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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 350bee1d54dc..38ae04bf6514 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig | |||
@@ -951,22 +951,26 @@ config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT | |||
951 | 951 | ||
952 | # Common NUMA Features | 952 | # Common NUMA Features |
953 | config NUMA | 953 | config NUMA |
954 | bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 954 | bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support" |
955 | depends on SMP | 955 | depends on SMP |
956 | depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL) | 956 | depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && (X86_NUMAQ || X86_BIGSMP || X86_SUMMIT && ACPI) && EXPERIMENTAL) |
957 | default n if X86_PC | 957 | default n if X86_PC |
958 | default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP) | 958 | default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT || X86_BIGSMP) |
959 | help | 959 | help |
960 | Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support. | 960 | Enable NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access) support. |
961 | |||
961 | The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the | 962 | The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the |
962 | local memory controller of the CPU and add some more | 963 | local memory controller of the CPU and add some more |
963 | NUMA awareness to the kernel. | 964 | NUMA awareness to the kernel. |
964 | 965 | ||
965 | For 32-bit this is currently highly experimental and should be only | 966 | For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core 7i |
966 | used for kernel development. It might also cause boot failures. | 967 | (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA. |
967 | For 64-bit this is recommended on all multiprocessor Opteron systems. | 968 | |
968 | If the system is EM64T, you should say N unless your system is | 969 | For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms |
969 | EM64T NUMA. | 970 | that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you |
971 | boot a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform. | ||
972 | |||
973 | Otherwise, you should say N. | ||
970 | 974 | ||
971 | comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI" | 975 | comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI" |
972 | depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI) | 976 | depends on X86_32 && X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI) |