Glibc 2.3.3 is 2297b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski the only released version with the bug, but OpenSUSE 9 2298b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski contains a buggy "glibc 2.3.2". 2299506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 2300b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski The symptom of the bug is that everything crashes on startup, saying: 2301b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed! 2302b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski 2303b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski Saying Y here changes the default value of the vdso32 boot 2304b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski option from 1 to 0, which turns off the 32-bit vDSO entirely. 2305b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski This works around the glibc bug but hurts performance. 2306b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski 2307b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski If unsure, say N: if you are compiling your own kernel, you 2308b0b49f26SAndy Lutomirski are unlikely to be using a buggy version of glibc. 2309506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 23103dc33bd3SKees Cookchoice 23113dc33bd3SKees Cook prompt "vsyscall table for legacy applications" 23123dc33bd3SKees Cook depends on X86_64 2313625b7b7fSAndy Lutomirski default LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY 23143dc33bd3SKees Cook help 23153dc33bd3SKees Cook Legacy user code that does not know how to find the vDSO expects 23163dc33bd3SKees Cook to be able to issue three syscalls by calling fixed addresses in 23173dc33bd3SKees Cook kernel space. Since this location is not randomized with ASLR, 23183dc33bd3SKees Cook it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation. 23193dc33bd3SKees Cook 23203dc33bd3SKees Cook This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command 2321bf00745eSAndy Lutomirski line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|xonly|none]. Emulate mode 2322bf00745eSAndy Lutomirski is deprecated and can only be enabled using the kernel command 2323bf00745eSAndy Lutomirski line. 23243dc33bd3SKees Cook 23253dc33bd3SKees Cook On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no 23263dc33bd3SKees Cook static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty 23273dc33bd3SKees Cook to improve security. 23283dc33bd3SKees Cook 2329bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski If unsure, select "Emulate execution only". 23303dc33bd3SKees Cook 2331bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY 2332bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski bool "Emulate execution only" 2333bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski help 2334bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski The kernel traps and emulates calls into the fixed vsyscall 2335bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski address mapping and does not allow reads. This 2336bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski configuration is recommended when userspace might use the 2337bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski legacy vsyscall area but support for legacy binary 2338bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski instrumentation of legacy code is not needed. It mitigates 2339bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski certain uses of the vsyscall area as an ASLR-bypassing 2340bd49e16eSAndy Lutomirski buffer. 23413dc33bd3SKees Cook 23423dc33bd3SKees Cook config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE 23433dc33bd3SKees Cook bool "None" 23443dc33bd3SKees Cook help 23453dc33bd3SKees Cook There will be no vsyscall mapping at all. This will 23463dc33bd3SKees Cook eliminate any risk of ASLR bypass due to the vsyscall 23473dc33bd3SKees Cook fixed address mapping. Attempts to use the vsyscalls 23483dc33bd3SKees Cook will be reported to dmesg, so that either old or 23493dc33bd3SKees Cook malicious userspace programs can be identified. 23503dc33bd3SKees Cook 23513dc33bd3SKees Cookendchoice 23523dc33bd3SKees Cook 2353516cbf37STim Birdconfig CMDLINE_BOOL 2354516cbf37STim Bird bool "Built-in kernel command line" 2355a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2356516cbf37STim Bird Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at 2357516cbf37STim Bird build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is 2358516cbf37STim Bird necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the 2359516cbf37STim Bird kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is, 2360516cbf37STim Bird to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.) 2361516cbf37STim Bird 2362516cbf37STim Bird To compile command line arguments into the kernel, 2363516cbf37STim Bird set this option to 'Y', then fill in the 236469711ca1SSébastien Hinderer boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE. 2365516cbf37STim Bird 2366516cbf37STim Bird Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded) 2367516cbf37STim Bird should leave this option set to 'N'. 2368516cbf37STim Bird 2369516cbf37STim Birdconfig CMDLINE 2370516cbf37STim Bird string "Built-in kernel command string" 2371516cbf37STim Bird depends on CMDLINE_BOOL 2372516cbf37STim Bird default "" 2373a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2374516cbf37STim Bird Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel 2375516cbf37STim Bird image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a 2376516cbf37STim Bird command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to 2377516cbf37STim Bird form the full kernel command line, when the system boots. 2378516cbf37STim Bird 2379516cbf37STim Bird However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to 2380516cbf37STim Bird change this behavior. 2381516cbf37STim Bird 2382516cbf37STim Bird In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided 2383516cbf37STim Bird by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root 2384516cbf37STim Bird file system. 2385516cbf37STim Bird 2386516cbf37STim Birdconfig CMDLINE_OVERRIDE 2387516cbf37STim Bird bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments" 2388645e6466SAnders Roxell depends on CMDLINE_BOOL && CMDLINE != "" 2389a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2390516cbf37STim Bird Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader 2391516cbf37STim Bird command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line. 2392516cbf37STim Bird 2393516cbf37STim Bird This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should 2394516cbf37STim Bird be set to 'N' under normal conditions. 