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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ee2fb9d37745..0952ecd60eca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ config X86_64
config X86
def_bool y
select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
+ select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
select HAVE_AOUT if X86_32
select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if X86_64
select ARCH_WANTS_PROT_NUMA_PROT_NONE
select HAVE_IDE
select HAVE_OPROFILE
@@ -90,7 +92,6 @@ config X86
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
- select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
select HAVE_BPF_JIT if X86_64
select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
select CLKEVT_I8253
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ config X86
select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION if IA32_EMULATION
select RTC_LIB
select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+ select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK if X86_64
config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
def_bool y
@@ -254,10 +256,6 @@ config ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS
default "-fcall-saved-ecx -fcall-saved-edx" if X86_32
default "-fcall-saved-rdi -fcall-saved-rsi -fcall-saved-rdx -fcall-saved-rcx -fcall-saved-r8 -fcall-saved-r9 -fcall-saved-r10 -fcall-saved-r11" if X86_64
-config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
- def_bool y
- depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
-
config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
def_bool y
@@ -638,10 +636,10 @@ config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
(for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
- Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
- native kernels, with various workloads.
+ It has a minimal impact on native kernels and gives a nice performance
+ benefit on paravirtualized KVM / Xen kernels.
- If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
+ If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
@@ -756,20 +754,25 @@ config DMI
BIOS code.
config GART_IOMMU
- bool "GART IOMMU support" if EXPERT
- default y
+ bool "Old AMD GART IOMMU support"
select SWIOTLB
depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
---help---
- Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
- on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
- sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
- Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
- based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
- on Intel systems and as fallback.
- The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
- device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
- too.
+ Provides a driver for older AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron
+ GART based hardware IOMMUs.
+
+ The GART supports full DMA access for devices with 32-bit access
+ limitations, on systems with more than 3 GB. This is usually needed
+ for USB, sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
+
+ Newer systems typically have a modern AMD IOMMU, supported via
+ the CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y config option.
+
+ In normal configurations this driver is only active when needed:
+ there's more than 3 GB of memory and the system contains a
+ 32-bit limited device.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config CALGARY_IOMMU
bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"
@@ -825,14 +828,16 @@ config MAXSMP
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP
- range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP
+ range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP && !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
+ range 2 8192 if SMP && !MAXSMP && CPUMASK_OFFSTACK && X86_64
default "1" if !SMP
- default "4096" if MAXSMP
+ default "8192" if MAXSMP
default "32" if SMP && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP || X86_ES7000)
default "8" if SMP
---help---
This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
- kernel will support. The maximum supported value is 512 and the
+ kernel will support. If CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, the maximum
+ supported value is 4096, otherwise the maximum value is 512. The
minimum value which makes sense is 2.
This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds
@@ -860,7 +865,7 @@ source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
config X86_UP_APIC
bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors"
- depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
+ depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD && !PCI_MSI
---help---
A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
@@ -885,11 +890,11 @@ config X86_UP_IOAPIC
config X86_LOCAL_APIC
def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC
+ depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC || PCI_MSI
config X86_IO_APIC
def_bool y
- depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC
+ depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_IOAPIC || PCI_MSI
config X86_VISWS_APIC
def_bool y
@@ -1033,6 +1038,7 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
config MICROCODE
tristate "CPU microcode loading support"
+ depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL
select FW_LOADER
---help---
@@ -1593,7 +1599,7 @@ config EFI_STUB
This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly
by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader.
- See Documentation/x86/efi-stub.txt for more information.
+ See Documentation/efi-stub.txt for more information.
config SECCOMP
def_bool y
@@ -1880,6 +1886,10 @@ config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
def_bool y
depends on NUMA
+config ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK
+ def_bool y
+ depends on X86_64 || X86_PAE
+
menu "Power management and ACPI options"
config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER