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 6dbd70fb4SHeiko Carstensconfig SCHED_MC 7dbd70fb4SHeiko Carstens def_bool y 8dbd70fb4SHeiko Carstens depends on SMP 9dbd70fb4SHeiko Carstens 101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MMU 1161d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1366701b14SChristoph Lameterconfig ZONE_DMA 14118bcd31SHeiko Carstens def_bool y 15118bcd31SHeiko Carstens depends on 64BIT 1666701b14SChristoph Lameter 172b105ff9SIngo Molnarconfig LOCKDEP_SUPPORT 1861d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 192b105ff9SIngo Molnar 205bdc9b44SHeiko Carstensconfig STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 2161d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 225bdc9b44SHeiko Carstens 23a3afe70bSHeiko Carstensconfig HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT 24a3afe70bSHeiko Carstens def_bool y 25a3afe70bSHeiko Carstens 261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM 3061d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 32f0d1b0b3SDavid Howellsconfig ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32 33f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells bool 34f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells default n 35f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells 36f0d1b0b3SDavid Howellsconfig ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64 37f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells bool 38f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells default n 39f0d1b0b3SDavid Howells 407e33db4eSAkinobu Mitaconfig GENERIC_HWEIGHT 4161d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 427e33db4eSAkinobu Mita 43dc64bef5SMartin Schwidefskyconfig GENERIC_TIME 44dc64bef5SMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 45dc64bef5SMartin Schwidefsky 46c0007f1aSHeiko Carstensconfig GENERIC_BUG 47c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens bool 48c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens depends on BUG 49c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens default y 50c0007f1aSHeiko Carstens 5123db764dSAl Viroconfig NO_IOMEM 525ea81769SAl Viro def_bool y 535ea81769SAl Viro 54411f0f3eSHeiko Carstensconfig NO_DMA 55411f0f3eSHeiko Carstens def_bool y 56411f0f3eSHeiko Carstens 57b6b40c53SMartin Schwidefskyconfig GENERIC_LOCKBREAK 58b6b40c53SMartin Schwidefsky bool 59b6b40c53SMartin Schwidefsky default y 60b6b40c53SMartin Schwidefsky depends on SMP && PREEMPT 61b6b40c53SMartin Schwidefsky 621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration" 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 64347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefskyconfig S390 6561d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 6642d4b839SMathieu Desnoyers select HAVE_OPROFILE 673f550096SMathieu Desnoyers select HAVE_KPROBES 689edddaa2SAnanth N Mavinakayanahalli select HAVE_KRETPROBES 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 701da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "init/Kconfig" 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Base setup" 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 741da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Processor type and features" 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 76347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefskyconfig 64BIT 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "64 bit kernel" 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you have a 64 bit IBM zSeries machine 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds and want to use the 64 bit addressing mode. 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 82d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefskyconfig 32BIT 83d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefsky bool 84d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefsky default y if !64BIT 85d9f7a745SMartin Schwidefsky 861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMP 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Symmetric multi-processing support" 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y. 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all, 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds will run faster if you say N here. 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9903502faaSAdrian Bunk See also the SMP-HOWTO available at 10003502faaSAdrian Bunk <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Even if you don't know what to do here, say Y. 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NR_CPUS 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-64)" 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds range 2 64 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SMP 108057c5cb3SHeiko Carstens default "32" if !64BIT 109057c5cb3SHeiko Carstens default "64" if 64BIT 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 64 and the 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds minimum value which makes sense is 2. 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds approximately sixteen kilobytes to the kernel image. 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HOTPLUG_CPU 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs" 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SMP 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select HOTPLUG 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds default n 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to be able to turn CPUs off and on. CPUs 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#. 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug. 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MATHEMU 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IEEE FPU emulation" 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MARCH_G5 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option is required for IEEE compliant floating point arithmetic 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds on older S/390 machines. Say Y unless you know your machine doesn't 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this. 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 136347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefskyconfig COMPAT 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Kernel support for 31 bit emulation" 138347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefsky depends on 64BIT 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you want to enable your system kernel to 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds handle system-calls from ELF binaries for 31 bit ESA. This option 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds (and some other stuff like libraries and such) is needed for 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds executing 31 bit applications. It is safe to say "Y". 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SYSVIPC_COMPAT 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on COMPAT && SYSVIPC 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 150e65e1fc2SAl Viroconfig AUDIT_ARCH 151e65e1fc2SAl Viro bool 152e65e1fc2SAl Viro default y 153e65e1fc2SAl Viro 154c1821c2eSGerald Schaeferconfig S390_SWITCH_AMODE 155c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer bool "Switch kernel/user addressing modes" 156c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer help 157c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer This option allows to switch the addressing modes of kernel and user 158c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer space. The kernel parameter switch_amode=on will enable this feature, 159c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer default is disabled. Enabling this (via kernel parameter) on machines 160c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer earlier than IBM System z9-109 EC/BC will reduce system performance. 