Author: Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:59:11 -0800 Commit: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> CommitDate: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:21:31 +0100 x86: improve the help text of X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM Change the CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM help text to display the 32bit/64bit extended platform list. This is as suggested by Ingo. Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: shai@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: "Benzi Galili (Benzi@xxxxxxxxxxx)" <benzi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 8955262..35efba5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ config X86_BIGSMP ---help--- This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs +if X86_32 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms" default y @@ -293,12 +294,37 @@ config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of systems out there.) - If you enable this option then you'll be able to select a number - of non-PC x86 platforms. + If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support + for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms: + AMD Elan + NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent) + RDC R-321x SoC + SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation) + Summit/EXA (IBM x440) + Unisys ES7000 IA32 series + Voyager (NCR) If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N. +endif + +if X86_64 +config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM + bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms" + default y + ---help--- + If you disable this option then the kernel will only support + standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of + systems out there.) + + If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support + for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms: + ScaleMP vSMP + SGI Ultraviolet + If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a + generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N. +endif # This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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