2395516cbf37STim Bird 2396a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirskiconfig MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL 2397a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski bool "Enable the LDT (local descriptor table)" if EXPERT 2398a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski default y 2399a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2400a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski Linux can allow user programs to install a per-process x86 2401a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski Local Descriptor Table (LDT) using the modify_ldt(2) system 2402a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski call. This is required to run 16-bit or segmented code such as 2403a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski DOSEMU or some Wine programs. It is also used by some very old 2404a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski threading libraries. 2405a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski 2406a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski Enabling this feature adds a small amount of overhead to 2407a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski context switches and increases the low-level kernel attack 2408a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski surface. Disabling it removes the modify_ldt(2) system call. 2409a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski 2410a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski Saying 'N' here may make sense for embedded or server kernels. 2411a5b9e5a2SAndy Lutomirski 24123aac3ebeSThomas Gleixnerconfig STRICT_SIGALTSTACK_SIZE 24133aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner bool "Enforce strict size checking for sigaltstack" 24143aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner depends on DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME 24153aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner help 24163aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner For historical reasons MINSIGSTKSZ is a constant which became 24173aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner already too small with AVX512 support. Add a mechanism to 24183aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner enforce strict checking of the sigaltstack size against the 24193aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner real size of the FPU frame. This option enables the check 24203aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner by default. It can also be controlled via the kernel command 24213aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner line option 'strict_sas_size' independent of this config 24223aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner switch. Enabling it might break existing applications which 24233aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner allocate a too small sigaltstack but 'work' because they 24243aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner never get a signal delivered. 24253aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner 24263aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner Say 'N' unless you want to really enforce this check. 24273aac3ebeSThomas Gleixner 2428b700e7f0SSeth Jenningssource "kernel/livepatch/Kconfig" 2429b700e7f0SSeth Jennings 2430506f1d07SSam Ravnborgendmenu 2431506f1d07SSam Ravnborg 24321ca3683cSUros Bizjakconfig CC_HAS_NAMED_AS 2433*47ff30ccSUros Bizjak def_bool $(success,echo 'int __seg_fs fs; int __seg_gs gs;' | $(CC) -x c - -S -o /dev/null) 2434*47ff30ccSUros Bizjak depends on CC_IS_GCC 24351ca3683cSUros Bizjak 24369ebe5500SUros Bizjakconfig CC_HAS_NAMED_AS_FIXED_SANITIZERS 2437f61f02d1SUros Bizjak def_bool CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION >= 130300 24381ca3683cSUros Bizjak 24391ca3683cSUros Bizjakconfig USE_X86_SEG_SUPPORT 24401ca3683cSUros Bizjak def_bool y 2441e29aad08SUros Bizjak depends on CC_HAS_NAMED_AS 2442e29aad08SUros Bizjak # 24439ebe5500SUros Bizjak # -fsanitize=kernel-address (KASAN) and -fsanitize=thread 24449ebe5500SUros Bizjak # (KCSAN) are incompatible with named address spaces with 24459ebe5500SUros Bizjak # GCC < 13.3 - see GCC PR sanitizer/111736. 2446e29aad08SUros Bizjak # 24479ebe5500SUros Bizjak depends on !(KASAN || KCSAN) || CC_HAS_NAMED_AS_FIXED_SANITIZERS 24481ca3683cSUros Bizjak 2449f43b9876SPeter Zijlstraconfig CC_HAS_SLS 2450f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra def_bool $(cc-option,-mharden-sls=all) 2451f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2452f43b9876SPeter Zijlstraconfig CC_HAS_RETURN_THUNK 2453f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra def_bool $(cc-option,-mfunction-return=thunk-extern) 2454f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2455bea75b33SThomas Gleixnerconfig CC_HAS_ENTRY_PADDING 2456bea75b33SThomas Gleixner def_bool $(cc-option,-fpatchable-function-entry=16,16) 2457bea75b33SThomas Gleixner 2458bea75b33SThomas Gleixnerconfig FUNCTION_PADDING_CFI 2459bea75b33SThomas Gleixner int 2460bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default 59 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_64B 2461bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default 27 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_32B 2462bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default 11 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B 2463bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default 3 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_8B 2464bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default 0 2465bea75b33SThomas Gleixner 2466bea75b33SThomas Gleixner# Basically: FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT - 5*CFI_CLANG 2467bea75b33SThomas Gleixner# except Kconfig can't do arithmetic :/ 2468bea75b33SThomas Gleixnerconfig FUNCTION_PADDING_BYTES 2469bea75b33SThomas Gleixner int 2470bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default FUNCTION_PADDING_CFI if CFI_CLANG 2471bea75b33SThomas Gleixner default FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT 2472bea75b33SThomas Gleixner 2473931ab636SPeter Zijlstraconfig CALL_PADDING 2474931ab636SPeter Zijlstra def_bool n 2475931ab636SPeter Zijlstra depends on CC_HAS_ENTRY_PADDING && OBJTOOL 2476931ab636SPeter Zijlstra select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B 2477931ab636SPeter Zijlstra 2478931ab636SPeter Zijlstraconfig FINEIBT 2479931ab636SPeter Zijlstra def_bool y 2480aefb2f2eSBreno Leitao depends on X86_KERNEL_IBT && CFI_CLANG && MITIGATION_RETPOLINE 2481931ab636SPeter Zijlstra select CALL_PADDING 2482931ab636SPeter Zijlstra 24838f7c0d8bSThomas Gleixnerconfig HAVE_CALL_THUNKS 24848f7c0d8bSThomas Gleixner def_bool y 24850911b8c5SBreno Leitao depends on CC_HAS_ENTRY_PADDING && MITIGATION_RETHUNK && OBJTOOL 24868f7c0d8bSThomas Gleixner 24878f7c0d8bSThomas Gleixnerconfig CALL_THUNKS 24888f7c0d8bSThomas Gleixner def_bool n 2489931ab636SPeter Zijlstra select CALL_PADDING 24908f7c0d8bSThomas Gleixner 2491b341b20dSPeter Zijlstraconfig PREFIX_SYMBOLS 2492b341b20dSPeter Zijlstra def_bool y 2493931ab636SPeter Zijlstra depends on CALL_PADDING && !CFI_CLANG 2494b341b20dSPeter Zijlstra 2495fe42754bSSean Christophersonmenuconfig CPU_MITIGATIONS 2496fe42754bSSean Christopherson bool "Mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities" 2497f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default y 2498f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2499fe42754bSSean Christopherson Say Y here to enable options which enable mitigations for hardware 2500fe42754bSSean Christopherson vulnerabilities (usually related to speculative execution). 