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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2005-06-25 17:57:36 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-06-25 19:24:45 -0400 |
commit | cc19ca86a023fcd552c78e77a7be6ce271f92a28 (patch) | |
tree | b4e9c9b02b73105d363070c49a765208b99cee1a /arch/ppc64/Kconfig | |
parent | 7f1867a5b3dc3034cbea403b229d65eed4a7f62e (diff) |
[PATCH] consolidate PREEMPT options into kernel/Kconfig.preempt
This patch consolidates the CONFIG_PREEMPT and CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL
preemption options into kernel/Kconfig.preempt. This, besides reducing
source-code, also enables more centralized tweaking of preemption related
options.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/ppc64/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/ppc64/Kconfig | 21 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig index cb27068bfcd..5f40b438b58 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig | |||
@@ -270,26 +270,7 @@ config SCHED_SMT | |||
270 | when dealing with POWER5 cpus at a cost of slightly increased | 270 | when dealing with POWER5 cpus at a cost of slightly increased |
271 | overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. | 271 | overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. |
272 | 272 | ||
273 | config PREEMPT | 273 | source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt" |
274 | bool "Preemptible Kernel" | ||
275 | help | ||
276 | This option reduces the latency of the kernel when reacting to | ||
277 | real-time or interactive events by allowing a low priority process to | ||
278 | be preempted even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call. | ||
279 | |||
280 | Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop, embedded | ||
281 | or real-time system. Say N if you are unsure. | ||
282 | |||
283 | config PREEMPT_BKL | ||
284 | bool "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock" | ||
285 | depends on PREEMPT | ||
286 | default y | ||
287 | help | ||
288 | This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making the | ||
289 | big kernel lock preemptible. | ||
290 | |||
291 | Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop system. | ||
292 | Say N if you are unsure. | ||
293 | 274 | ||
294 | config EEH | 275 | config EEH |
295 | bool "PCI Extended Error Handling (EEH)" if EMBEDDED | 276 | bool "PCI Extended Error Handling (EEH)" if EMBEDDED |