11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file, 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt. 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 61da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MMU 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1066701b14SChristoph Lameterconfig ZONE_DMA 11118bcd31SHeiko Carstens def_bool y 12118bcd31SHeiko Carstens depends on 64BIT 1366701b14SChristoph Lameter 142b105ff9SIngo Molnarconfig LOCKDEP_SUPPORT 152b105ff9SIngo Molnar bool 162b105ff9SIngo Molnar default y 172b105ff9SIngo Molnar 185bdc9b44SHeiko Carstensconfig STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 195bdc9b44SHeiko Carstens bool 205bdc9b44SHeiko Carstens default y 215bdc9b44SHeiko Carstens 221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29f0d1b0b3SDavid Howellsconfig ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32 30f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells bool 31f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells default n 32f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells 33f0d1b0b3SDavid Howellsconfig ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64 34f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells bool 35f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells default n 36f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells 377e33db4eSAkinobu Mitaconfig GENERIC_HWEIGHT 387e33db4eSAkinobu Mita bool 397e33db4eSAkinobu Mita default y 407e33db4eSAkinobu Mita 41dc64bef5SMartin Schwidefskyconfig GENERIC_TIME 42dc64bef5SMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 43dc64bef5SMartin Schwidefsky 44c0007f1aSHeiko Carstensconfig GENERIC_BUG 45c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens bool 46c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens depends on BUG 47c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens default y 48c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens 4923db764dSAl Viroconfig NO_IOMEM 505ea81769SAl Viro def_bool y 515ea81769SAl Viro 521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration" 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 54347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefskyconfig S390 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 581da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "init/Kconfig" 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Base setup" 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 621da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Processor type and features" 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 64347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefskyconfig 64BIT 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "64 bit kernel" 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you have a 64 bit IBM zSeries machine 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds and want to use the 64 bit addressing mode. 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 70d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefskyconfig 32BIT 71d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefsky bool 72d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefsky default y if !64BIT 73d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefsky 741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMP 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Symmetric multi-processing support" 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y. 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all, 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds will run faster if you say N here. 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds available at <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Even if you don't know what to do here, say Y. 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NR_CPUS 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-64)" 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds range 2 64 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SMP 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "32" 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 64 and the 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds minimum value which makes sense is 2. 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds approximately sixteen kilobytes to the kernel image. 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HOTPLUG_CPU 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs" 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SMP 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds select HOTPLUG 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to be able to turn CPUs off and on. CPUs 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug. 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1154bbf39c2SIngo Molnarconfig DEFAULT_MIGRATION_COST 1164bbf39c2SIngo Molnar int 1174bbf39c2SIngo Molnar default "1000000" 1184bbf39c2SIngo Molnar 1191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MATHEMU 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IEEE FPU emulation" 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MARCH_G5 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option is required for IEEE compliant floating point arithmetic 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds on older S/390 machines. Say Y unless you know your machine doesn't 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this. 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 127347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefskyconfig COMPAT 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Kernel support for 31 bit emulation" 129347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefsky depends on 64BIT 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you want to enable your system kernel to 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds handle system-calls from ELF binaries for 31 bit ESA. This option 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds (and some other stuff like libraries and such) is needed for 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds executing 31 bit applications. It is safe to say "Y". 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYSVIPC_COMPAT 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 141e65e1fc2SAl Viroconfig AUDIT_ARCH 142e65e1fc2SAl Viro bool 143e65e1fc2SAl Viro default y 144e65e1fc2SAl Viro 145c1821c2eSGerald Schaeferconfig S390_SWITCH_AMODE 146c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer bool "Switch kernel/user addressing modes" 147c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer help 148c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer This option allows to switch the addressing modes of kernel and user 149c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer space. The kernel parameter switch_amode=on will enable this feature, 150c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer default is disabled. Enabling this (via kernel parameter) on machines 151c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer earlier than IBM System z9-109 EC/BC will reduce system performance. 152c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 153c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer Note that this option will also be selected by selecting the execute 154c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer protection option below. Enabling the execute protection via the 155c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer noexec kernel parameter will also switch the addressing modes, 156c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer independent of the switch_amode kernel parameter. 157c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 158c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 159c1821c2eSGerald Schaeferconfig S390_EXEC_PROTECT 160c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer bool "Data execute protection" 161c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer select S390_SWITCH_AMODE 162c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer help 163c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer This option allows to enable a buffer overflow protection for user 164c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer space programs and it also selects the addressing mode option above. 165c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer The kernel parameter noexec=on will enable this feature and also 166c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer switch the addressing modes, default is disabled. Enabling this (via 167c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer kernel parameter) on machines earlier than IBM System z9-109 EC/BC 168c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer will reduce system performance. 