1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
4 bool "64-bit kernel" if "$(ARCH)" = "x86"
5 default "$(ARCH)" != "i386"
7 Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64
8 Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386
13 # Options that are inherently 32-bit kernel only:
14 select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
16 select CLONE_BACKWARDS
17 select GENERIC_VDSO_32
18 select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
20 select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
22 select ARCH_SPLIT_ARG64
27 # Options that are inherently 64-bit kernel only:
28 select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
29 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if CC_HAS_INT128
30 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PER_VMA_LOCK
31 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGE_PFNMAP if TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
32 select HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
33 select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
34 select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
36 select ARCH_HAS_ELFCORE_COMPAT
38 select EXECMEM if DYNAMIC_FTRACE
40 config FORCE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
43 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
46 We keep the static function tracing (!DYNAMIC_FTRACE) around
47 in order to test the non static function tracing in the
48 generic code, as other architectures still use it. But we
49 only need to keep it around for x86_64. No need to keep it
50 for x86_32. For x86_32, force DYNAMIC_FTRACE.
54 # ( Note that options that are marked 'if X86_64' could in principle be
55 # ported to 32-bit as well. )
60 # Note: keep this list sorted alphabetically
62 select ACPI_LEGACY_TABLES_LOOKUP if ACPI
63 select ACPI_SYSTEM_POWER_STATES_SUPPORT if ACPI
64 select ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU if ACPI_PROCESSOR && HOTPLUG_CPU
65 select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T if X86_32
66 select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
67 select ARCH_CONFIGURES_CPU_MITIGATIONS
68 select ARCH_CORRECT_STACKTRACE_ON_KRETPROBE
69 select ARCH_ENABLE_HUGEPAGE_MIGRATION if X86_64 && HUGETLB_PAGE && MIGRATION
70 select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG if X86_64
71 select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE if MEMORY_HOTPLUG
72 select ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK if (PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2) && (X86_64 || X86_PAE)
73 select ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION if X86_64 && TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
74 select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE if ACPI
75 select ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
76 select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION
77 select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
78 select ARCH_HAS_CPU_PASID if IOMMU_SVA
80 select ARCH_HAS_CRC_T10DIF if X86_64
81 select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
82 select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
83 select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE if !X86_PAE
84 select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
85 select ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS if GART_IOMMU || XEN
86 select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG if KGDB
87 select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
88 select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
89 select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
90 select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
91 select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if X86_64
92 select ARCH_HAS_KERNEL_FPU_SUPPORT
93 select ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
94 select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
95 select ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS
96 select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
97 select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64
98 select ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
99 select ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP if X86_64
100 select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
101 select ARCH_HAS_HW_PTE_YOUNG
102 select ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG if PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
103 select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE if X86_64
104 select ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC if X86_64
105 select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
106 select ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP
107 select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
108 select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
109 select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
110 select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
111 select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
112 select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
113 select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DMA_SET if EXPERT
114 select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
115 select ARCH_HAVE_EXTRA_ELF_NOTES
116 select ARCH_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_ENABLE
117 select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC if ACPI
118 select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
119 select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
120 select ARCH_STACKWALK
121 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI
122 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
123 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
124 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK if X86_64
125 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING if X86_64
126 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP if NR_CPUS <= 4096
127 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG if X86_64
128 select ARCH_USES_CFI_TRAPS if X86_64 && CFI_CLANG
129 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG
130 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN
131 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT
132 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_AUTOFDO_CLANG
133 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PROPELLER_CLANG if X86_64
134 select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
135 select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF if X86_CMPXCHG64
136 select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
137 select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
138 select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
139 select ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
140 select ARCH_WANT_BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH
141 select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT if X86_64
142 select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
143 select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
144 select ARCH_WANT_GENERAL_HUGETLB
145 select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE
146 select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
147 select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_DAX_VMEMMAP if X86_64
148 select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP if X86_64
149 select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if X86_64
150 select ARCH_HAS_PARANOID_L1D_FLUSH
151 select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
153 select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
154 # Word-size accesses may read uninitialized data past the trailing \0
155 # in strings and cause false KMSAN reports.
156 select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if !KMSAN
157 select DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME
158 select EDAC_ATOMIC_SCRUB
160 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
161 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST_IDLE if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
162 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
163 select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
164 select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
165 select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
166 select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
167 select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
170 select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK if SMP
171 select GENERIC_IRQ_MATRIX_ALLOCATOR if X86_LOCAL_APIC
172 select GENERIC_IRQ_MIGRATION if SMP
173 select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
174 select GENERIC_IRQ_RESERVATION_MODE
175 select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
176 select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
177 select GENERIC_PTDUMP
178 select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
179 select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
180 select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
181 select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
182 select GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT
183 select GUP_GET_PXX_LOW_HIGH if X86_PAE
184 select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
185 select HARDLOCKUP_CHECK_TIMESTAMP if X86_64
187 select HAVE_ACPI_APEI if ACPI
188 select HAVE_ACPI_APEI_NMI if ACPI
189 select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE
190 select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
191 select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP if X86_64 || X86_PAE
192 select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMALLOC if X86_64
193 select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
194 select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL_RELATIVE
195 select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if X86_64
196 select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC if X86_64
197 select HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE
198 select HAVE_ARCH_KMSAN if X86_64
199 select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
200 select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS if MMU
201 select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS if MMU && COMPAT
202 select HAVE_ARCH_COMPAT_MMAP_BASES if MMU && COMPAT
203 select HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
204 select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
205 select HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_STRUCT_WHITELIST
206 select HAVE_ARCH_STACKLEAK
207 select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
208 select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
209 select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD if X86_64
210 select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD
211 select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR if X86_64 && USERFAULTFD
212 select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK if X86_64
213 select HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET
214 select HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
215 select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
216 select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
217 select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
218 select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER if X86_64
219 select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER_OFFSTACK if HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER
220 select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
221 select HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT if HAVE_OBJTOOL
222 select HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT if HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
223 select HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
224 select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
225 select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
226 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
227 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
228 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS if X86_64
229 select HAVE_FTRACE_REGS_HAVING_PT_REGS if X86_64
230 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
231 select HAVE_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT if X86_64
232 select HAVE_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_MULTI if X86_64
234 select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
236 select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
238 select HAVE_FENTRY if X86_64 || DYNAMIC_FTRACE
239 select HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC if HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
240 select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
241 select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS if HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
242 select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER if X86_32 || (X86_64 && DYNAMIC_FTRACE)
243 select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
244 select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
245 select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
246 select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
247 select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK if X86_64
248 select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
249 select HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK if HAVE_OBJTOOL
250 select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
251 select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
252 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZ4
253 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
254 select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
255 select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
256 select HAVE_KERNEL_ZSTD
258 select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
259 select HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
260 select HAVE_KRETPROBES
262 select HAVE_LIVEPATCH if X86_64
263 select HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
264 select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
267 select HAVE_NOINSTR_HACK if HAVE_OBJTOOL
269 select HAVE_NOINSTR_VALIDATION if HAVE_OBJTOOL
270 select HAVE_OBJTOOL if X86_64
271 select HAVE_OPTPROBES
272 select HAVE_PAGE_SIZE_4KB
273 select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
274 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
275 select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
276 select HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF if PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
278 select HAVE_PERF_REGS
279 select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
280 select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE if PARAVIRT
281 select MMU_GATHER_MERGE_VMAS
282 select HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
283 select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
284 select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE if UNWINDER_ORC || STACK_VALIDATION
285 select HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
286 select HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
287 select HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK
288 select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR if CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR
289 select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION if HAVE_OBJTOOL
290 select HAVE_STATIC_CALL
291 select HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE if HAVE_OBJTOOL
292 select HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL
294 select HAVE_RUST if X86_64
295 select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
296 select HAVE_UACCESS_VALIDATION if HAVE_OBJTOOL
297 select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
298 select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
299 select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
300 select VDSO_GETRANDOM if X86_64
301 select HOTPLUG_PARALLEL if SMP && X86_64
302 select HOTPLUG_SMT if SMP
303 select HOTPLUG_SPLIT_STARTUP if SMP && X86_32
304 select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
305 select LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA
306 select NEED_PER_CPU_EMBED_FIRST_CHUNK
307 select NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
308 select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
309 select NUMA_MEMBLKS if NUMA
310 select PCI_DOMAINS if PCI
311 select PCI_LOCKLESS_CONFIG if PCI
314 select RTC_MC146818_LIB
316 select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
317 select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
318 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
319 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_NMI_SUPPORT
320 select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
321 select HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN if X86_64
322 select PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS if PROC_FS
323 select HAVE_ARCH_NODE_DEV_GROUP if X86_SGX
324 select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B if X86_64 || X86_ALIGNMENT_16
325 select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B
326 imply IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT if EFI
327 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE
328 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PT_RECLAIM if X86_64
330 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
332 depends on KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS || UPROBES
336 default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
337 default "elf64-x86-64" if X86_64
339 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
342 config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
348 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
352 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
356 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
359 config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
365 config GENERIC_ISA_DMA
367 depends on ISA_DMA_API
371 default y if KMSAN || KASAN
376 select GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS if X86_64
378 config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
381 config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
383 depends on ISA_DMA_API
385 config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
388 config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
391 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
394 config ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE
400 config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
403 default 0xdffffc0000000000
405 config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
407 depends on INTEL_IOMMU && ACPI
411 depends on X86_64 && SMP
413 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
416 config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
419 config DYNAMIC_PHYSICAL_MASK
422 config PGTABLE_LEVELS
424 default 5 if X86_5LEVEL
429 config CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR
431 default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS)) if 64BIT
432 default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS))
434 We have to make sure stack protector is unconditionally disabled if
435 the compiler produces broken code or if it does not let us control
436 the segment on 32-bit kernels.
438 menu "Processor type and features"
441 bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
443 This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
444 a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
447 If you say N here, the kernel will run on uni- and multiprocessor
448 machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
449 you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
450 uniprocessor machines. On a uniprocessor machine, the kernel
451 will run faster if you say N here.