2501ce0abef6SSean Christopherson Mitigations can be disabled or restricted to SMT systems at runtime 2502ce0abef6SSean Christopherson via the "mitigations" kernel parameter. 2503f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2504ce0abef6SSean Christopherson If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled. This CANNOT be 2505ce0abef6SSean Christopherson overridden at runtime. 2506ce0abef6SSean Christopherson 2507ce0abef6SSean Christopherson Say 'Y', unless you really know what you are doing. 2508f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2509fe42754bSSean Christophersonif CPU_MITIGATIONS 2510f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2511ea4654e0SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION 2512f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Remove the kernel mapping in user mode" 2513f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default y 2514f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra depends on (X86_64 || X86_PAE) 2515f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2516f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra This feature reduces the number of hardware side channels by 2517f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra ensuring that the majority of kernel addresses are not mapped 2518f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra into userspace. 2519f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2520ff61f079SJonathan Corbet See Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst for more details. 2521f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2522aefb2f2eSBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_RETPOLINE 2523f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Avoid speculative indirect branches in kernel" 2524f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra select OBJTOOL if HAVE_OBJTOOL 2525f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default y 2526f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2527f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Compile kernel with the retpoline compiler options to guard against 2528f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding speculative indirect 2529f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra branches. Requires a compiler with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern 2530f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra support for full protection. The kernel may run slower. 2531f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 25320911b8c5SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_RETHUNK 2533f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Enable return-thunks" 2534aefb2f2eSBreno Leitao depends on MITIGATION_RETPOLINE && CC_HAS_RETURN_THUNK 2535f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra select OBJTOOL if HAVE_OBJTOOL 2536b648ab48SBen Hutchings default y if X86_64 2537f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2538f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Compile the kernel with the return-thunks compiler option to guard 2539f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra against kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding return speculation. 2540f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Requires a compiler with -mfunction-return=thunk-extern 2541f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra support for full protection. The kernel may run slower. 2542f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2543ac61d439SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY 2544f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Enable UNRET on kernel entry" 25450911b8c5SBreno Leitao depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && MITIGATION_RETHUNK && X86_64 2546f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default y 2547f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2548f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Compile the kernel with support for the retbleed=unret mitigation. 2549f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 25505fa31af3SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING 255180e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner bool "Mitigate RSB underflow with call depth tracking" 255280e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && HAVE_CALL_THUNKS 255380e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE 255480e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner select CALL_THUNKS 255580e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner default y 255680e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner help 255780e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner Compile the kernel with call depth tracking to mitigate the Intel 255880e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner SKL Return-Speculation-Buffer (RSB) underflow issue. The 255980e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner mitigation is off by default and needs to be enabled on the 256080e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner kernel command line via the retbleed=stuff option. For 256180e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner non-affected systems the overhead of this option is marginal as 256280e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner the call depth tracking is using run-time generated call thunks 256380e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner in a compiler generated padding area and call patching. This 256480e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner increases text size by ~5%. For non affected systems this space 256580e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner is unused. On affected SKL systems this results in a significant 256680e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner performance gain over the IBRS mitigation. 