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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu')
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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu index bc3a497c029c..814fe0d349b0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ choice prompt "Processor family" default M686 if X86_32 default GENERIC_CPU if X86_64 - ---help--- + help This is the processor type of your CPU. This information is used for optimizing purposes. In order to compile a kernel that can run on all supported x86 CPU types (albeit not @@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ choice config M486SX bool "486SX" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an 486-class CPU without an FPU such as AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2 and UMC U5S. config M486 bool "486DX" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an 486-class CPU such as AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 and UMC U5D. config M586 bool "586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an 586 or 686 series processor such as the AMD K5, the Cyrix 5x86, 6x86 and 6x86MX. This choice does not assume the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. @@ -75,21 +75,21 @@ config M586 config M586TSC bool "Pentium-Classic" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a Pentium Classic processor with the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction for benchmarking. config M586MMX bool "Pentium-MMX" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a Pentium with the MMX graphics/multimedia extended instructions. config M686 bool "Pentium-Pro" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for Intel Pentium Pro chips. This enables the use of Pentium Pro extended instructions, and disables the init-time guard against the f00f bug found in earlier Pentiums. @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ config M686 config MPENTIUMII bool "Pentium-II/Celeron(pre-Coppermine)" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for Intel chips based on the Pentium-II and pre-Coppermine Celeron core. This option enables an unaligned copy optimization, compiles the kernel with optimization flags @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ config MPENTIUMII config MPENTIUMIII bool "Pentium-III/Celeron(Coppermine)/Pentium-III Xeon" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for Intel chips based on the Pentium-III and Celeron-Coppermine core. This option enables use of some extended prefetch instructions in addition to the Pentium II @@ -116,14 +116,14 @@ config MPENTIUMIII config MPENTIUMM bool "Pentium M" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for Intel Pentium M (not Pentium-4 M) notebook chips. config MPENTIUM4 bool "Pentium-4/Celeron(P4-based)/Pentium-4 M/older Xeon" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for Intel Pentium 4 chips. This includes the Pentium 4, Pentium D, P4-based Celeron and Xeon, and Pentium-4 M (not Pentium M) chips. This option enables compile @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ config MPENTIUM4 config MK6 bool "K6/K6-II/K6-III" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an AMD K6-family processor. Enables use of some extended instructions, and passes appropriate optimization flags to GCC. @@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ config MK6 config MK7 bool "Athlon/Duron/K7" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an AMD Athlon K7-family processor. Enables use of some extended instructions, and passes appropriate optimization flags to GCC. config MK8 bool "Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8" - ---help--- + help Select this for an AMD Opteron or Athlon64 Hammer-family processor. Enables use of some extended instructions, and passes appropriate optimization flags to GCC. @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config MK8 config MCRUSOE bool "Crusoe" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a Transmeta Crusoe processor. Treats the processor like a 586 with TSC, and sets some GCC optimization flags (like a Pentium Pro with no alignment requirements). @@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ config MCRUSOE config MEFFICEON bool "Efficeon" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a Transmeta Efficeon processor. config MWINCHIPC6 bool "Winchip-C6" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an IDT Winchip C6 chip. Linux and GCC treat this chip as a 586TSC with some extended instructions and alignment requirements. @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ config MWINCHIPC6 config MWINCHIP3D bool "Winchip-2/Winchip-2A/Winchip-3" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an IDT Winchip-2, 2A or 3. Linux and GCC treat this chip as a 586TSC with some extended instructions and alignment requirements. Also enable out of order memory @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ config MWINCHIP3D config MELAN bool "AMD Elan" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for an AMD Elan processor. Do not use this option for K6/Athlon/Opteron processors! @@ -222,19 +222,19 @@ config MELAN config MGEODEGX1 bool "GeodeGX1" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a Geode GX1 (Cyrix MediaGX) chip. config MGEODE_LX bool "Geode GX/LX" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for AMD Geode GX and LX processors. config MCYRIXIII bool "CyrixIII/VIA-C3" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a Cyrix III or C3 chip. Presently Linux and GCC treat this chip as a generic 586. Whilst the CPU is 686 class, it lacks the cmov extension which gcc assumes is present when @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ config MCYRIXIII config MVIAC3_2 bool "VIA C3-2 (Nehemiah)" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a VIA C3 "Nehemiah". Selecting this enables usage of SSE and tells gcc to treat the CPU as a 686. Note, this kernel will not boot on older (pre model 9) C3s. @@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ config MVIAC3_2 config MVIAC7 bool "VIA C7" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Select this for a VIA C7. Selecting this uses the correct cache shift and tells gcc to treat the CPU as a 686. config MPSC bool "Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon" depends on X86_64 - ---help--- + help Optimize for Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D and older Nocona/Dempsey Xeon CPUs with Intel 64bit which is compatible with x86-64. Note that the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ config MPSC config MCORE2 bool "Core 2/newer Xeon" - ---help--- + help Select this for Intel Core 2 and newer Core 2 Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) CPUs. You can distinguish newer from older Xeons by the CPU @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ config MCORE2 config MATOM bool "Intel Atom" - ---help--- + help Select this for the Intel Atom platform. Intel Atom CPUs have an in-order pipelining architecture and thus can benefit from @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ config MATOM config GENERIC_CPU bool "Generic-x86-64" depends on X86_64 - ---help--- + help Generic x86-64 CPU. Run equally well on all x86-64 CPUs. @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ endchoice config X86_GENERIC bool "Generic x86 support" depends on X86_32 - ---help--- + help Instead of just including optimizations for the selected x86 variant (e.g. PII, Crusoe or Athlon), include some more generic optimizations as well. This will make the kernel @@ -397,14 +397,14 @@ config X86_VMX_FEATURE_NAMES menuconfig PROCESSOR_SELECT bool "Supported processor vendors" if EXPERT - ---help--- + help This lets you choose what x86 vendor support code your kernel will include. config CPU_SUP_INTEL default y bool "Support Intel processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT - ---help--- + help This enables detection, tunings and quirks for Intel processors You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on an @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ config CPU_SUP_CYRIX_32 default y bool "Support Cyrix processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT depends on M486SX || M486 || M586 || M586TSC || M586MMX || (EXPERT && !64BIT) - ---help--- + help This enables detection, tunings and quirks for Cyrix processors You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on a @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ config CPU_SUP_CYRIX_32 config CPU_SUP_AMD default y bool "Support AMD processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT - ---help--- + help This enables detection, tunings and quirks for AMD processors You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on an @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ config CPU_SUP_HYGON config CPU_SUP_CENTAUR default y bool "Support Centaur processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT - ---help--- + help This enables detection, tunings and quirks for Centaur processors You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on a @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ config CPU_SUP_TRANSMETA_32 default y bool "Support Transmeta processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT depends on !64BIT - ---help--- + help This enables detection, tunings and quirks for Transmeta processors You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on a @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ config CPU_SUP_UMC_32 default y bool "Support UMC processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT depends on M486SX || M486 || (EXPERT && !64BIT) - ---help--- + help This enables detection, tunings and quirks for UMC processors You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on a |