169c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 1701da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Code generation options" 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1721da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Processor type" 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds default MARCH_G5 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MARCH_G5 1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "S/390 model G5 and G6" 178347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefsky depends on !64BIT 1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this to build a 31 bit kernel that works 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds on all S/390 and zSeries machines. 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MARCH_Z900 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IBM eServer zSeries model z800 and z900" 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this to optimize for zSeries machines. This 1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will enable some optimizations that are not available 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds on older 31 bit only CPUs. 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MARCH_Z990 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IBM eServer zSeries model z890 and z990" 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this enable optimizations for model z890/z990. 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds This will be slightly faster but does not work on 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds older machines such as the z900. 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1970efa4703SChristian Borntraegerconfig MARCH_Z9_109 1980efa4703SChristian Borntraeger bool "IBM System z9" 1990efa4703SChristian Borntraeger help 2000efa4703SChristian Borntraeger Select this to enable optimizations for IBM System z9-109, IBM 2010efa4703SChristian Borntraeger System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC), and IBM System z9 Business 2020efa4703SChristian Borntraeger Class (z9 BC). The kernel will be slightly faster but will not 2030efa4703SChristian Borntraeger work on older machines such as the z990, z890, z900, and z800. 2040efa4703SChristian Borntraeger 2051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PACK_STACK 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pack kernel stack" 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables the compiler option -mkernel-backchain if it 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds is available. If the option is available the compiler supports 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds the new stack layout which dramatically reduces the minimum stack 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds frame size. With an old compiler a non-leaf function needs a 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds minimum of 96 bytes on 31 bit and 160 bytes on 64 bit. With 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds -mkernel-backchain the minimum size drops to 16 byte on 31 bit 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds and 24 byte on 64 bit. 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you are unsure. 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMALL_STACK 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use 4kb/8kb for kernel stack instead of 8kb/16kb" 22274f8f557SHeiko Carstens depends on PACK_STACK && !LOCKDEP 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and the compiler supports the -mkernel-backchain 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds option the kernel will use a smaller kernel stack size. For 31 bit 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds the reduced size is 4kb instead of 8kb and for 64 bit it is 8kb 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of 16kb. This allows to run more thread on a system and 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds reduces the pressure on the memory management for higher order 2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds page allocations. 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CHECK_STACK 2351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Detect kernel stack overflow" 2361da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables the compiler option -mstack-guard and 2381da177e4SLinus Torvalds -mstack-size if they are available. If the compiler supports them 2391da177e4SLinus Torvalds it will emit additional code to each function prolog to trigger 2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds an illegal operation if the kernel stack is about to overflow. 2411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 2431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STACK_GUARD 2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Size of the guard area (128-1024)" 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds range 128 1024 2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CHECK_STACK 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "256" 2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to specify the size of the guard area at the lower 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds end of the kernel stack. If the kernel stack points into the guard 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds area on function entry an illegal operation is triggered. The size 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds needs to be a power of 2. Please keep in mind that the size of an 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds interrupt frame is 184 bytes for 31 bit and 328 bytes on 64 bit. 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds The minimum size for the stack guard should be 256 for 31 bit and 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 512 for 64 bit. 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WARN_STACK 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Emit compiler warnings for function with broken stack usage" 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables the compiler options -mwarn-framesize and 2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds -mwarn-dynamicstack. If the compiler supports these options it 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds will generate warnings for function which either use alloca or 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds create a stack frame bigger then CONFIG_WARN_STACK_SIZE. 2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WARN_STACK_SIZE 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Maximum frame size considered safe (128-2048)" 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds range 128 2048 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on WARN_STACK 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "256" 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to specify the maximum frame size a function may 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds have without the compiler complaining about it. 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27739b742f9SHeiko Carstensconfig ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP 27839b742f9SHeiko Carstens def_bool y 27939b742f9SHeiko Carstens 2803f22ab27SDave Hansensource "mm/Kconfig" 2813f22ab27SDave Hansen 282f4eb07c1SHeiko Carstensconfig HOLES_IN_ZONE 283f4eb07c1SHeiko Carstens def_bool y 284f4eb07c1SHeiko Carstens 2851da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "I/O subsystem configuration" 2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACHCHK_WARNING 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Process warning machine checks" 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you want the machine check handler on IBM S/390 or 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds zSeries to process warning machine checks (e.g. on power failures). 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say "Y". 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QDIO 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "QDIO support" 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2978129ee16SFrank Pavlic This driver provides the Queued Direct I/O base support for 2988129ee16SFrank Pavlic IBM mainframes. 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details please refer to the documentation provided by IBM at 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390> 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called qdio. 