256780e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner 2568e81dc127SThomas Gleixnerconfig CALL_THUNKS_DEBUG 2569e81dc127SThomas Gleixner bool "Enable call thunks and call depth tracking debugging" 25705fa31af3SBreno Leitao depends on MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING 2571e81dc127SThomas Gleixner select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_32B 2572e81dc127SThomas Gleixner default n 2573e81dc127SThomas Gleixner help 2574e81dc127SThomas Gleixner Enable call/ret counters for imbalance detection and build in 2575e81dc127SThomas Gleixner a noisy dmesg about callthunks generation and call patching for 2576e81dc127SThomas Gleixner trouble shooting. The debug prints need to be enabled on the 2577e81dc127SThomas Gleixner kernel command line with 'debug-callthunks'. 257854628de6SRandy Dunlap Only enable this when you are debugging call thunks as this 257954628de6SRandy Dunlap creates a noticeable runtime overhead. If unsure say N. 258080e4c1cdSThomas Gleixner 2581e0b8fcfaSBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY 2582f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Enable IBPB on kernel entry" 2583b648ab48SBen Hutchings depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && X86_64 2584f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default y 2585f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2586f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Compile the kernel with support for the retbleed=ibpb mitigation. 2587f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 25881da8d217SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY 2589f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Enable IBRS on kernel entry" 2590b648ab48SBen Hutchings depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64 2591f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default y 2592f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2593f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Compile the kernel with support for the spectre_v2=ibrs mitigation. 2594f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra This mitigates both spectre_v2 and retbleed at great cost to 2595f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra performance. 2596f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2597a033eec9SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_SRSO 2598fb3bd914SBorislav Petkov (AMD) bool "Mitigate speculative RAS overflow on AMD" 25990911b8c5SBreno Leitao depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && X86_64 && MITIGATION_RETHUNK 2600fb3bd914SBorislav Petkov (AMD) default y 2601fb3bd914SBorislav Petkov (AMD) help 2602fb3bd914SBorislav Petkov (AMD) Enable the SRSO mitigation needed on AMD Zen1-4 machines. 2603fb3bd914SBorislav Petkov (AMD) 26047b75782fSBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_SLS 2605f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra bool "Mitigate Straight-Line-Speculation" 2606f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra depends on CC_HAS_SLS && X86_64 2607f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra select OBJTOOL if HAVE_OBJTOOL 2608f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra default n 2609f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra help 2610f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra Compile the kernel with straight-line-speculation options to guard 2611f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra against straight line speculation. The kernel image might be slightly 2612f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra larger. 2613f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 2614be83e809SBreno Leitaoconfig MITIGATION_GDS_FORCE 261553cf5797SDaniel Sneddon bool "Force GDS Mitigation" 261653cf5797SDaniel Sneddon depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL 261753cf5797SDaniel Sneddon default n 261853cf5797SDaniel Sneddon help 261953cf5797SDaniel Sneddon Gather Data Sampling (GDS) is a hardware vulnerability which allows 262053cf5797SDaniel Sneddon unprivileged speculative access to data which was previously stored in 262153cf5797SDaniel Sneddon vector registers. 262253cf5797SDaniel Sneddon 262353cf5797SDaniel Sneddon This option is equivalent to setting gather_data_sampling=force on the 262453cf5797SDaniel Sneddon command line. The microcode mitigation is used if present, otherwise 262553cf5797SDaniel Sneddon AVX is disabled as a mitigation. On affected systems that are missing 262653cf5797SDaniel Sneddon the microcode any userspace code that unconditionally uses AVX will 262753cf5797SDaniel Sneddon break with this option set. 262853cf5797SDaniel Sneddon 262953cf5797SDaniel Sneddon Setting this option on systems not vulnerable to GDS has no effect. 263053cf5797SDaniel Sneddon 263153cf5797SDaniel Sneddon If in doubt, say N. 263253cf5797SDaniel Sneddon 26338076fcdeSPawan Guptaconfig MITIGATION_RFDS 26348076fcdeSPawan Gupta bool "RFDS Mitigation" 26358076fcdeSPawan Gupta depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL 26368076fcdeSPawan Gupta default y 26378076fcdeSPawan Gupta help 26388076fcdeSPawan Gupta Enable mitigation for Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) by default. 26398076fcdeSPawan Gupta RFDS is a hardware vulnerability which affects Intel Atom CPUs. It 26408076fcdeSPawan Gupta allows unprivileged speculative access to stale data previously 26418076fcdeSPawan Gupta stored in floating point, vector and integer registers. 26428076fcdeSPawan Gupta See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst> 26438076fcdeSPawan Gupta 26444f511739SJosh Poimboeufconfig MITIGATION_SPECTRE_BHI 26454f511739SJosh Poimboeuf bool "Mitigate Spectre-BHB (Branch History Injection)" 2646ec9404e4SPawan Gupta depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL 26474f511739SJosh Poimboeuf default y 2648ec9404e4SPawan Gupta help 2649ec9404e4SPawan Gupta Enable BHI mitigations. BHI attacks are a form of Spectre V2 attacks 2650ec9404e4SPawan Gupta where the branch history buffer is poisoned to speculatively steer 2651ec9404e4SPawan Gupta indirect branches. 