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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index fb0dcb994b84..fec07a12c6cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -250,6 +250,21 @@ config PPC_STD_MMU_32
def_bool y
depends on PPC_STD_MMU && PPC32
+config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
+ bool "Deterministic task and CPU time accounting"
+ depends on PPC64
+ default y
+ help
+ Select this option to enable more accurate task and CPU time
+ accounting. This is done by reading a CPU counter on each
+ kernel entry and exit and on transitions within the kernel
+ between system, softirq and hardirq state, so there is a
+ small performance impact. This also enables accounting of
+ stolen time on logically-partitioned systems running on
+ IBM POWER5-based machines.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y here.
+
config SMP
depends on PPC_STD_MMU
bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
@@ -974,7 +989,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/oprofile/Kconfig"
config KPROBES
bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on PPC64
+ depends on PPC64 && EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
help
Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
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