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x86, mm: enable GBPAGES option by default 

DIRECT_GBPAGES was under DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL and disabled by default.
Turn it on by default and put it under EMBEDDED.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Nick Piggin 2008-10-22 12:33:16 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 2515ddc6db
commit 9e899816d1
2 changed files with 9 additions and 12 deletions
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arch/x86/Kconfig
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@ -946,6 +946,15 @@ config X86_PAE
config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
config DIRECT_GBPAGES
bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EMBEDDED
default y
depends on X86_64
help
Allow the kernel linear mapping to use 1GB pages on CPUs that
support it. This can improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by
reducing TLB pressure. If in doubt, say "Y".
# Common NUMA Features
config NUMA
bool "Numa Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support (EXPERIMENTAL)"

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arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
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@ -114,18 +114,6 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
If in doubt, say "Y".
config DIRECT_GBPAGES
bool "Enable gbpages-mapped kernel pagetables"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && X86_64
help
Enable gigabyte pages support (if the CPU supports it). This can
improve the kernel's performance a tiny bit by reducing TLB
pressure.
This is experimental code.
If in doubt, say "N".
config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
depends on DEBUG_RODATA