2652ec9404e4SPawan Gupta See <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst> 2653ec9404e4SPawan Gupta 2654f43b9876SPeter Zijlstraendif 2655f43b9876SPeter Zijlstra 26563072e413SMichal Hockoconfig ARCH_HAS_ADD_PAGES 26573072e413SMichal Hocko def_bool y 26585c11f00bSDavid Hildenbrand depends on ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG 26593072e413SMichal Hocko 2660da85f865SBjorn Helgaasmenu "Power management and ACPI options" 2661e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2662e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER 26633c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 266444556530SZhimin Gu depends on HIBERNATION 2665e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2666e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgsource "kernel/power/Kconfig" 2667e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2668e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgsource "drivers/acpi/Kconfig" 2669e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2670a6b68076SAndi Kleenconfig X86_APM_BOOT 26716fc108a0SJan Beulich def_bool y 2672282e5aabSPaul Bolle depends on APM 2673a6b68076SAndi Kleen 2674e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgmenuconfig APM 2675e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support" 2676efefa6f6SIngo Molnar depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP 2677a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2678e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different 2679e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with 2680e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be 2681e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide 2682e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg battery status information, and user-space programs will receive 2683e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change). 2684e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2685e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM 2686e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time. 2687e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2688e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for 2689e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg machines with more than one CPU. 2690e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2691e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location 2692151f4e2bSMauro Carvalho Chehab and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/apm-acpi.rst> 26932dc98fd3SMichael Witten and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from 2694e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 2695e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2696e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8) 2697e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off 2698e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg VESA-compliant "green" monitors. 2699e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2700e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER 2701e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green" 2702e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver 2703e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase. 2704e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2705e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't 2706e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get 2707e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to 2708e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling 2709e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg APM in your BIOS). 2710e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2711e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random, 2712e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg "weird" problems: 2713e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2714e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is 2715e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg enabled. 27167987448fSStephen Kitt 2) pass the "idle=poll" option to the kernel 2717e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass 2718e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg the "no387" option to the kernel 2719e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel 2720e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling 2721e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg all but the first 4 MB of RAM) 2722e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked. 2723e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/> 2724e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings 2725e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM 2726e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 10) install a better fan for the CPU 2727e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 11) exchange RAM chips 2728e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 12) exchange the motherboard. 2729e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2730e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 2731e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg module will be called apm. 2732e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2733e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgif APM 2734e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2735e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND 2736e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND" 2737a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2738e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a 2739e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M 2740e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug. 2741e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2742e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig APM_DO_ENABLE 2743e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "Enable PM at boot time" 2744a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2745e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS 2746e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically 2747e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend 2748e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls." 2749e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this 2750e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This 2751e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features 2752e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn 2753e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM 2754e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn 2755e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba 2756e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without 2757e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg this feature. 2758e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2759e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig APM_CPU_IDLE 2760dd8af076SLen Brown depends on CPU_IDLE 2761e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle" 2762a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2763e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop. 2764e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as 2765e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls 2766e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g., 2767e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or 2768e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU, 2769e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg this option does nothing.) 