453 Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
454 "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
455 architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
456 architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
458 People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
459 Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
460 Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
462 See also <file:Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst>,
463 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
464 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
466 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
469 bool "Support x2apic"
470 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && (IRQ_REMAP || HYPERVISOR_GUEST)
472 This enables x2apic support on CPUs that have this feature.
474 This allows 32-bit apic IDs (so it can support very large systems),
475 and accesses the local apic via MSRs not via mmio.
477 Some Intel systems circa 2022 and later are locked into x2APIC mode
478 and can not fall back to the legacy APIC modes if SGX or TDX are
479 enabled in the BIOS. They will boot with very reduced functionality
480 without enabling this option.
482 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
484 config X86_POSTED_MSI
485 bool "Enable MSI and MSI-x delivery by posted interrupts"
486 depends on X86_64 && IRQ_REMAP
488 This enables MSIs that are under interrupt remapping to be delivered as
489 posted interrupts to the host kernel. Interrupt throughput can
490 potentially be improved by coalescing CPU notifications during high
493 If you don't know what to do here, say N.
496 bool "Enable MPS table" if ACPI
498 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
500 For old smp systems that do not have proper acpi support. Newer systems
501 (esp with 64bit cpus) with acpi support, MADT and DSDT will override it
503 config X86_CPU_RESCTRL
504 bool "x86 CPU resource control support"
505 depends on X86 && (CPU_SUP_INTEL || CPU_SUP_AMD)
507 select PROC_CPU_RESCTRL if PROC_FS
509 Enable x86 CPU resource control support.
511 Provide support for the allocation and monitoring of system resources
514 Intel calls this Intel Resource Director Technology
515 (Intel(R) RDT). More information about RDT can be found in the
516 Intel x86 Architecture Software Developer Manual.
518 AMD calls this AMD Platform Quality of Service (AMD QoS).
519 More information about AMD QoS can be found in the AMD64 Technology
520 Platform Quality of Service Extensions manual.
525 bool "Flexible Return and Event Delivery"
528 When enabled, try to use Flexible Return and Event Delivery
529 instead of the legacy SYSCALL/SYSENTER/IDT architecture for
530 ring transitions and exception/interrupt handling if the
534 bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"
535 depends on SMP && X86_32
537 This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs.
539 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
540 bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
543 If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
544 standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
547 If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
548 for the following non-PC x86 platforms, depending on the value of
551 32-bit platforms (CONFIG_64BIT=n):
552 Goldfish (Android emulator)
555 SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)
556 STA2X11-based (e.g. Northville)
557 Moorestown MID devices
559 64-bit platforms (CONFIG_64BIT=y):
564 If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
565 generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
567 # This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms
568 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
570 bool "Numascale NumaChip"
572 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
575 depends on X86_X2APIC
576 depends on PCI_MMCONFIG
578 Adds support for Numascale NumaChip large-SMP systems. Needed to
579 enable more than ~168 cores.
580 If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
584 select HYPERVISOR_GUEST
586 depends on X86_64 && PCI
587 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
590 Support for ScaleMP vSMP systems. Say 'Y' here if this kernel is
591 supposed to run on these EM64T-based machines. Only choose this option
592 if you have one of these machines.
595 bool "SGI Ultraviolet"
597 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
600 depends on KEXEC_CORE
601 depends on X86_X2APIC
604 This option is needed in order to support SGI Ultraviolet systems.
605 If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
607 # Following is an alphabetically sorted list of 32 bit extended platforms
608 # Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
611 bool "Goldfish (Virtual Platform)"
612 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
614 Enable support for the Goldfish virtual platform used primarily
615 for Android development. Unless you are building for the Android
616 Goldfish emulator say N here.
619 bool "CE4100 TV platform"
621 depends on PCI_GODIRECT
622 depends on X86_IO_APIC
624 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
625 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
627 select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
629 Select for the Intel CE media processor (CE4100) SOC.
630 This option compiles in support for the CE4100 SOC for settop
631 boxes and media devices.
634 bool "Intel MID platform support"
635 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
636 depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
638 depends on X86_64 || (PCI_GOANY && X86_32)
639 depends on X86_IO_APIC
644 Select to build a kernel capable of supporting Intel MID (Mobile
645 Internet Device) platform systems which do not have the PCI legacy
646 interfaces. If you are building for a PC class system say N here.
648 Intel MID platforms are based on an Intel processor and chipset which
649 consume less power than most of the x86 derivatives.
651 config X86_INTEL_QUARK
652 bool "Intel Quark platform support"
654 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
655 depends on X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
659 depends on X86_IO_APIC
664 Select to include support for Quark X1000 SoC.
665 Say Y here if you have a Quark based system such as the Arduino
666 compatible Intel Galileo.
668 config X86_INTEL_LPSS
669 bool "Intel Low Power Subsystem Support"
670 depends on X86 && ACPI && PCI
675 Select to build support for Intel Low Power Subsystem such as
676 found on Intel Lynxpoint PCH. Selecting this option enables
677 things like clock tree (common clock framework) and pincontrol
678 which are needed by the LPSS peripheral drivers.
680 config X86_AMD_PLATFORM_DEVICE
681 bool "AMD ACPI2Platform devices support"
686 Select to interpret AMD specific ACPI device to platform device
687 such as I2C, UART, GPIO found on AMD Carrizo and later chipsets.
688 I2C and UART depend on COMMON_CLK to set clock. GPIO driver is
689 implemented under PINCTRL subsystem.
692 tristate "Intel SoC IOSF Sideband support for SoC platforms"
695 This option enables sideband register access support for Intel SoC
696 platforms. On these platforms the IOSF sideband is used in lieu of
697 MSR's for some register accesses, mostly but not limited to thermal
698 and power. Drivers may query the availability of this device to
699 determine if they need the sideband in order to work on these
700 platforms. The sideband is available on the following SoC products.
701 This list is not meant to be exclusive.
706 You should say Y if you are running a kernel on one of these SoC's.
708 config IOSF_MBI_DEBUG
709 bool "Enable IOSF sideband access through debugfs"
710 depends on IOSF_MBI && DEBUG_FS
712 Select this option to expose the IOSF sideband access registers (MCR,
713 MDR, MCRX) through debugfs to write and read register information from
714 different units on the SoC. This is most useful for obtaining device
715 state information for debug and analysis. As this is a general access
716 mechanism, users of this option would have specific knowledge of the
717 device they want to access.
719 If you don't require the option or are in doubt, say N.
722 bool "RDC R-321x SoC"
724 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
726 select X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
728 This option is needed for RDC R-321x system-on-chip, also known
730 If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
732 config X86_32_NON_STANDARD
733 bool "Support non-standard 32-bit SMP architectures"
734 depends on X86_32 && SMP
735 depends on X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
737 This option compiles in the bigsmp and STA2X11 default
738 subarchitectures. It is intended for a generic binary
739 kernel. If you select them all, kernel will probe it one by
740 one and will fallback to default.
742 # Alphabetically sorted list of Non standard 32 bit platforms
744 config X86_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
746 # MCE code calls memory_failure():
748 # On 32-bit this adds too big of NODES_SHIFT and we run out of page flags:
749 # On 32-bit SPARSEMEM adds too big of SECTIONS_WIDTH:
750 depends on X86_64 || !SPARSEMEM
751 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
754 bool "STA2X11 Companion Chip Support"
755 depends on X86_32_NON_STANDARD && PCI
760 This adds support for boards based on the STA2X11 IO-Hub,
761 a.k.a. "ConneXt". The chip is used in place of the standard
762 PC chipset, so all "standard" peripherals are missing. If this
763 option is selected the kernel will still be able to boot on
764 standard PC machines.
767 tristate "Eurobraille/Iris poweroff module"
770 The Iris machines from EuroBraille do not have APM or ACPI support
771 to shut themselves down properly. A special I/O sequence is
772 needed to do so, which is what this module does at
775 This is only for Iris machines from EuroBraille.
779 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
781 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
784 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
785 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
786 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
787 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
789 If in doubt, say "Y".
791 menuconfig HYPERVISOR_GUEST
792 bool "Linux guest support"
794 Say Y here to enable options for running Linux under various hyper-
795 visors. This option enables basic hypervisor detection and platform
798 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and
799 disabled, and Linux guest support won't be built in.
804 bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
805 depends on HAVE_STATIC_CALL
807 This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
808 under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
809 over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
810 the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
815 config PARAVIRT_DEBUG
816 bool "paravirt-ops debugging"
817 depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
819 Enable to debug paravirt_ops internals. Specifically, BUG if
820 a paravirt_op is missing when it is called.
822 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
823 bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
824 depends on PARAVIRT && SMP
826 Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
827 spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
828 (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
830 It has a minimal impact on native kernels and gives a nice performance
831 benefit on paravirtualized KVM / Xen kernels.
833 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
835 config X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
838 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
841 bool "KVM Guest support (including kvmclock)"
843 select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
844 select ARCH_CPUIDLE_HALTPOLL
845 select X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
848 This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
849 hypervisor. It includes a paravirtualized clock, so that instead
850 of relying on a PIT (or probably other) emulation by the
851 underlying device model, the host provides the guest with
852 timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time
854 config ARCH_CPUIDLE_HALTPOLL
856 prompt "Disable host haltpoll when loading haltpoll driver"
858 If virtualized under KVM, disable host haltpoll.
861 bool "Support for running PVH guests"
863 This option enables the PVH entry point for guest virtual machines
864 as specified in the x86/HVM direct boot ABI.
866 config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
867 bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
870 Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
871 accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
872 the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
873 that, there can be a small performance impact.
875 If in doubt, say N here.
877 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
880 config JAILHOUSE_GUEST
881 bool "Jailhouse non-root cell support"
882 depends on X86_64 && PCI
885 This option allows to run Linux as guest in a Jailhouse non-root
886 cell. You can leave this option disabled if you only want to start
887 Jailhouse and run Linux afterwards in the root cell.
890 bool "ACRN Guest support"
892 select X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
894 This option allows to run Linux as guest in the ACRN hypervisor. ACRN is
895 a flexible, lightweight reference open-source hypervisor, built with
896 real-time and safety-criticality in mind. It is built for embedded
897 IOT with small footprint and real-time features. More details can be
898 found in https://projectacrn.org/.
