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@@ -648,3 +648,20 @@ config DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
when kswapd starts. This has a potential performance impact on
processes running early in the lifetime of the systemm until kswapd
finishes the initialisation.
+
+config ZONE_DEVICE
+ bool "Device memory (pmem, etc...) hotplug support" if EXPERT
+ default !ZONE_DMA
+ depends on !ZONE_DMA
+ depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+ depends on MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+ depends on X86_64 #arch_add_memory() comprehends device memory
+
+ help
+ Device memory hotplug support allows for establishing pmem,
+ or other device driver discovered memory regions, in the
+ memmap. This allows pfn_to_page() lookups of otherwise
+ "device-physical" addresses which is needed for using a DAX
+ mapping in an O_DIRECT operation, among other things.
+
+ If FS_DAX is enabled, then say Y.