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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/Kconfig | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 3ad59dde4852..4c9f402295dd 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config MIPS select HAVE_KPROBES select HAVE_KRETPROBES select RTC_LIB if !MACH_LOONGSON + select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT mainmenu "Linux/MIPS Kernel Configuration" @@ -880,11 +881,15 @@ config NO_IOPORT config GENERIC_ISA_DMA bool select ZONE_DMA if GENERIC_ISA_DMA_SUPPORT_BROKEN=n + select ISA_DMA_API config GENERIC_ISA_DMA_SUPPORT_BROKEN bool select GENERIC_ISA_DMA +config ISA_DMA_API + bool + config GENERIC_GPIO bool @@ -1646,8 +1651,16 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMP select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP select SMP_UP help - This is a kernel model which is also known a VSMP or lately - has been marketesed into SMVP. + This is a kernel model which is known a VSMP but lately has been + marketesed into SMVP. + Virtual SMP uses the processor's VPEs to implement virtual + processors. In currently available configuration of the 34K processor + this allows for a dual processor. Both processors will share the same + primary caches; each will obtain the half of the TLB for it's own + exclusive use. For a layman this model can be described as similar to + what Intel calls Hyperthreading. + + For further information see http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/34K#VSMP config MIPS_MT_SMTC bool "SMTC: Use all TCs on all VPEs for SMP" @@ -1664,6 +1677,14 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMTC help This is a kernel model which is known a SMTC or lately has been marketesed into SMVP. + is presenting the available TC's of the core as processors to Linux. + On currently available 34K processors this means a Linux system will + see up to 5 processors. The implementation of the SMTC kernel differs + significantly from VSMP and cannot efficiently coexist in the same + kernel binary so the choice between VSMP and SMTC is a compile time + decision. + + For further information see http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/34K#SMTC endchoice |