900 config INTEL_TDX_GUEST
901 bool "Intel TDX (Trust Domain Extensions) - Guest Support"
902 depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL
903 depends on X86_X2APIC
905 select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM
906 select X86_MEM_ENCRYPT
908 select UNACCEPTED_MEMORY
910 Support running as a guest under Intel TDX. Without this support,
911 the guest kernel can not boot or run under TDX.
912 TDX includes memory encryption and integrity capabilities
913 which protect the confidentiality and integrity of guest
914 memory contents and CPU state. TDX guests are protected from
915 some attacks from the VMM.
917 endif # HYPERVISOR_GUEST
919 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
923 prompt "HPET Timer Support" if X86_32
925 Use the IA-PC HPET (High Precision Event Timer) to manage
926 time in preference to the PIT and RTC, if a HPET is
928 HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
929 The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
930 systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
931 as it is off-chip. The interface used is documented
932 in the HPET spec, revision 1.
934 You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
935 activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
936 Otherwise the 8254 will be used for timing services.
938 Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer.
940 config HPET_EMULATE_RTC
942 depends on HPET_TIMER && (RTC_DRV_CMOS=m || RTC_DRV_CMOS=y)
944 # Mark as expert because too many people got it wrong.
945 # The code disables itself when not needed.
948 select DMI_SCAN_MACHINE_NON_EFI_FALLBACK
949 bool "Enable DMI scanning" if EXPERT
951 Enabled scanning of DMI to identify machine quirks. Say Y
952 here unless you have verified that your setup is not
953 affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
957 bool "Old AMD GART IOMMU support"
960 depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
962 Provides a driver for older AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron
963 GART based hardware IOMMUs.
965 The GART supports full DMA access for devices with 32-bit access
966 limitations, on systems with more than 3 GB. This is usually needed
967 for USB, sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
969 Newer systems typically have a modern AMD IOMMU, supported via
970 the CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y config option.
972 In normal configurations this driver is only active when needed:
973 there's more than 3 GB of memory and the system contains a
974 32-bit limited device.
978 config BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT
981 If true, at least one selected framebuffer driver can take advantage
982 of VESA video modes set at an early boot stage via the vga= parameter.
985 bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
986 depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL
987 select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
989 Enable maximum number of CPUS and NUMA Nodes for this architecture.
993 # The maximum number of CPUs supported:
995 # The main config value is NR_CPUS, which defaults to NR_CPUS_DEFAULT,
996 # and which can be configured interactively in the
997 # [NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN ... NR_CPUS_RANGE_END] range.
999 # The ranges are different on 32-bit and 64-bit kernels, depending on
1000 # hardware capabilities and scalability features of the kernel.
1002 # ( If MAXSMP is enabled we just use the highest possible value and disable
1003 # interactive configuration. )
1006 config NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN
1008 default NR_CPUS_RANGE_END if MAXSMP
1012 config NR_CPUS_RANGE_END
1015 default 64 if SMP && X86_BIGSMP
1016 default 8 if SMP && !X86_BIGSMP
1019 config NR_CPUS_RANGE_END
1022 default 8192 if SMP && CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
1023 default 512 if SMP && !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
1026 config NR_CPUS_DEFAULT
1029 default 32 if X86_BIGSMP
1033 config NR_CPUS_DEFAULT
1036 default 8192 if MAXSMP
1041 int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP
1042 range NR_CPUS_RANGE_BEGIN NR_CPUS_RANGE_END
1043 default NR_CPUS_DEFAULT
1045 This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
1046 kernel will support. If CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, the maximum
1047 supported value is 8192, otherwise the maximum value is 512. The
1048 minimum value which makes sense is 2.
1050 This is purely to save memory: each supported CPU adds about 8KB
1051 to the kernel image.
1053 config SCHED_CLUSTER
1054 bool "Cluster scheduler support"
1058 Cluster scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
1059 making when dealing with machines that have clusters of CPUs.
1060 Cluster usually means a couple of CPUs which are placed closely
1061 by sharing mid-level caches, last-level cache tags or internal
1069 prompt "Multi-core scheduler support"
1072 Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
1073 making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
1074 increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
1076 config SCHED_MC_PRIO
1077 bool "CPU core priorities scheduler support"
1079 select X86_INTEL_PSTATE if CPU_SUP_INTEL
1080 select X86_AMD_PSTATE if CPU_SUP_AMD && ACPI
1084 Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 enabled CPUs have a
1085 core ordering determined at manufacturing time, which allows
1086 certain cores to reach higher turbo frequencies (when running
1087 single threaded workloads) than others.
1089 Enabling this kernel feature teaches the scheduler about
1090 the TBM3 (aka ITMT) priority order of the CPU cores and adjusts the
1091 scheduler's CPU selection logic accordingly, so that higher
1092 overall system performance can be achieved.
1094 This feature will have no effect on CPUs without this feature.
1096 If unsure say Y here.
1100 depends on !SMP && X86_LOCAL_APIC
1103 bool "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" if !PCI_MSI
1105 depends on X86_32 && !SMP && !X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1107 A local APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
1108 integrated interrupt controller in the CPU. If you have a single-CPU
1109 system which has a processor with a local APIC, you can say Y here to
1110 enable and use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't
1111 have a local APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at
1112 all. The local APIC supports CPU-generated self-interrupts (timer,
1113 performance counters), and the NMI watchdog which detects hard
1116 config X86_UP_IOAPIC
1117 bool "IO-APIC support on uniprocessors"
1118 depends on X86_UP_APIC
1120 An IO-APIC (I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) is an
1121 SMP-capable replacement for PC-style interrupt controllers. Most
1122 SMP systems and many recent uniprocessor systems have one.
1124 If you have a single-CPU system with an IO-APIC, you can say Y here
1125 to use it. If you say Y here even though your machine doesn't have
1126 an IO-APIC, then the kernel will still run with no slowdown at all.
1128 config X86_LOCAL_APIC
1130 depends on X86_64 || SMP || X86_32_NON_STANDARD || X86_UP_APIC || PCI_MSI
1131 select IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY
1133 config ACPI_MADT_WAKEUP
1138 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
1142 depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC || X86_UP_IOAPIC
1144 config X86_REROUTE_FOR_BROKEN_BOOT_IRQS
1145 bool "Reroute for broken boot IRQs"
1146 depends on X86_IO_APIC
1148 This option enables a workaround that fixes a source of
1149 spurious interrupts. This is recommended when threaded
1150 interrupt handling is used on systems where the generation of
1151 superfluous "boot interrupts" cannot be disabled.
1153 Some chipsets generate a legacy INTx "boot IRQ" when the IRQ
1154 entry in the chipset's IO-APIC is masked (as, e.g. the RT
1155 kernel does during interrupt handling). On chipsets where this
1156 boot IRQ generation cannot be disabled, this workaround keeps
1157 the original IRQ line masked so that only the equivalent "boot
1158 IRQ" is delivered to the CPUs. The workaround also tells the
1159 kernel to set up the IRQ handler on the boot IRQ line. In this
1160 way only one interrupt is delivered to the kernel. Otherwise
1161 the spurious second interrupt may cause the kernel to bring
1162 down (vital) interrupt lines.
1164 Only affects "broken" chipsets. Interrupt sharing may be
1165 increased on these systems.
1168 bool "Machine Check / overheating reporting"
1169 select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
1172 Machine Check support allows the processor to notify the
1173 kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, data corruption).
1174 The action the kernel takes depends on the severity of the problem,
1175 ranging from warning messages to halting the machine.
1177 config X86_MCELOG_LEGACY
1178 bool "Support for deprecated /dev/mcelog character device"
1181 Enable support for /dev/mcelog which is needed by the old mcelog
1182 userspace logging daemon. Consider switching to the new generation
1185 config X86_MCE_INTEL
1187 prompt "Intel MCE features"
1188 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
1190 Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
1191 the thermal monitor.
1195 prompt "AMD MCE features"
1196 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC
1198 Additional support for AMD specific MCE features such as
1199 the DRAM Error Threshold.
1201 config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
1202 bool "Support for old Pentium 5 / WinChip machine checks"
1203 depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
1205 Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
1206 systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitly on the command
1209 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
1210 depends on X86_MCE_AMD || X86_MCE_INTEL
1213 config X86_MCE_INJECT
1214 depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC && DEBUG_FS
1215 tristate "Machine check injector support"
1217 Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes.
1218 If you don't know what a machine check is and you don't do kernel
1219 QA it is safe to say n.
1221 source "arch/x86/events/Kconfig"
1223 config X86_LEGACY_VM86
1224 bool "Legacy VM86 support"
1227 This option allows user programs to put the CPU into V8086
1228 mode, which is an 80286-era approximation of 16-bit real mode.
1230 Some very old versions of X and/or vbetool require this option
1231 for user mode setting. Similarly, DOSEMU will use it if
1232 available to accelerate real mode DOS programs. However, any
1233 recent version of DOSEMU, X, or vbetool should be fully
1234 functional even without kernel VM86 support, as they will all
1235 fall back to software emulation. Nevertheless, if you are using
1236 a 16-bit DOS program where 16-bit performance matters, vm86
1237 mode might be faster than emulation and you might want to
1240 Note that any app that works on a 64-bit kernel is unlikely to
1241 need this option, as 64-bit kernels don't, and can't, support
1242 V8086 mode. This option is also unrelated to 16-bit protected
1243 mode and is not needed to run most 16-bit programs under Wine.
1245 Enabling this option increases the complexity of the kernel
1246 and slows down exception handling a tiny bit.