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 3071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QDIO_DEBUG 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Extended debugging information" 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on QDIO 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3128129ee16SFrank Pavlic Say Y here to get extended debugging output in 3138129ee16SFrank Pavlic /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/qdio... 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds Warning: this option reduces the performance of the QDIO module. 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3181da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Misc" 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PREEMPT 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Preemptible Kernel" 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option reduces the latency of the kernel when reacting to 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds real-time or interactive events by allowing a low priority process to 3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds be preempted even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call. 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows applications to run more reliably even when the system is 3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds under load. 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IPL 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Builtin IPL record support" 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the produced kernel to IPL directly from a 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, you have to merge a bootsector specific to the device 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds into the first bytes of the kernel. You will have to select the 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds IPL device. 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3391da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "IPL method generated into head.S" 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IPL 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds default IPL_TAPE 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select "tape" if you want to IPL the image from a Tape. 3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select "vm_reader" if you are running under VM/ESA and want 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds to IPL the image from the emulated card reader. 3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IPL_TAPE 3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "tape" 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IPL_VM 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "vm_reader" 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3571da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PROCESS_DEBUG 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Show crashed user process info" 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to print all process fault locations to the console. This is 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds a debugging option; you probably do not want to set it unless you 3641da177e4SLinus Torvalds are an S390 port maintainer. 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PFAULT 3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pseudo page fault support" 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option, if you want to use PFAULT pseudo page fault 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds handling under VM. If running native or in LPAR, this option 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds has no effect. If your VM does not support PFAULT, PAGEEX 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds pseudo page fault handling will be used. 3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that VM 4.2 supports PFAULT but has a bug in its 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds implementation that causes some problems. 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Everybody who wants to run Linux under VM != VM4.2 should select 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds this option. 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SHARED_KERNEL 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "VM shared kernel support" 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option, if you want to share the text segment of the 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux kernel between different VM guests. This reduces memory 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds usage with lots of guests but greatly increases kernel size. 3849c9c1761SHeiko Carstens Also if a kernel was IPL'ed from a shared segment the kexec system 3859c9c1761SHeiko Carstens call will not work. 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds You should only select this option if you know what you are 3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds doing and want to exploit this feature. 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CMM 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cooperative memory management" 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option, if you want to enable the kernel interface 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds to reduce the memory size of the system. This is accomplished 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds by allocating pages of memory and put them "on hold". This only 3951da177e4SLinus Torvalds makes sense for a system running under VM where the unused pages 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be reused by VM for other guest systems. The interface 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows an external monitor to balance memory of many systems. 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Everybody who wants to run Linux under VM should select this 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds option. 4001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CMM_PROC 4021da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "/proc interface to cooperative memory management" 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CMM 4041da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option to enable the /proc interface to the 4061da177e4SLinus Torvalds cooperative memory management. 4071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CMM_IUCV 4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IUCV special message interface to cooperative memory management" 4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CMM && (SMSGIUCV=y || CMM=SMSGIUCV) 4111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option to enable the special message interface to 4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds the cooperative memory management. 4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIRT_TIMER 4161da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Virtual CPU timer support" 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This provides a kernel interface for virtual CPU timers. 4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Default is disabled. 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Base user process accounting on virtual cpu timer" 4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VIRT_TIMER 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option to use CPU timer deltas to do user 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds process accounting. 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLDATA_BASE 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Linux - VM Monitor Stream, base infrastructure" 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PROC_FS && VIRT_TIMER=y 4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds This provides a kernel interface for creating and updating z/VM APPLDATA 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds monitor records. The monitor records are updated at certain time 4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds intervals, once the timer is started. 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Writing 1 or 0 to /proc/appldata/timer starts(1) or stops(0) the timer, 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds i.e. enables or disables monitoring on the Linux side. 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds A custom interval value (in seconds) can be written to 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds /proc/appldata/interval. 