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authorAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>2006-04-10 22:53:14 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-04-11 06:18:34 -0700
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[PATCH] i386: move SMP option above subarch selection
Since several subarchs depend on SMP, the SMP option should be above the subarch selection. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/Kconfig58
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index cbc6be62f6e3..57301db056f5 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,35 @@ source "init/Kconfig"
menu "Processor type and features"
+config SMP
+ bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
+ ---help---
+ This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
+ a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
+ you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+
+ If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
+ machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
+ you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
+ singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
+ will run faster if you say N here.
+
+ Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
+ "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
+ architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
+ architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
+
+ People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
+ Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
+ Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
+
+ See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
+ <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
+ <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
+ <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+
+ If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+
choice
prompt "Subarchitecture Type"
default X86_PC
@@ -178,35 +207,6 @@ config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
depends on HPET_TIMER && RTC=y
default y
-config SMP
- bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
- ---help---
- This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
- a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
- you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
-
- If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
- machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
- you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
- singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
- will run faster if you say N here.
-
- Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
- "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
- architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
- architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
- People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
- Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
- Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
-
- See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
- <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
- <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
-
- If you don't know what to do here, say N.
-
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-255)"
range 2 255
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