1248 If unsure, say N here.
1252 default X86_LEGACY_VM86
1255 bool "Enable support for 16-bit segments" if EXPERT
1257 depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
1259 This option is required by programs like Wine to run 16-bit
1260 protected mode legacy code on x86 processors. Disabling
1261 this option saves about 300 bytes on i386, or around 6K text
1262 plus 16K runtime memory on x86-64,
1266 depends on X86_16BIT && X86_32
1270 depends on X86_16BIT && X86_64
1272 config X86_VSYSCALL_EMULATION
1273 bool "Enable vsyscall emulation" if EXPERT
1277 This enables emulation of the legacy vsyscall page. Disabling
1278 it is roughly equivalent to booting with vsyscall=none, except
1279 that it will also disable the helpful warning if a program
1280 tries to use a vsyscall. With this option set to N, offending
1281 programs will just segfault, citing addresses of the form
1284 This option is required by many programs built before 2013, and
1285 care should be used even with newer programs if set to N.
1287 Disabling this option saves about 7K of kernel size and
1288 possibly 4K of additional runtime pagetable memory.
1290 config X86_IOPL_IOPERM
1291 bool "IOPERM and IOPL Emulation"
1294 This enables the ioperm() and iopl() syscalls which are necessary
1295 for legacy applications.
1297 Legacy IOPL support is an overbroad mechanism which allows user
1298 space aside of accessing all 65536 I/O ports also to disable
1299 interrupts. To gain this access the caller needs CAP_SYS_RAWIO
1300 capabilities and permission from potentially active security
1303 The emulation restricts the functionality of the syscall to
1304 only allowing the full range I/O port access, but prevents the
1305 ability to disable interrupts from user space which would be
1306 granted if the hardware IOPL mechanism would be used.
1309 tristate "Toshiba Laptop support"
1312 This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of
1313 the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It does
1314 not work on models with a Phoenix BIOS. The System Management Mode
1315 is used to set the BIOS and power saving options on Toshiba portables.
1317 For information on utilities to make use of this driver see the
1318 Toshiba Linux utilities web site at:
1319 <http://www.buzzard.org.uk/toshiba/>.
1321 Say Y if you intend to run this kernel on a Toshiba portable.
1324 config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS
1325 bool "Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot"
1328 This enables chipset and/or board specific fixups to be done
1329 in order to get reboot to work correctly. This is only needed on
1330 some combinations of hardware and BIOS. The symptom, for which
1331 this config is intended, is when reboot ends with a stalled/hung
1334 Currently, the only fixup is for the Geode machines using
1335 CS5530A and CS5536 chipsets and the RDC R-321x SoC.
1337 Say Y if you want to enable the fixup. Currently, it's safe to
1338 enable this option even if you don't need it.
1343 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL
1345 config MICROCODE_INITRD32
1347 depends on MICROCODE && X86_32 && BLK_DEV_INITRD
1349 config MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
1350 bool "Late microcode loading (DANGEROUS)"
1352 depends on MICROCODE && SMP
1354 Loading microcode late, when the system is up and executing instructions
1355 is a tricky business and should be avoided if possible. Just the sequence
1356 of synchronizing all cores and SMT threads is one fragile dance which does
1357 not guarantee that cores might not softlock after the loading. Therefore,
1358 use this at your own risk. Late loading taints the kernel unless the
1359 microcode header indicates that it is safe for late loading via the
1360 minimal revision check. This minimal revision check can be enforced on
1361 the kernel command line with "microcode.minrev=Y".
1363 config MICROCODE_LATE_FORCE_MINREV
1364 bool "Enforce late microcode loading minimal revision check"
1366 depends on MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING
1368 To prevent that users load microcode late which modifies already
1369 in use features, newer microcode patches have a minimum revision field
1370 in the microcode header, which tells the kernel which minimum
1371 revision must be active in the CPU to safely load that new microcode
1372 late into the running system. If disabled the check will not
1373 be enforced but the kernel will be tainted when the minimal
1374 revision check fails.
1376 This minimal revision check can also be controlled via the
1377 "microcode.minrev" parameter on the kernel command line.
1382 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
1384 This device gives privileged processes access to the x86
1385 Model-Specific Registers (MSRs). It is a character device with
1386 major 202 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/msr to /dev/cpu/31/msr.
1387 MSR accesses are directed to a specific CPU on multi-processor
1391 tristate "/dev/cpu/*/cpuid - CPU information support"
1393 This device gives processes access to the x86 CPUID instruction to
1394 be executed on a specific processor. It is a character device
1395 with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
1399 prompt "High Memory Support"
1406 Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
1407 However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
1408 Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
1409 physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
1410 kernel. The physical memory that's not permanently mapped is called
1413 If you are compiling a kernel which will never run on a machine with
1414 more than 1 Gigabyte total physical RAM, answer "off" here (default
1415 choice and suitable for most users). This will result in a "3GB/1GB"
1416 split: 3GB are mapped so that each process sees a 3GB virtual memory
1417 space and the remaining part of the 4GB virtual memory space is used
1418 by the kernel to permanently map as much physical memory as
1421 If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
1424 If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
1425 selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
1426 PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
1427 supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
1428 processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
1429 then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
1431 The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
1432 auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
1433 such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
1434 your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
1435 kernel at boot time.)
1437 If unsure, say "off".
1442 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
1443 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1447 depends on X86_HAVE_PAE
1450 Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
1451 gigabytes of physical RAM.
1456 prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
1460 Select the desired split between kernel and user memory.
1462 If the address range available to the kernel is less than the
1463 physical memory installed, the remaining memory will be available
1464 as "high memory". Accessing high memory is a little more costly
1465 than low memory, as it needs to be mapped into the kernel first.
1466 Note that increasing the kernel address space limits the range
1467 available to user programs, making the address space there
1468 tighter. Selecting anything other than the default 3G/1G split
1469 will also likely make your kernel incompatible with binary-only
1472 If you are not absolutely sure what you are doing, leave this
1476 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
1477 config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1479 bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
1481 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
1482 config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1484 bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
1486 bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
1491 default 0xB0000000 if VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
1492 default 0x80000000 if VMSPLIT_2G
1493 default 0x78000000 if VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
1494 default 0x40000000 if VMSPLIT_1G
1500 depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
1503 bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
1504 depends on X86_32 && X86_HAVE_PAE
1505 select PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1508 PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
1509 larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
1510 has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
1511 consumes more pagetable space per process.
1514 bool "Enable 5-level page tables support"
1516 select DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT
1517 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
1520 5-level paging enables access to larger address space:
1521 up to 128 PiB of virtual address space and 4 PiB of
1522 physical address space.
1524 It will be supported by future Intel CPUs.
1526 A kernel with the option enabled can be booted on machines that
1527 support 4- or 5-level paging.
1529 See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.rst for more
1534 config X86_DIRECT_GBPAGES
1538 Certain kernel features effectively disable kernel
1539 linear 1 GB mappings (even if the CPU otherwise
1540 supports them), so don't confuse the user by printing
1541 that we have them enabled.
1543 config X86_CPA_STATISTICS
1544 bool "Enable statistic for Change Page Attribute"
1547 Expose statistics about the Change Page Attribute mechanism, which
1548 helps to determine the effectiveness of preserving large and huge
1549 page mappings when mapping protections are changed.
1551 config X86_MEM_ENCRYPT
1552 select ARCH_HAS_FORCE_DMA_UNENCRYPTED
1553 select DYNAMIC_PHYSICAL_MASK
1556 config AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
1557 bool "AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) support"
1558 depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_AMD
1560 select DMA_COHERENT_POOL
1561 select ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT
1562 select INSTRUCTION_DECODER
1563 select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM
1564 select X86_MEM_ENCRYPT
1565 select UNACCEPTED_MEMORY
1566 select CRYPTO_LIB_AESGCM
1568 Say yes to enable support for the encryption of system memory.
1569 This requires an AMD processor that supports Secure Memory
1572 # Common NUMA Features
1574 bool "NUMA Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
1576 depends on X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM64G && X86_BIGSMP)
1577 default y if X86_BIGSMP
1578 select USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
1579 select OF_NUMA if OF
1581 Enable NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) support.
1583 The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
1584 local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
1585 NUMA awareness to the kernel.
1587 For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
1588 (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
1590 For 32-bit this is only needed if you boot a 32-bit
1591 kernel on a 64-bit NUMA platform.
1593 Otherwise, you should say N.
1597 prompt "Old style AMD Opteron NUMA detection"
1598 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && PCI
1600 Enable AMD NUMA node topology detection. You should say Y here if
1601 you have a multi processor AMD system. This uses an old method to
1602 read the NUMA configuration directly from the builtin Northbridge
1603 of Opteron. It is recommended to use X86_64_ACPI_NUMA instead,
1604 which also takes priority if both are compiled in.
1606 config X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
1608 prompt "ACPI NUMA detection"
1609 depends on X86_64 && NUMA && ACPI && PCI
1612 Enable ACPI SRAT based node topology detection.
1615 int "Maximum NUMA Nodes (as a power of 2)" if !MAXSMP
1617 default "10" if MAXSMP
1618 default "6" if X86_64
1622 Specify the maximum number of NUMA Nodes available on the target
1623 system. Increases memory reserved to accommodate various tables.
1625 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1627 depends on X86_32 && !NUMA
1629 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
1631 depends on X86_64 || NUMA || X86_32 || X86_32_NON_STANDARD
1632 select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
1633 select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
1635 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
1636 def_bool X86_64 || (NUMA && X86_32)
1638 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
1640 depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE && ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
1642 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
1643 bool "Enable sysfs memory/probe interface"
1644 depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
1646 This option enables a sysfs memory/probe interface for testing.
1647 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst for more information.
1648 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
1650 config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
1652 depends on X86_64 && PROC_KCORE
1654 config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
1657 default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
1659 config X86_PMEM_LEGACY_DEVICE
1662 config X86_PMEM_LEGACY
1663 tristate "Support non-standard NVDIMMs and ADR protected memory"
1664 depends on PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
1666 select X86_PMEM_LEGACY_DEVICE
1667 select NUMA_KEEP_MEMINFO if NUMA
1670 Treat memory marked using the non-standard e820 type of 12 as used
1671 by the Intel Sandy Bridge-EP reference BIOS as protected memory.
1672 The kernel will offer these regions to the 'pmem' driver so
1673 they can be used for persistent storage.
1678 bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
1681 The VM uses one page table entry for each page of physical memory.
1682 For systems with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious
1683 low memory. Setting this option will put user-space page table
1684 entries in high memory.