4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Defaults are 60 seconds interval and timer off. 4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds The /proc entries can also be read from, showing the current settings. 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLDATA_MEM 4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Monitor memory management statistics" 44562fb2ba3SAl Viro depends on APPLDATA_BASE && VM_EVENT_COUNTERS 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds This provides memory management related data to the Linux - VM Monitor 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Stream, like paging/swapping rate, memory utilisation, etc. 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Writing 1 or 0 to /proc/appldata/memory creates(1) or removes(0) a z/VM 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds APPLDATA monitor record, i.e. enables or disables monitoring this record 4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the z/VM side. 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds Default is disabled. 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds The /proc entry can also be read from, showing the current settings. 4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds This can also be compiled as a module, which will be called 4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds appldata_mem.o. 4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLDATA_OS 4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Monitor OS statistics" 4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on APPLDATA_BASE 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4631da177e4SLinus Torvalds This provides OS related data to the Linux - VM Monitor Stream, like 4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPU utilisation, etc. 4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Writing 1 or 0 to /proc/appldata/os creates(1) or removes(0) a z/VM 4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds APPLDATA monitor record, i.e. enables or disables monitoring this record 4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the z/VM side. 4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Default is disabled. 4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds This can also be compiled as a module, which will be called 4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds appldata_os.o. 4721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLDATA_NET_SUM 4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Monitor overall network statistics" 4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on APPLDATA_BASE 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds This provides network related data to the Linux - VM Monitor Stream, 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds currently there is only a total sum of network I/O statistics, no 4791da177e4SLinus Torvalds per-interface data. 4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Writing 1 or 0 to /proc/appldata/net_sum creates(1) or removes(0) a z/VM 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds APPLDATA monitor record, i.e. enables or disables monitoring this record 4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the z/VM side. 4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Default is disabled. 4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds This can also be compiled as a module, which will be called 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds appldata_net_sum.o. 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NO_IDLE_HZ 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "No HZ timer ticks in idle" 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Switches the regular HZ timer off when the system is going idle. 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds This helps z/VM to detect that the Linux system is idle. VM can 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds then "swap-out" this guest which reduces memory usage. It also 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds reduces the overhead of idle systems. 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds The HZ timer can be switched on/off via /proc/sys/kernel/hz_timer. 4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds hz_timer=0 means HZ timer is disabled. hz_timer=1 means HZ 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds timer is active. 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NO_IDLE_HZ_INIT 5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HZ timer in idle off by default" 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NO_IDLE_HZ 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds The HZ timer is switched off in idle by default. That means the 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds HZ timer is already disabled at boot time. 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 50724bbb1faSMichael Holzheuconfig S390_HYPFS_FS 50824bbb1faSMichael Holzheu bool "s390 hypervisor file system support" 50924bbb1faSMichael Holzheu select SYS_HYPERVISOR 51024bbb1faSMichael Holzheu default y 51124bbb1faSMichael Holzheu help 51224bbb1faSMichael Holzheu This is a virtual file system intended to provide accounting 51324bbb1faSMichael Holzheu information in an s390 hypervisor environment. 51424bbb1faSMichael Holzheu 515cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstensconfig KEXEC 51607d43ce6SHeiko Carstens bool "kexec system call" 517cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens help 518cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your 519cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot 520cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens but is independent of hardware/microcode support. 521cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens 522*411ed322SMichael Holzheuconfig ZFCPDUMP 523*411ed322SMichael Holzheu tristate "zfcpdump support" 524*411ed322SMichael Holzheu select SMP 525*411ed322SMichael Holzheu default n 526*411ed322SMichael Holzheu help 527*411ed322SMichael Holzheu Select this option if you want to build an zfcpdump enabled kernel. 528*411ed322SMichael Holzheu Refer to "Documentation/s390/zfcpdump.txt" for more details on this. 529*411ed322SMichael Holzheu 5301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 532d5950b43SSam Ravnborgsource "net/Kconfig" 533d5950b43SSam Ravnborg 5341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA 5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5381da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/base/Kconfig" 5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 54061d3ad0eSMartin Schwidefskysource "drivers/connector/Kconfig" 54161d3ad0eSMartin Schwidefsky 5421da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/scsi/Kconfig" 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5441da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/s390/Kconfig" 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 546d5950b43SSam Ravnborgsource "drivers/net/Kconfig" 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5481da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/Kconfig" 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5504ba069b8SMichael Grundymenu "Instrumentation Support" 5514ba069b8SMichael Grundy 5521da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "arch/s390/oprofile/Kconfig" 5531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5544ba069b8SMichael Grundyconfig KPROBES 5554ba069b8SMichael Grundy bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)" 5564ba069b8SMichael Grundy depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES 5574ba069b8SMichael Grundy help 5584ba069b8SMichael Grundy Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and 5594ba069b8SMichael Grundy execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes 5604ba069b8SMichael Grundy a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful 5614ba069b8SMichael Grundy for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing. 5624ba069b8SMichael Grundy If in doubt, say "N". 5634ba069b8SMichael Grundy 5644ba069b8SMichael Grundyendmenu 5654ba069b8SMichael Grundy 5661da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "arch/s390/Kconfig.debug" 5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5681da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "security/Kconfig" 5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5701da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "crypto/Kconfig" 5711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5721da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "lib/Kconfig" 573