2770e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2771e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig APM_DISPLAY_BLANK 2772e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "Enable console blanking using APM" 2773a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2774e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to 2775e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux 2776e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by 2777e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight 2778e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to 2779e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this 2780e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your 2781e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console, 2782e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg especially if you are using gpm. 2783e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2784e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig APM_ALLOW_INTS 2785e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls" 2786a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2787e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to 2788e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving 2789e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it 2790e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in 2791e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you 2792e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N. 2793e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2794e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgendif # APM 2795e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2796bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig" 2797e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2798e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgsource "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig" 2799e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 280027471fdbSAndy Henroidsource "drivers/idle/Kconfig" 280127471fdbSAndy Henroid 2802e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgendmenu 2803e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2804e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgmenu "Bus options (PCI etc.)" 2805e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2806e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgchoice 2807e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg prompt "PCI access mode" 2808efefa6f6SIngo Molnar depends on X86_32 && PCI 2809e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg default PCI_GOANY 2810a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2811e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and 2812e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards 2813e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded 2814e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to 2815e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS. 2816e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2817e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the 2818e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used, 2819e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you 2820e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used. 2821e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the 2822e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't 2823e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any". 2824e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2825e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig PCI_GOBIOS 2826e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "BIOS" 2827e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2828e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig PCI_GOMMCONFIG 2829e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "MMConfig" 2830e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2831e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig PCI_GODIRECT 2832e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "Direct" 2833e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 28343ef0e1f8SAndres Salomonconfig PCI_GOOLPC 283576fb6570SDaniel Drake bool "OLPC XO-1" 28363ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon depends on OLPC 28373ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon 28382bdd1b03SAndres Salomonconfig PCI_GOANY 28392bdd1b03SAndres Salomon bool "Any" 28402bdd1b03SAndres Salomon 2841e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgendchoice 2842e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2843e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig PCI_BIOS 28443c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 2845efefa6f6SIngo Molnar depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY) 2846e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2847e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg# x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct. 2848e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig PCI_DIRECT 28493c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 28500aba496fSShaohua Li depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOMMCONFIG)) 2851e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2852e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig PCI_MMCONFIG 2853b45c9f36SJan Kiszka bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access" if X86_64 2854b45c9f36SJan Kiszka default y 28554590d98fSAndy Shevchenko depends on PCI && (ACPI || JAILHOUSE_GUEST) 2856b45c9f36SJan Kiszka depends on X86_64 || (PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOMMCONFIG) 2857e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 28583ef0e1f8SAndres Salomonconfig PCI_OLPC 28592bdd1b03SAndres Salomon def_bool y 28602bdd1b03SAndres Salomon depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY) 28613ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon 2862b5401a96SAlex Nixonconfig PCI_XEN 2863b5401a96SAlex Nixon def_bool y 2864b5401a96SAlex Nixon depends on PCI && XEN 2865b5401a96SAlex Nixon 28668364e1f8SJan Kiszkaconfig MMCONF_FAM10H 28678364e1f8SJan Kiszka def_bool y 28688364e1f8SJan Kiszka depends on X86_64 && PCI_MMCONFIG && ACPI 2869e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 28703f6ea84aSIra W. Snyderconfig PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK 28716a108a14SDavid Rientjes bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT 28726ea30386SKees Cook depends on PCI 28733f6ea84aSIra W. Snyder help 28743f6ea84aSIra W. Snyder Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows 28753f6ea84aSIra W. Snyder PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do 28763f6ea84aSIra W. Snyder not have ACPI. 28773f6ea84aSIra W. Snyder 287864a5fed6SBjorn Helgaas There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality 287964a5fed6SBjorn Helgaas is known to be incomplete. 