select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
- select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
+ select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64
+ select ARCH_HAS_MMIO_FLUSH
select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC if ACPI
depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
config X86_LEGACY_VM86
- bool "Legacy VM86 support (obsolete)"
+ bool "Legacy VM86 support"
default n
depends on X86_32
---help---
available to accelerate real mode DOS programs. However, any
recent version of DOSEMU, X, or vbetool should be fully
functional even without kernel VM86 support, as they will all
- fall back to (pretty well performing) software emulation.
+ fall back to software emulation. Nevertheless, if you are using
+ a 16-bit DOS program where 16-bit performance matters, vm86
+ mode might be faster than emulation and you might want to
+ enable this option.
- Anything that works on a 64-bit kernel is unlikely to need
- this option, as 64-bit kernels don't, and can't, support V8086
- mode. This option is also unrelated to 16-bit protected mode
- and is not needed to run most 16-bit programs under Wine.
+ Note that any app that works on a 64-bit kernel is unlikely to
+ need this option, as 64-bit kernels don't, and can't, support
+ V8086 mode. This option is also unrelated to 16-bit protected
+ mode and is not needed to run most 16-bit programs under Wine.
- Enabling this option adds considerable attack surface to the
- kernel and slows down system calls and exception handling.
+ Enabling this option increases the complexity of the kernel
+ and slows down exception handling a tiny bit.
- Unless you use very old userspace or need the last drop of
- performance in your real mode DOS games and can't use KVM,
- say N here.
+ If unsure, say N here.
config VM86
bool
source "mm/Kconfig"
+config X86_PMEM_LEGACY_DEVICE
+ bool
+
config X86_PMEM_LEGACY
- bool "Support non-standard NVDIMMs and ADR protected memory"
+ tristate "Support non-standard NVDIMMs and ADR protected memory"
depends on PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
depends on BLK_DEV
+ select X86_PMEM_LEGACY_DEVICE
select LIBNVDIMM
help
Treat memory marked using the non-standard e820 type of 12 as used
config KEXEC
bool "kexec system call"
+ select KEXEC_CORE
---help---
kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot
config KEXEC_FILE
bool "kexec file based system call"
+ select KEXEC_CORE
select BUILD_BIN2C
- depends on KEXEC
depends on X86_64
depends on CRYPTO=y
depends on CRYPTO_SHA256=y