1686 config X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1687 bool "Check for low memory corruption"
1689 Periodically check for memory corruption in low memory, which
1690 is suspected to be caused by BIOS. Even when enabled in the
1691 configuration, it is disabled at runtime. Enable it by
1692 setting "memory_corruption_check=1" on the kernel command
1693 line. By default it scans the low 64k of memory every 60
1694 seconds; see the memory_corruption_check_size and
1695 memory_corruption_check_period parameters in
1696 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst to adjust this.
1698 When enabled with the default parameters, this option has
1699 almost no overhead, as it reserves a relatively small amount
1700 of memory and scans it infrequently. It both detects corruption
1701 and prevents it from affecting the running system.
1703 It is, however, intended as a diagnostic tool; if repeatable
1704 BIOS-originated corruption always affects the same memory,
1705 you can use memmap= to prevent the kernel from using that
1708 config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
1709 bool "Set the default setting of memory_corruption_check"
1710 depends on X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION
1713 Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
1716 config MATH_EMULATION
1718 depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
1719 prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32 && (M486SX || MELAN)
1721 Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
1722 operations) if you don't have one. 486DX and Pentium processors have
1723 a math coprocessor built in, 486SX and 386 do not, unless you added
1724 a 487DX or 387, respectively. (The messages during boot time can
1725 give you some hints here ["man dmesg"].) Everyone needs either a
1726 coprocessor or this emulation.
1728 If you don't have a math coprocessor, you need to say Y here; if you
1729 say Y here even though you have a coprocessor, the coprocessor will
1730 be used nevertheless. (This behavior can be changed with the kernel
1731 command line option "no387", which comes handy if your coprocessor
1732 is broken. Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot
1733 loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the kernel at
1734 boot time.) This means that it is a good idea to say Y here if you
1735 intend to use this kernel on different machines.
1737 More information about the internals of the Linux math coprocessor
1738 emulation can be found in <file:arch/x86/math-emu/README>.
1740 If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
1741 kernel, it won't hurt.
1745 prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
1747 On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
1748 the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
1749 processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
1750 a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
1751 allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
1752 before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
1753 of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
1754 /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
1755 MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
1757 This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
1758 control registers on other processors can be easily supported
1761 The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
1762 Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
1763 these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
1764 The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
1765 MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
1766 write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
1767 and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
1769 Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
1770 set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
1771 can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
1773 You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
1774 just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
1776 See <file:Documentation/arch/x86/mtrr.rst> for more information.
1778 config MTRR_SANITIZER
1780 prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
1783 Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
1784 add writeback entries.
1786 Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
1787 The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
1792 config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
1793 int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
1796 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1798 Enable mtrr cleanup default value
1800 config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
1801 int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
1804 depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
1806 mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
1807 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
1811 prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
1813 select ARCH_USES_PG_ARCH_2
1815 Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
1817 PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
1818 flexible than MTRRs.
1820 Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
1821 spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
1827 prompt "User Mode Instruction Prevention" if EXPERT
1829 User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is a security feature in
1830 some x86 processors. If enabled, a general protection fault is
1831 issued if the SGDT, SLDT, SIDT, SMSW or STR instructions are
1832 executed in user mode. These instructions unnecessarily expose
1833 information about the hardware state.
1835 The vast majority of applications do not use these instructions.
1836 For the very few that do, software emulation is provided in
1837 specific cases in protected and virtual-8086 modes. Emulated
1841 # GCC >= 9 and binutils >= 2.29
1842 # Retpoline check to work around https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93654
1844 # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e0b89df2e0f0130881bf6c39bf31d7f6aac00e0f
1845 # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/dfcf69770bc522b9e411c66454934a37c1f35332
1846 def_bool ((CC_IS_GCC && $(cc-option, -fcf-protection=branch -mindirect-branch-register)) || \
1847 (CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 140000)) && \
1853 CET features configured (Shadow stack or IBT)
1855 config X86_KERNEL_IBT
1856 prompt "Indirect Branch Tracking"
1858 depends on X86_64 && CC_HAS_IBT && HAVE_OBJTOOL
1859 # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/9d7001eba9c4cb311e03cd8cdc231f9e579f2d0f
1860 depends on !LD_IS_LLD || LLD_VERSION >= 140000
1864 Build the kernel with support for Indirect Branch Tracking, a
1865 hardware support course-grain forward-edge Control Flow Integrity
1866 protection. It enforces that all indirect calls must land on
1867 an ENDBR instruction, as such, the compiler will instrument the
1868 code with them to make this happen.
1870 In addition to building the kernel with IBT, seal all functions that
1871 are not indirect call targets, avoiding them ever becoming one.
1873 This requires LTO like objtool runs and will slow down the build. It
1874 does significantly reduce the number of ENDBR instructions in the
1877 config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
1878 prompt "Memory Protection Keys"
1880 # Note: only available in 64-bit mode
1881 depends on X86_64 && (CPU_SUP_INTEL || CPU_SUP_AMD)
1882 select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
1883 select ARCH_HAS_PKEYS
1885 Memory Protection Keys provides a mechanism for enforcing
1886 page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the
1887 page tables when an application changes protection domains.
1889 For details, see Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst
1893 config ARCH_PKEY_BITS
1898 prompt "TSX enable mode"
1899 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
1900 default X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF
1902 Intel's TSX (Transactional Synchronization Extensions) feature
1903 allows to optimize locking protocols through lock elision which
1904 can lead to a noticeable performance boost.
1906 On the other hand it has been shown that TSX can be exploited
1907 to form side channel attacks (e.g. TAA) and chances are there
1908 will be more of those attacks discovered in the future.
1910 Therefore TSX is not enabled by default (aka tsx=off). An admin
1911 might override this decision by tsx=on the command line parameter.
1912 Even with TSX enabled, the kernel will attempt to enable the best
1913 possible TAA mitigation setting depending on the microcode available
1914 for the particular machine.
1916 This option allows to set the default tsx mode between tsx=on, =off
1917 and =auto. See Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more
1920 Say off if not sure, auto if TSX is in use but it should be used on safe
1921 platforms or on if TSX is in use and the security aspect of tsx is not
1924 config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF
1927 TSX is disabled if possible - equals to tsx=off command line parameter.
1929 config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_ON
1932 TSX is always enabled on TSX capable HW - equals the tsx=on command
1935 config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_AUTO
1938 TSX is enabled on TSX capable HW that is believed to be safe against
1939 side channel attacks- equals the tsx=auto command line parameter.
1943 bool "Software Guard eXtensions (SGX)"
1944 depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_X2APIC
1946 depends on CRYPTO_SHA256=y
1948 select NUMA_KEEP_MEMINFO if NUMA
1951 Intel(R) Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) is a set of CPU instructions
1952 that can be used by applications to set aside private regions of code
1953 and data, referred to as enclaves. An enclave's private memory can
1954 only be accessed by code running within the enclave. Accesses from
1955 outside the enclave, including other enclaves, are disallowed by
1960 config X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK
1961 bool "X86 userspace shadow stack"
1964 select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
1965 select ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK
1968 Shadow stack protection is a hardware feature that detects function
1969 return address corruption. This helps mitigate ROP attacks.
1970 Applications must be enabled to use it, and old userspace does not
1971 get protection "for free".
1973 CPUs supporting shadow stacks were first released in 2020.
1975 See Documentation/arch/x86/shstk.rst for more information.
1979 config INTEL_TDX_HOST
1980 bool "Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) host support"
1981 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
1983 depends on KVM_INTEL
1984 depends on X86_X2APIC
1985 select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
1986 depends on CONTIG_ALLOC
1987 depends on !KEXEC_CORE
1990 Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) protects guest VMs from malicious
1991 host and certain physical attacks. This option enables necessary TDX
1992 support in the host kernel to run confidential VMs.
1997 bool "EFI runtime service support"
2000 select EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS
2001 select ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT
2002 select EFI_RUNTIME_MAP if KEXEC_CORE
2004 This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
2005 available (such as the EFI variable services).
2007 This option is only useful on systems that have EFI firmware.
2008 In addition, you should use the latest ELILO loader available
2009 at <http://elilo.sourceforge.net> in order to take advantage
2010 of EFI runtime services. However, even with this option, the
2011 resultant kernel should continue to boot on existing non-EFI
2015 bool "EFI stub support"
2019 This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly
2020 by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader.
2022 See Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst for more information.
2024 config EFI_HANDOVER_PROTOCOL
2025 bool "EFI handover protocol (DEPRECATED)"
2029 Select this in order to include support for the deprecated EFI
2030 handover protocol, which defines alternative entry points into the
2031 EFI stub. This is a practice that has no basis in the UEFI
2032 specification, and requires a priori knowledge on the part of the
2033 bootloader about Linux/x86 specific ways of passing the command line
2034 and initrd, and where in memory those assets may be loaded.
2036 If in doubt, say Y. Even though the corresponding support is not
2037 present in upstream GRUB or other bootloaders, most distros build
2038 GRUB with numerous downstream patches applied, and may rely on the
2039 handover protocol as as result.
2042 bool "EFI mixed-mode support"
2043 depends on EFI_STUB && X86_64
2045 Enabling this feature allows a 64-bit kernel to be booted
2046 on a 32-bit firmware, provided that your CPU supports 64-bit
2049 Note that it is not possible to boot a mixed-mode enabled
2050 kernel via the EFI boot stub - a bootloader that supports
2051 the EFI handover protocol must be used.
2055 config EFI_RUNTIME_MAP
2056 bool "Export EFI runtime maps to sysfs" if EXPERT
2059 Export EFI runtime memory regions to /sys/firmware/efi/runtime-map.
2060 That memory map is required by the 2nd kernel to set up EFI virtual
2061 mappings after kexec, but can also be used for debugging purposes.