288064a5fed6SBjorn Helgaas 288164a5fed6SBjorn Helgaas You should say N unless you know you need this. 288264a5fed6SBjorn Helgaas 28833a495511SWilliam Breathitt Grayconfig ISA_BUS 288417a2a129SWilliam Breathitt Gray bool "ISA bus support on modern systems" if EXPERT 28853a495511SWilliam Breathitt Gray help 288617a2a129SWilliam Breathitt Gray Expose ISA bus device drivers and options available for selection and 288717a2a129SWilliam Breathitt Gray configuration. Enable this option if your target machine has an ISA 288817a2a129SWilliam Breathitt Gray bus. ISA is an older system, displaced by PCI and newer bus 288917a2a129SWilliam Breathitt Gray architectures -- if your target machine is modern, it probably does 289017a2a129SWilliam Breathitt Gray not have an ISA bus. 28913a495511SWilliam Breathitt Gray 28923a495511SWilliam Breathitt Gray If unsure, say N. 28933a495511SWilliam Breathitt Gray 28941c00f016SDavid Rientjes# x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA. 2895e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig ISA_DMA_API 28961c00f016SDavid Rientjes bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT) 28971c00f016SDavid Rientjes default y 28981c00f016SDavid Rientjes help 28991c00f016SDavid Rientjes Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers. 29001c00f016SDavid Rientjes If unsure, say Y. 2901e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 290251e68d05SLinus Torvaldsif X86_32 290351e68d05SLinus Torvalds 2904e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig ISA 2905e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "ISA support" 2906a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2907e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the 2908e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff 2909e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel 2910e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI; 2911e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N. 2912e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2913e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig SCx200 2914e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support" 2915a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2916e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's 2917e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the 2918e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency 2919e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg for other scx200_* drivers. 2920e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2921e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200. 2922e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2923e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig SCx200HR_TIMER 2924e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support" 2925592913ecSJohn Stultz depends on SCx200 2926e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg default y 2927a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2928e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip 2929e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for 2930e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the 2931e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The 2932e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg other workaround is idle=poll boot option. 2933e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 29343ef0e1f8SAndres Salomonconfig OLPC 29353ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon bool "One Laptop Per Child support" 293654008979SThomas Gleixner depends on !X86_PAE 29373c554946SAndres Salomon select GPIOLIB 2938dc3119e7SThomas Gleixner select OF 293945bb1674SDaniel Drake select OF_PROMTREE 2940b4e51854SGrant Likely select IRQ_DOMAIN 29410c3d931bSLubomir Rintel select OLPC_EC 2942a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 29433ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC 29443ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon XO hardware. 29453ef0e1f8SAndres Salomon 2946a3128588SDaniel Drakeconfig OLPC_XO1_PM 2947a3128588SDaniel Drake bool "OLPC XO-1 Power Management" 2948fa112cf1SBorislav Petkov depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535=y && PM_SLEEP 2949a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 295097c4cb71SDaniel Drake Add support for poweroff and suspend of the OLPC XO-1 laptop. 2951bf1ebf00SDaniel Drake 2952cfee9597SDaniel Drakeconfig OLPC_XO1_RTC 2953cfee9597SDaniel Drake bool "OLPC XO-1 Real Time Clock" 2954cfee9597SDaniel Drake depends on OLPC_XO1_PM && RTC_DRV_CMOS 2955a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2956cfee9597SDaniel Drake Add support for the XO-1 real time clock, which can be used as a 2957cfee9597SDaniel Drake programmable wakeup source. 2958cfee9597SDaniel Drake 29597feda8e9SDaniel Drakeconfig OLPC_XO1_SCI 29607feda8e9SDaniel Drake bool "OLPC XO-1 SCI extras" 296192e830f2SArnd Bergmann depends on OLPC && OLPC_XO1_PM && GPIO_CS5535=y 2962ed8e47feSRandy Dunlap depends on INPUT=y 2963d8d01a63SDaniel Drake select POWER_SUPPLY 2964a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 29657feda8e9SDaniel Drake Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop: 29667bc74b3dSDaniel Drake - EC-driven system wakeups 29677feda8e9SDaniel Drake - Power button 29687bc74b3dSDaniel Drake - Ebook switch 29692cf2baeaSDaniel Drake - Lid switch 2970e1040ac6SDaniel Drake - AC adapter status updates 2971e1040ac6SDaniel Drake - Battery status updates 29727feda8e9SDaniel Drake 2973a0f30f59SDaniel Drakeconfig OLPC_XO15_SCI 2974a0f30f59SDaniel Drake bool "OLPC XO-1.5 SCI extras" 2975d8d01a63SDaniel Drake depends on OLPC && ACPI 2976d8d01a63SDaniel Drake select POWER_SUPPLY 2977a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2978a0f30f59SDaniel Drake Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop: 2979a0f30f59SDaniel Drake - EC-driven system wakeups 2980a0f30f59SDaniel Drake - AC adapter status updates 2981a0f30f59SDaniel Drake - Battery status updates 2982e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 2983d4f3e350SEd Wildgooseconfig ALIX 2984d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose bool "PCEngines ALIX System Support (LED setup)" 2985d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose