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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 41 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index b1d3f60525c0..aafae3b140de 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ config X86 select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA +config OUTPUT_FORMAT + string + default "elf32-i386" if X86_32 + default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64 + config ARCH_DEFCONFIG string default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32 @@ -1460,9 +1465,7 @@ config KEXEC_JUMP config PHYSICAL_START hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP) - default "0x1000000" if X86_NUMAQ - default "0x200000" if X86_64 - default "0x100000" + default "0x1000000" ---help--- This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. @@ -1481,15 +1484,15 @@ config PHYSICAL_START to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy. - So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, leave - the value here unchanged to 0x100000 and set CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. - Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux for capturing the crash dump - change this value to start of the reserved region (Typically 16MB - 0x1000000). In other words, it can be set based on the "X" value as - specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter - passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as - crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at - Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps. + So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, + leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set + CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux + for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of + the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on + the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" + command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed + kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt + for more details about crash dumps. Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used @@ -1502,8 +1505,8 @@ config PHYSICAL_START Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. config RELOCATABLE - bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + bool "Build a relocatable kernel" + default y ---help--- This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB. @@ -1518,12 +1521,16 @@ config RELOCATABLE it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored. +# Relocation on x86-32 needs some additional build support +config X86_NEED_RELOCS + def_bool y + depends on X86_32 && RELOCATABLE + config PHYSICAL_ALIGN hex prompt "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned" if X86_32 - default "0x100000" if X86_32 - default "0x200000" if X86_64 - range 0x2000 0x400000 + default "0x1000000" + range 0x2000 0x1000000 ---help--- This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an |