2063 See also Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi-runtime-map.
2065 source "kernel/Kconfig.hz"
2067 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC
2070 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_FILE
2073 config ARCH_SELECTS_KEXEC_FILE
2075 depends on KEXEC_FILE
2076 select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC if IMA
2078 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
2081 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_SIG
2084 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_SIG_FORCE
2087 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_BZIMAGE_VERIFY_SIG
2090 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC_JUMP
2093 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_DUMP
2094 def_bool X86_64 || (X86_32 && HIGHMEM)
2096 config ARCH_DEFAULT_CRASH_DUMP
2099 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_HOTPLUG
2102 config ARCH_HAS_GENERIC_CRASHKERNEL_RESERVATION
2103 def_bool CRASH_RESERVE
2105 config PHYSICAL_START
2106 hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EXPERT || CRASH_DUMP)
2109 This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
2111 If the kernel is not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then bzImage
2112 will decompress itself to above physical address and run from there.
2113 Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where it has been loaded
2114 by the boot loader. The only exception is if it is loaded below the
2115 above physical address, in which case it will relocate itself there.
2117 In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
2118 as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
2119 (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
2120 address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
2121 to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
2122 vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
2123 to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
2124 (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
2126 So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump,
2127 leave the value here unchanged to 0x1000000 and set
2128 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux
2129 for capturing the crash dump change this value to start of
2130 the reserved region. In other words, it can be set based on
2131 the "X" value as specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM"
2132 command line boot parameter passed to the panic-ed
2133 kernel. Please take a look at Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
2134 for more details about crash dumps.
2136 Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
2137 one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
2138 as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
2139 gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
2140 is present because there are users out there who continue to use
2141 vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
2144 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
2147 bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
2150 This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
2151 so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
2152 The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
2153 but are discarded at runtime.
2155 One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
2156 must live at a different physical address than the primary
2159 Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
2160 it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
2161 (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is used as the minimum location.
2163 config RANDOMIZE_BASE
2164 bool "Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR)"
2165 depends on RELOCATABLE
2168 In support of Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR),
2169 this randomizes the physical address at which the kernel image
2170 is decompressed and the virtual address where the kernel
2171 image is mapped, as a security feature that deters exploit
2172 attempts relying on knowledge of the location of kernel
2175 On 64-bit, the kernel physical and virtual addresses are
2176 randomized separately. The physical address will be anywhere
2177 between 16MB and the top of physical memory (up to 64TB). The
2178 virtual address will be randomized from 16MB up to 1GB (9 bits
2179 of entropy). Note that this also reduces the memory space
2180 available to kernel modules from 1.5GB to 1GB.
2182 On 32-bit, the kernel physical and virtual addresses are
2183 randomized together. They will be randomized from 16MB up to
2184 512MB (8 bits of entropy).
2186 Entropy is generated using the RDRAND instruction if it is
2187 supported. If RDTSC is supported, its value is mixed into
2188 the entropy pool as well. If neither RDRAND nor RDTSC are
2189 supported, then entropy is read from the i8254 timer. The
2190 usable entropy is limited by the kernel being built using
2191 2GB addressing, and that PHYSICAL_ALIGN must be at a
2192 minimum of 2MB. As a result, only 10 bits of entropy are
2193 theoretically possible, but the implementations are further
2194 limited due to memory layouts.
2198 # Relocation on x86 needs some additional build support
2199 config X86_NEED_RELOCS
2201 depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE || (X86_32 && RELOCATABLE)
2203 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
2204 hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned"
2206 range 0x2000 0x1000000 if X86_32
2207 range 0x200000 0x1000000 if X86_64
2209 This value puts the alignment restrictions on physical address
2210 where kernel is loaded and run from. Kernel is compiled for an
2211 address which meets above alignment restriction.
2213 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
2214 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set, kernel will move itself to nearest
2215 address aligned to above value and run from there.
2217 If bootloader loads the kernel at a non-aligned address and
2218 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, kernel will ignore the run time
2219 load address and decompress itself to the address it has been
2220 compiled for and run from there. The address for which kernel is
2221 compiled already meets above alignment restrictions. Hence the
2222 end result is that kernel runs from a physical address meeting
2223 above alignment restrictions.
2225 On 32-bit this value must be a multiple of 0x2000. On 64-bit
2226 this value must be a multiple of 0x200000.
2228 Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
2230 config DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT
2233 This option makes base addresses of vmalloc and vmemmap as well as
2234 __PAGE_OFFSET movable during boot.
2236 config RANDOMIZE_MEMORY
2237 bool "Randomize the kernel memory sections"
2239 depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE
2240 select DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT
2241 default RANDOMIZE_BASE
2243 Randomizes the base virtual address of kernel memory sections
2244 (physical memory mapping, vmalloc & vmemmap). This security feature
2245 makes exploits relying on predictable memory locations less reliable.
2247 The order of allocations remains unchanged. Entropy is generated in
2248 the same way as RANDOMIZE_BASE. Current implementation in the optimal
2249 configuration have in average 30,000 different possible virtual
2250 addresses for each memory section.
2254 config RANDOMIZE_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PADDING
2255 hex "Physical memory mapping padding" if EXPERT
2256 depends on RANDOMIZE_MEMORY
2257 default "0xa" if MEMORY_HOTPLUG
2259 range 0x1 0x40 if MEMORY_HOTPLUG
2262 Define the padding in terabytes added to the existing physical
2263 memory size during kernel memory randomization. It is useful
2264 for memory hotplug support but reduces the entropy available for
2265 address randomization.
2267 If unsure, leave at the default value.
2269 config ADDRESS_MASKING
2270 bool "Linear Address Masking support"
2272 depends on COMPILE_TEST || !CPU_MITIGATIONS # wait for LASS
2274 Linear Address Masking (LAM) modifies the checking that is applied
2275 to 64-bit linear addresses, allowing software to use of the
2276 untranslated address bits for metadata.
2278 The capability can be used for efficient address sanitizers (ASAN)
2279 implementation and for optimizations in JITs.
2287 prompt "Disable the 32-bit vDSO (needed for glibc 2.3.3)"
2288 depends on COMPAT_32
2290 Certain buggy versions of glibc will crash if they are
2291 presented with a 32-bit vDSO that is not mapped at the address
2292 indicated in its segment table.
2294 The bug was introduced by f866314b89d56845f55e6f365e18b31ec978ec3a
2295 and fixed by 3b3ddb4f7db98ec9e912ccdf54d35df4aa30e04a and
2296 49ad572a70b8aeb91e57483a11dd1b77e31c4468. Glibc 2.3.3 is
2297 the only released version with the bug, but OpenSUSE 9
2298 contains a buggy "glibc 2.3.2".
2300 The symptom of the bug is that everything crashes on startup, saying:
2301 dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
2303 Saying Y here changes the default value of the vdso32 boot
2304 option from 1 to 0, which turns off the 32-bit vDSO entirely.
2305 This works around the glibc bug but hurts performance.
2307 If unsure, say N: if you are compiling your own kernel, you
2308 are unlikely to be using a buggy version of glibc.
2311 prompt "vsyscall table for legacy applications"
2313 default LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY
2315 Legacy user code that does not know how to find the vDSO expects
2316 to be able to issue three syscalls by calling fixed addresses in
2317 kernel space. Since this location is not randomized with ASLR,
2318 it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation.
2320 This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command
2321 line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|xonly|none]. Emulate mode
2322 is deprecated and can only be enabled using the kernel command
2325 On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no
2326 static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty
2327 to improve security.
2329 If unsure, select "Emulate execution only".
2331 config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY
2332 bool "Emulate execution only"
2334 The kernel traps and emulates calls into the fixed vsyscall
2335 address mapping and does not allow reads. This
2336 configuration is recommended when userspace might use the
2337 legacy vsyscall area but support for legacy binary
2338 instrumentation of legacy code is not needed. It mitigates
2339 certain uses of the vsyscall area as an ASLR-bypassing
2342 config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
2345 There will be no vsyscall mapping at all. This will
2346 eliminate any risk of ASLR bypass due to the vsyscall
2347 fixed address mapping. Attempts to use the vsyscalls
2348 will be reported to dmesg, so that either old or
2349 malicious userspace programs can be identified.
2354 bool "Built-in kernel command line"
2356 Allow for specifying boot arguments to the kernel at
2357 build time. On some systems (e.g. embedded ones), it is
2358 necessary or convenient to provide some or all of the
2359 kernel boot arguments with the kernel itself (that is,
2360 to not rely on the boot loader to provide them.)
2362 To compile command line arguments into the kernel,
2363 set this option to 'Y', then fill in the
2364 boot arguments in CONFIG_CMDLINE.
2366 Systems with fully functional boot loaders (i.e. non-embedded)
2367 should leave this option set to 'N'.
2370 string "Built-in kernel command string"
2371 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
2374 Enter arguments here that should be compiled into the kernel
2375 image and used at boot time. If the boot loader provides a
2376 command line at boot time, it is appended to this string to
2377 form the full kernel command line, when the system boots.
2379 However, you can use the CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE option to
2380 change this behavior.
2382 In most cases, the command line (whether built-in or provided
2383 by the boot loader) should specify the device for the root
2386 config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
2387 bool "Built-in command line overrides boot loader arguments"
2388 depends on CMDLINE_BOOL && CMDLINE != ""
2390 Set this option to 'Y' to have the kernel ignore the boot loader
2391 command line, and use ONLY the built-in command line.
2393 This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
2394 be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
2396 config MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
2397 bool "Enable the LDT (local descriptor table)" if EXPERT
2400 Linux can allow user programs to install a per-process x86
2401 Local Descriptor Table (LDT) using the modify_ldt(2) system
2402 call. This is required to run 16-bit or segmented code such as
2403 DOSEMU or some Wine programs. It is also used by some very old
2404 threading libraries.
2406 Enabling this feature adds a small amount of overhead to
2407 context switches and increases the low-level kernel attack
2408 surface. Disabling it removes the modify_ldt(2) system call.
2410 Saying 'N' here may make sense for embedded or server kernels.
2412 config STRICT_SIGALTSTACK_SIZE
2413 bool "Enforce strict size checking for sigaltstack"
2414 depends on DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME
2416 For historical reasons MINSIGSTKSZ is a constant which became
2417 already too small with AVX512 support. Add a mechanism to
2418 enforce strict checking of the sigaltstack size against the
2419 real size of the FPU frame. This option enables the check
2420 by default. It can also be controlled via the kernel command
2421 line option 'strict_sas_size' independent of this config
2422 switch. Enabling it might break existing applications which
2423 allocate a too small sigaltstack but 'work' because they
2424 never get a signal delivered.