select GPIOLIB 2986a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2987d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose This option enables system support for the PCEngines ALIX. 2988d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose At present this just sets up LEDs for GPIO control on 2989d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose ALIX2/3/6 boards. However, other system specific setup should 2990d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose get added here. 2991d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose 2992d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose Note: You must still enable the drivers for GPIO and LED support 2993d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose (GPIO_CS5535 & LEDS_GPIO) to actually use the LEDs 2994d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose 2995d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose Note: You have to set alix.force=1 for boards with Award BIOS. 2996d4f3e350SEd Wildgoose 2997da4e3302SPhilip Prindevilleconfig NET5501 2998da4e3302SPhilip Prindeville bool "Soekris Engineering net5501 System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)" 2999da4e3302SPhilip Prindeville select GPIOLIB 3000a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 3001da4e3302SPhilip Prindeville This option enables system support for the Soekris Engineering net5501. 3002da4e3302SPhilip Prindeville 30033197059aSPhilip A. Prindevilleconfig GEOS 30043197059aSPhilip A. Prindeville bool "Traverse Technologies GEOS System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)" 30053197059aSPhilip A. Prindeville select GPIOLIB 30063197059aSPhilip A. Prindeville depends on DMI 3007a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 30083197059aSPhilip A. Prindeville This option enables system support for the Traverse Technologies GEOS. 30093197059aSPhilip A. Prindeville 30107d029125SVivien Didelotconfig TS5500 30117d029125SVivien Didelot bool "Technologic Systems TS-5500 platform support" 30127d029125SVivien Didelot depends on MELAN 30137d029125SVivien Didelot select CHECK_SIGNATURE 30147d029125SVivien Didelot select NEW_LEDS 30157d029125SVivien Didelot select LEDS_CLASS 3016a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 30177d029125SVivien Didelot This option enables system support for the Technologic Systems TS-5500. 30187d029125SVivien Didelot 3019e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgendif # X86_32 3020e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 302123ac4ae8SAndreas Herrmannconfig AMD_NB 3022e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg def_bool y 30230e152cd7SBorislav Petkov depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI 3024e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 3025e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgendmenu 3026e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 30271572497cSChristoph Hellwigmenu "Binary Emulations" 3028e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 3029e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig IA32_EMULATION 3030e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg bool "IA32 Emulation" 3031e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg depends on X86_64 303239f88911SIngo Molnar select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC 3033d1603990SRandy Dunlap select BINFMT_ELF 303439f88911SIngo Molnar select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION 3035a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 30365fd92e65SH. J. Lu Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a 30375fd92e65SH. J. Lu 64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're 30385fd92e65SH. J. Lu 100% sure that you don't have any 32-bit programs left. 3039e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 3040a11e0975SNikolay Borisovconfig IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED 3041a11e0975SNikolay Borisov bool "IA32 emulation disabled by default" 3042a11e0975SNikolay Borisov default n 3043a11e0975SNikolay Borisov depends on IA32_EMULATION 3044a11e0975SNikolay Borisov help 3045a11e0975SNikolay Borisov Make IA32 emulation disabled by default. This prevents loading 32-bit 3046a11e0975SNikolay Borisov processes and access to 32-bit syscalls. If unsure, leave it to its 3047a11e0975SNikolay Borisov default value. 3048a11e0975SNikolay Borisov 304983a44a4fSMasahiro Yamadaconfig X86_X32_ABI 30506ea30386SKees Cook bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode" 30519b54050bSBrian Gerst depends on X86_64 3052aaeed6ecSNathan Chancellor # llvm-objcopy does not convert x86_64 .note.gnu.property or 3053aaeed6ecSNathan Chancellor # compressed debug sections to x86_x32 properly: 3054aaeed6ecSNathan Chancellor # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/514 3055aaeed6ecSNathan Chancellor # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1141 3056aaeed6ecSNathan Chancellor depends on $(success,$(OBJCOPY) --version | head -n1 | grep -qv llvm) 3057a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 30585fd92e65SH. J. Lu Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI 30595fd92e65SH. J. Lu for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the 30605fd92e65SH. J. Lu full 64-bit register file and wide data path while leaving 30615fd92e65SH. J. Lu pointers at 32 bits for smaller memory footprint. 30625fd92e65SH. J. Lu 3063953fee1dSIngo Molnarconfig COMPAT_32 3064953fee1dSIngo Molnar def_bool y 3065953fee1dSIngo Molnar depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_32 3066953fee1dSIngo Molnar select HAVE_UID16 3067953fee1dSIngo Molnar select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3 3068953fee1dSIngo Molnar 3069e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig COMPAT 30703c2362e6SHarvey Harrison def_bool y 307183a44a4fSMasahiro Yamada depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32_ABI 3072e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 3073e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgconfig COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT 30743120e25eSJan Beulich def_bool y 3075a9251280SLinus Torvalds depends on COMPAT 3076ee009e4aSDavid Howells 3077e279b6c1SSam Ravnborgendmenu 3078e279b6c1SSam Ravnborg 3079e5beae16SKeith Packardconfig HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP 3080e5beae16SKeith Packard def_bool y 3081e5beae16SKeith Packard depends on X86_32 3082e5beae16SKeith Packard 3083edf88417SAvi Kivitysource "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig" 30845e8ebd84SJason A. Donenfeld 30855e8ebd84SJason A. Donenfeldsource "arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler" 3086