161c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 162c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer Note that this option will also be selected by selecting the execute 163c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer protection option below. Enabling the execute protection via the 164c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer noexec kernel parameter will also switch the addressing modes, 165c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer independent of the switch_amode kernel parameter. 166c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 167c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 168c1821c2eSGerald Schaeferconfig S390_EXEC_PROTECT 169c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer bool "Data execute protection" 170c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer select S390_SWITCH_AMODE 171c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer help 172c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer This option allows to enable a buffer overflow protection for user 173c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer space programs and it also selects the addressing mode option above. 174c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer The kernel parameter noexec=on will enable this feature and also 175c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer switch the addressing modes, default is disabled. Enabling this (via 176c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer kernel parameter) on machines earlier than IBM System z9-109 EC/BC 177c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer will reduce system performance. 178c1821c2eSGerald Schaefer 1791da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Code generation options" 1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1811da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Processor type" 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds default MARCH_G5 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MARCH_G5 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "S/390 model G5 and G6" 187347a8dc3SMartin Schwidefsky depends on !64BIT 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this to build a 31 bit kernel that works 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds on all S/390 and zSeries machines. 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MARCH_Z900 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IBM eServer zSeries model z800 and z900" 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this to optimize for zSeries machines. This 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds will enable some optimizations that are not available 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds on older 31 bit only CPUs. 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MARCH_Z990 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "IBM eServer zSeries model z890 and z990" 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this enable optimizations for model z890/z990. 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds This will be slightly faster but does not work on 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds older machines such as the z900. 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2060efa4703SChristian Borntraegerconfig MARCH_Z9_109 2070efa4703SChristian Borntraeger bool "IBM System z9" 2080efa4703SChristian Borntraeger help 2090efa4703SChristian Borntraeger Select this to enable optimizations for IBM System z9-109, IBM 2100efa4703SChristian Borntraeger System z9 Enterprise Class (z9 EC), and IBM System z9 Business 2110efa4703SChristian Borntraeger Class (z9 BC). The kernel will be slightly faster but will not 2120efa4703SChristian Borntraeger work on older machines such as the z990, z890, z900, and z800. 2130efa4703SChristian Borntraeger 2141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PACK_STACK 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pack kernel stack" 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables the compiler option -mkernel-backchain if it 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds is available. If the option is available the compiler supports 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds the new stack layout which dramatically reduces the minimum stack 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds frame size. With an old compiler a non-leaf function needs a 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds minimum of 96 bytes on 31 bit and 160 bytes on 64 bit. With 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds -mkernel-backchain the minimum size drops to 16 byte on 31 bit 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds and 24 byte on 64 bit. 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you are unsure. 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMALL_STACK 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use 4kb/8kb for kernel stack instead of 8kb/16kb" 23174f8f557SHeiko Carstens depends on PACK_STACK && !LOCKDEP 2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here and the compiler supports the -mkernel-backchain 2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds option the kernel will use a smaller kernel stack size. For 31 bit 2351da177e4SLinus Torvalds the reduced size is 4kb instead of 8kb and for 64 bit it is 8kb 2361da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of 16kb. This allows to run more thread on a system and 2371da177e4SLinus Torvalds reduces the pressure on the memory management for higher order 2381da177e4SLinus Torvalds page allocations. 2391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 2411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CHECK_STACK 2441da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Detect kernel stack overflow" 2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables the compiler option -mstack-guard and 2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds -mstack-size if they are available. If the compiler supports them 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds it will emit additional code to each function prolog to trigger 2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds an illegal operation if the kernel stack is about to overflow. 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STACK_GUARD 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Size of the guard area (128-1024)" 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds range 128 1024 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CHECK_STACK 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "256" 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to specify the size of the guard area at the lower 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds end of the kernel stack. If the kernel stack points into the guard 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds area on function entry an illegal operation is triggered. The size 2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds needs to be a power of 2. Please keep in mind that the size of an 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds interrupt frame is 184 bytes for 31 bit and 328 bytes on 64 bit. 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds The minimum size for the stack guard should be 256 for 31 bit and 2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 512 for 64 bit. 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WARN_STACK 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Emit compiler warnings for function with broken stack usage" 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables the compiler options -mwarn-framesize and 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds -mwarn-dynamicstack. If the compiler supports these options it 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will generate warnings for function which either use alloca or 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds create a stack frame bigger then CONFIG_WARN_STACK_SIZE. 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say N if you are unsure. 