2426 Say 'N' unless you want to really enforce this check.
2428 config CFI_AUTO_DEFAULT
2429 bool "Attempt to use FineIBT by default at boot time"
2433 Attempt to use FineIBT by default at boot time. If enabled,
2434 this is the same as booting with "cfi=auto". If disabled,
2435 this is the same as booting with "cfi=kcfi".
2437 source "kernel/livepatch/Kconfig"
2439 config X86_BUS_LOCK_DETECT
2440 bool "Split Lock Detect and Bus Lock Detect support"
2441 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL || CPU_SUP_AMD
2444 Enable Split Lock Detect and Bus Lock Detect functionalities.
2445 See <file:Documentation/arch/x86/buslock.rst> for more information.
2449 config CC_HAS_NAMED_AS
2450 def_bool $(success,echo 'int __seg_fs fs; int __seg_gs gs;' | $(CC) -x c - -S -o /dev/null)
2451 depends on CC_IS_GCC
2453 config CC_HAS_NAMED_AS_FIXED_SANITIZERS
2454 def_bool CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION >= 130300
2456 config USE_X86_SEG_SUPPORT
2458 depends on CC_HAS_NAMED_AS
2460 # -fsanitize=kernel-address (KASAN) and -fsanitize=thread
2461 # (KCSAN) are incompatible with named address spaces with
2462 # GCC < 13.3 - see GCC PR sanitizer/111736.
2464 depends on !(KASAN || KCSAN) || CC_HAS_NAMED_AS_FIXED_SANITIZERS
2467 def_bool $(cc-option,-mharden-sls=all)
2469 config CC_HAS_RETURN_THUNK
2470 def_bool $(cc-option,-mfunction-return=thunk-extern)
2472 config CC_HAS_ENTRY_PADDING
2473 def_bool $(cc-option,-fpatchable-function-entry=16,16)
2475 config FUNCTION_PADDING_CFI
2477 default 59 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_64B
2478 default 27 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_32B
2479 default 11 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B
2480 default 3 if FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_8B
2483 # Basically: FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT - 5*CFI_CLANG
2484 # except Kconfig can't do arithmetic :/
2485 config FUNCTION_PADDING_BYTES
2487 default FUNCTION_PADDING_CFI if CFI_CLANG
2488 default FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT
2492 depends on CC_HAS_ENTRY_PADDING && OBJTOOL
2493 select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B
2497 depends on X86_KERNEL_IBT && CFI_CLANG && MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
2500 config HAVE_CALL_THUNKS
2502 depends on CC_HAS_ENTRY_PADDING && MITIGATION_RETHUNK && OBJTOOL
2508 config PREFIX_SYMBOLS
2510 depends on CALL_PADDING && !CFI_CLANG
2512 menuconfig CPU_MITIGATIONS
2513 bool "Mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities"
2516 Say Y here to enable options which enable mitigations for hardware
2517 vulnerabilities (usually related to speculative execution).
2518 Mitigations can be disabled or restricted to SMT systems at runtime
2519 via the "mitigations" kernel parameter.
2521 If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled. This CANNOT be
2522 overridden at runtime.
2524 Say 'Y', unless you really know what you are doing.
2528 config MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
2529 bool "Remove the kernel mapping in user mode"
2531 depends on (X86_64 || X86_PAE)
2533 This feature reduces the number of hardware side channels by
2534 ensuring that the majority of kernel addresses are not mapped
2537 See Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst for more details.
2539 config MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
2540 bool "Avoid speculative indirect branches in kernel"
2541 select OBJTOOL if HAVE_OBJTOOL
2544 Compile kernel with the retpoline compiler options to guard against
2545 kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding speculative indirect
2546 branches. Requires a compiler with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern
2547 support for full protection. The kernel may run slower.
2549 config MITIGATION_RETHUNK
2550 bool "Enable return-thunks"
2551 depends on MITIGATION_RETPOLINE && CC_HAS_RETURN_THUNK
2552 select OBJTOOL if HAVE_OBJTOOL
2555 Compile the kernel with the return-thunks compiler option to guard
2556 against kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding return speculation.
2557 Requires a compiler with -mfunction-return=thunk-extern
2558 support for full protection. The kernel may run slower.
2560 config MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
2561 bool "Enable UNRET on kernel entry"
2562 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && MITIGATION_RETHUNK && X86_64
2565 Compile the kernel with support for the retbleed=unret mitigation.
2567 config MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING
2568 bool "Mitigate RSB underflow with call depth tracking"
2569 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && HAVE_CALL_THUNKS
2570 select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE
2574 Compile the kernel with call depth tracking to mitigate the Intel
2575 SKL Return-Stack-Buffer (RSB) underflow issue. The mitigation is off
2576 by default and needs to be enabled on the kernel command line via the
2577 retbleed=stuff option. For non-affected systems the overhead of this
2578 option is marginal as the call depth tracking is using run-time
2579 generated call thunks in a compiler generated padding area and call
2580 patching. This increases text size by ~5%. For non affected systems
2581 this space is unused. On affected SKL systems this results in a
2582 significant performance gain over the IBRS mitigation.
2584 config CALL_THUNKS_DEBUG
2585 bool "Enable call thunks and call depth tracking debugging"
2586 depends on MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING
2587 select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_32B
2590 Enable call/ret counters for imbalance detection and build in
2591 a noisy dmesg about callthunks generation and call patching for
2592 trouble shooting. The debug prints need to be enabled on the
2593 kernel command line with 'debug-callthunks'.
2594 Only enable this when you are debugging call thunks as this
2595 creates a noticeable runtime overhead. If unsure say N.
2597 config MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY
2598 bool "Enable IBPB on kernel entry"
2599 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && X86_64
2602 Compile the kernel with support for the retbleed=ibpb and
2603 spec_rstack_overflow={ibpb,ibpb-vmexit} mitigations.
2605 config MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY
2606 bool "Enable IBRS on kernel entry"
2607 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64
2610 Compile the kernel with support for the spectre_v2=ibrs mitigation.
2611 This mitigates both spectre_v2 and retbleed at great cost to
2614 config MITIGATION_SRSO
2615 bool "Mitigate speculative RAS overflow on AMD"
2616 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && X86_64 && MITIGATION_RETHUNK
2619 Enable the SRSO mitigation needed on AMD Zen1-4 machines.
2621 config MITIGATION_SLS
2622 bool "Mitigate Straight-Line-Speculation"
2623 depends on CC_HAS_SLS && X86_64
2624 select OBJTOOL if HAVE_OBJTOOL
2627 Compile the kernel with straight-line-speculation options to guard
2628 against straight line speculation. The kernel image might be slightly
2631 config MITIGATION_GDS
2632 bool "Mitigate Gather Data Sampling"
2633 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2636 Enable mitigation for Gather Data Sampling (GDS). GDS is a hardware
2637 vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access to data
2638 which was previously stored in vector registers. The attacker uses gather
2639 instructions to infer the stale vector register data.
2641 config MITIGATION_RFDS
2642 bool "RFDS Mitigation"
2643 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2646 Enable mitigation for Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) by default.
2647 RFDS is a hardware vulnerability which affects Intel Atom CPUs. It
2648 allows unprivileged speculative access to stale data previously
2649 stored in floating point, vector and integer registers.
2650 See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst>
2652 config MITIGATION_SPECTRE_BHI
2653 bool "Mitigate Spectre-BHB (Branch History Injection)"
2654 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2657 Enable BHI mitigations. BHI attacks are a form of Spectre V2 attacks
2658 where the branch history buffer is poisoned to speculatively steer
2660 See <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst>
2662 config MITIGATION_MDS
2663 bool "Mitigate Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) hardware bug"
2664 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2667 Enable mitigation for Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS). MDS is
2668 a hardware vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access
2669 to data which is available in various CPU internal buffers.
2670 See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst>
2672 config MITIGATION_TAA
2673 bool "Mitigate TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) hardware bug"
2674 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2677 Enable mitigation for TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA). TAA is a hardware
2678 vulnerability that allows unprivileged speculative access to data
2679 which is available in various CPU internal buffers by using
2680 asynchronous aborts within an Intel TSX transactional region.
2681 See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst>
2683 config MITIGATION_MMIO_STALE_DATA
2684 bool "Mitigate MMIO Stale Data hardware bug"
2685 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2688 Enable mitigation for MMIO Stale Data hardware bugs. Processor MMIO
2689 Stale Data Vulnerabilities are a class of memory-mapped I/O (MMIO)
2690 vulnerabilities that can expose data. The vulnerabilities require the
2691 attacker to have access to MMIO.
2693 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst>
2695 config MITIGATION_L1TF
2696 bool "Mitigate L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) hardware bug"
2697 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2700 Mitigate L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) hardware bug. L1 Terminal Fault is a
2701 hardware vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access to data
2702 available in the Level 1 Data Cache.
2703 See <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2705 config MITIGATION_RETBLEED
2706 bool "Mitigate RETBleed hardware bug"
2707 depends on (CPU_SUP_INTEL && MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2) || MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY || MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY
2710 Enable mitigation for RETBleed (Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution
2711 with Return Instructions) vulnerability. RETBleed is a speculative
2712 execution attack which takes advantage of microarchitectural behavior
2713 in many modern microprocessors, similar to Spectre v2. An
2714 unprivileged attacker can use these flaws to bypass conventional
2715 memory security restrictions to gain read access to privileged memory
2716 that would otherwise be inaccessible.
2718 config MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V1
2719 bool "Mitigate SPECTRE V1 hardware bug"
2722 Enable mitigation for Spectre V1 (Bounds Check Bypass). Spectre V1 is a
2723 class of side channel attacks that takes advantage of speculative
2724 execution that bypasses conditional branch instructions used for
2725 memory access bounds check.