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WARN_STACK_SIZE 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Maximum frame size considered safe (128-2048)" 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds range 128 2048 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on WARN_STACK 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "256" 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds This allows you to specify the maximum frame size a function may 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds have without the compiler complaining about it. 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28639b742f9SHeiko Carstensconfig ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP 28739b742f9SHeiko Carstens def_bool y 28839b742f9SHeiko Carstens 28961d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskycomment "Kernel preemption" 29061d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky 29161d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskysource "kernel/Kconfig.preempt" 29261d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky 2933f22ab27SDave Hansensource "mm/Kconfig" 2943f22ab27SDave Hansen 2951da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "I/O subsystem configuration" 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACHCHK_WARNING 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Process warning machine checks" 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select this option if you want the machine check handler on IBM S/390 or 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds zSeries to process warning machine checks (e.g. on power failures). 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say "Y". 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QDIO 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "QDIO support" 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3078129ee16SFrank Pavlic This driver provides the Queued Direct I/O base support for 308*efca13bcSUrsula Braun IBM System z. 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called qdio. 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig QDIO_DEBUG 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Extended debugging information" 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on QDIO 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3198129ee16SFrank Pavlic Say Y here to get extended debugging output in 3208129ee16SFrank Pavlic /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/qdio... 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Warning: this option reduces the performance of the QDIO module. 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3251da177e4SLinus Torvaldscomment "Misc" 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IPL 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Builtin IPL record support" 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the produced kernel to IPL directly from a 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, you have to merge a bootsector specific to the device 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds into the first bytes of the kernel. You will have to select the 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds IPL device. 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3351da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "IPL method generated into head.S" 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IPL 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds default IPL_TAPE 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select "tape" if you want to IPL the image from a Tape. 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Select "vm_reader" if you are running under VM/ESA and want 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds to IPL the image from the emulated card reader. 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IPL_TAPE 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "tape" 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IPL_VM 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "vm_reader" 3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3531da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 355684de39bSHeiko Carstensconfig FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER 356684de39bSHeiko Carstens int 357684de39bSHeiko Carstens default "9" 358684de39bSHeiko Carstens 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 48861d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskysource kernel/Kconfig.hz 48961d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky 4901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NO_IDLE_HZ 4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "No HZ timer ticks in idle" 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Switches the regular HZ timer off when the system is going idle. 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds This helps z/VM to detect that the Linux system is idle. VM can 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds then "swap-out" this guest which reduces memory usage. It also 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds reduces the overhead of idle systems. 4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds The HZ timer can be switched on/off via /proc/sys/kernel/hz_timer. 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds hz_timer=0 means HZ timer is disabled. hz_timer=1 means HZ 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds timer is active. 5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NO_IDLE_HZ_INIT 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HZ timer in idle off by default" 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NO_IDLE_HZ 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds The HZ timer is switched off in idle by default. That means the 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds HZ timer is already disabled at boot time. 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 50924bbb1faSMichael Holzheuconfig S390_HYPFS_FS 51024bbb1faSMichael Holzheu bool "s390 hypervisor file system support" 51124bbb1faSMichael Holzheu select SYS_HYPERVISOR 51224bbb1faSMichael Holzheu default y 51324bbb1faSMichael Holzheu help 51424bbb1faSMichael Holzheu This is a virtual file system intended to provide accounting 51524bbb1faSMichael Holzheu information in an s390 hypervisor environment. 51624bbb1faSMichael Holzheu 517cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstensconfig KEXEC 51807d43ce6SHeiko Carstens bool "kexec system call" 519cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens help 520cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your 521cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot 522cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens but is independent of hardware/microcode support. 523cf13f0eaSHeiko Carstens 524411ed322SMichael Holzheuconfig ZFCPDUMP 525411ed322SMichael Holzheu tristate "zfcpdump support" 526411ed322SMichael Holzheu select SMP 527411ed322SMichael Holzheu default n 528411ed322SMichael Holzheu help 529411ed322SMichael Holzheu Select this option if you want to build an zfcpdump enabled kernel. 530e403149cSDirk Hohndel Refer to <file:Documentation/s390/zfcpdump.txt> for more details on this. 531411ed322SMichael Holzheu 5321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 534d5950b43SSam Ravnborgsource "net/Kconfig" 535d5950b43SSam Ravnborg 5361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA 53761d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool n 5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 53961d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskyconfig CCW 54061d48c2cSMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 54261d48c2cSMartin Schwidefskysource "drivers/Kconfig" 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5441da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "fs/Kconfig" 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5461da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "arch/s390/Kconfig.debug" 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5481da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "security/Kconfig" 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5501da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "crypto/Kconfig" 5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5521da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "lib/Kconfig" 553