2726 See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst>
2728 config MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2
2729 bool "Mitigate SPECTRE V2 hardware bug"
2732 Enable mitigation for Spectre V2 (Branch Target Injection). Spectre
2733 V2 is a class of side channel attacks that takes advantage of
2734 indirect branch predictors inside the processor. In Spectre variant 2
2735 attacks, the attacker can steer speculative indirect branches in the
2736 victim to gadget code by poisoning the branch target buffer of a CPU
2737 used for predicting indirect branch addresses.
2738 See also <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst>
2740 config MITIGATION_SRBDS
2741 bool "Mitigate Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) hardware bug"
2742 depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
2745 Enable mitigation for Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS).
2746 SRBDS is a hardware vulnerability that allows Microarchitectural Data
2747 Sampling (MDS) techniques to infer values returned from special
2748 register accesses. An unprivileged user can extract values returned
2749 from RDRAND and RDSEED executed on another core or sibling thread
2750 using MDS techniques.
2752 <file:Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst>
2754 config MITIGATION_SSB
2755 bool "Mitigate Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) hardware bug"
2758 Enable mitigation for Speculative Store Bypass (SSB). SSB is a
2759 hardware security vulnerability and its exploitation takes advantage
2760 of speculative execution in a similar way to the Meltdown and Spectre
2761 security vulnerabilities.
2765 config ARCH_HAS_ADD_PAGES
2767 depends on ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
2769 menu "Power management and ACPI options"
2771 config ARCH_HIBERNATION_HEADER
2773 depends on HIBERNATION
2775 source "kernel/power/Kconfig"
2777 source "drivers/acpi/Kconfig"
2784 tristate "APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS support"
2785 depends on X86_32 && PM_SLEEP
2787 APM is a BIOS specification for saving power using several different
2788 techniques. This is mostly useful for battery powered laptops with
2789 APM compliant BIOSes. If you say Y here, the system time will be
2790 reset after a RESUME operation, the /proc/apm device will provide
2791 battery status information, and user-space programs will receive
2792 notification of APM "events" (e.g. battery status change).
2794 If you select "Y" here, you can disable actual use of the APM
2795 BIOS by passing the "apm=off" option to the kernel at boot time.
2797 Note that the APM support is almost completely disabled for
2798 machines with more than one CPU.
2800 In order to use APM, you will need supporting software. For location
2801 and more information, read <file:Documentation/power/apm-acpi.rst>
2802 and the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO, available from
2803 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2805 This driver does not spin down disk drives (see the hdparm(8)
2806 manpage ("man 8 hdparm") for that), and it doesn't turn off
2807 VESA-compliant "green" monitors.
2809 This driver does not support the TI 4000M TravelMate and the ACER
2810 486/DX4/75 because they don't have compliant BIOSes. Many "green"
2811 desktop machines also don't have compliant BIOSes, and this driver
2812 may cause those machines to panic during the boot phase.
2814 Generally, if you don't have a battery in your machine, there isn't
2815 much point in using this driver and you should say N. If you get
2816 random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
2817 anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
2820 Some other things you should try when experiencing seemingly random,
2823 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
2825 2) pass the "idle=poll" option to the kernel
2826 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
2827 the "no387" option to the kernel
2828 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
2829 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
2830 all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
2831 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
2832 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
2833 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
2834 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
2835 10) install a better fan for the CPU
2836 11) exchange RAM chips
2837 12) exchange the motherboard.
2839 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2840 module will be called apm.
2844 config APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND
2845 bool "Ignore USER SUSPEND"
2847 This option will ignore USER SUSPEND requests. On machines with a
2848 compliant APM BIOS, you want to say N. However, on the NEC Versa M
2849 series notebooks, it is necessary to say Y because of a BIOS bug.
2851 config APM_DO_ENABLE
2852 bool "Enable PM at boot time"
2854 Enable APM features at boot time. From page 36 of the APM BIOS
2855 specification: "When disabled, the APM BIOS does not automatically
2856 power manage devices, enter the Standby State, enter the Suspend
2857 State, or take power saving steps in response to CPU Idle calls."
2858 This driver will make CPU Idle calls when Linux is idle (unless this
2859 feature is turned off -- see "Do CPU IDLE calls", below). This
2860 should always save battery power, but more complicated APM features
2861 will be dependent on your BIOS implementation. You may need to turn
2862 this option off if your computer hangs at boot time when using APM
2863 support, or if it beeps continuously instead of suspending. Turn
2864 this off if you have a NEC UltraLite Versa 33/C or a Toshiba
2865 T400CDT. This is off by default since most machines do fine without
2870 bool "Make CPU Idle calls when idle"
2872 Enable calls to APM CPU Idle/CPU Busy inside the kernel's idle loop.
2873 On some machines, this can activate improved power savings, such as
2874 a slowed CPU clock rate, when the machine is idle. These idle calls
2875 are made after the idle loop has run for some length of time (e.g.,
2876 333 mS). On some machines, this will cause a hang at boot time or
2877 whenever the CPU becomes idle. (On machines with more than one CPU,
2878 this option does nothing.)
2880 config APM_DISPLAY_BLANK
2881 bool "Enable console blanking using APM"
2883 Enable console blanking using the APM. Some laptops can use this to
2884 turn off the LCD backlight when the screen blanker of the Linux
2885 virtual console blanks the screen. Note that this is only used by
2886 the virtual console screen blanker, and won't turn off the backlight
2887 when using the X Window system. This also doesn't have anything to
2888 do with your VESA-compliant power-saving monitor. Further, this
2889 option doesn't work for all laptops -- it might not turn off your
2890 backlight at all, or it might print a lot of errors to the console,
2891 especially if you are using gpm.
2893 config APM_ALLOW_INTS
2894 bool "Allow interrupts during APM BIOS calls"
2896 Normally we disable external interrupts while we are making calls to
2897 the APM BIOS as a measure to lessen the effects of a badly behaving
2898 BIOS implementation. The BIOS should reenable interrupts if it
2899 needs to. Unfortunately, some BIOSes do not -- especially those in
2900 many of the newer IBM Thinkpads. If you experience hangs when you
2901 suspend, try setting this to Y. Otherwise, say N.
2905 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig"
2907 source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
2909 source "drivers/idle/Kconfig"
2913 menu "Bus options (PCI etc.)"
2916 prompt "PCI access mode"
2917 depends on X86_32 && PCI
2920 On PCI systems, the BIOS can be used to detect the PCI devices and
2921 determine their configuration. However, some old PCI motherboards
2922 have BIOS bugs and may crash if this is done. Also, some embedded
2923 PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to
2924 detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS.
2926 With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the
2927 PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used,
2928 if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you
2929 choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used.
2930 If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the
2931 direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't
2932 work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any".
2937 config PCI_GOMMCONFIG
2954 depends on X86_32 && PCI && (PCI_GOBIOS || PCI_GOANY)
2956 # x86-64 doesn't support PCI BIOS access from long mode so always go direct.
2959 depends on PCI && (X86_64 || (PCI_GODIRECT || PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOMMCONFIG))
2962 bool "Support mmconfig PCI config space access" if X86_64
2964 depends on PCI && (ACPI || JAILHOUSE_GUEST)
2965 depends on X86_64 || (PCI_GOANY || PCI_GOMMCONFIG)
2969 depends on PCI && OLPC && (PCI_GOOLPC || PCI_GOANY)
2973 depends on PCI && XEN
2975 config MMCONF_FAM10H
2977 depends on X86_64 && PCI_MMCONFIG && ACPI
2979 config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
2980 bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
2983 Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
2984 PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
2987 There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
2988 is known to be incomplete.
2990 You should say N unless you know you need this.
2993 bool "ISA bus support on modern systems" if EXPERT
2995 Expose ISA bus device drivers and options available for selection and
2996 configuration. Enable this option if your target machine has an ISA
2997 bus. ISA is an older system, displaced by PCI and newer bus
2998 architectures -- if your target machine is modern, it probably does
2999 not have an ISA bus.
3003 # x86_64 have no ISA slots, but can have ISA-style DMA.
3005 bool "ISA-style DMA support" if (X86_64 && EXPERT)
3008 Enables ISA-style DMA support for devices requiring such controllers.
3016 Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
3017 name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
3018 inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
3019 (MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
3020 newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
3023 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 support"
3025 This provides basic support for National Semiconductor's
3026 (now AMD's) Geode processors. The driver probes for the
3027 PCI-IDs of several on-chip devices, so its a good dependency
3028 for other scx200_* drivers.
3030 If compiled as a module, the driver is named scx200.
3032 config SCx200HR_TIMER
3033 tristate "NatSemi SCx200 27MHz High-Resolution Timer Support"
3037 This driver provides a clocksource built upon the on-chip
3038 27MHz high-resolution timer. Its also a workaround for
3039 NSC Geode SC-1100's buggy TSC, which loses time when the
3040 processor goes idle (as is done by the scheduler). The
3041 other workaround is idle=poll boot option.
3044 bool "One Laptop Per Child support"
3052 Add support for detecting the unique features of the OLPC
3056 bool "OLPC XO-1 Power Management"
3057 depends on OLPC && MFD_CS5535=y && PM_SLEEP
3059 Add support for poweroff and suspend of the OLPC XO-1 laptop.
3062 bool "OLPC XO-1 Real Time Clock"
3063 depends on OLPC_XO1_PM && RTC_DRV_CMOS
3065 Add support for the XO-1 real time clock, which can be used as a
3066 programmable wakeup source.
3069 bool "OLPC XO-1 SCI extras"
3070 depends on OLPC && OLPC_XO1_PM && GPIO_CS5535=y
3074 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1 laptop:
3075 - EC-driven system wakeups
3079 - AC adapter status updates
3080 - Battery status updates
3082 config OLPC_XO15_SCI
3083 bool "OLPC XO-1.5 SCI extras"
3084 depends on OLPC && ACPI
3087 Add support for SCI-based features of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop:
3088 - EC-driven system wakeups
3089 - AC adapter status updates
3090 - Battery status updates
3096 bool "PCEngines ALIX System Support (LED setup)"
3100 This option enables system support for the PCEngines ALIX.
3101 At present this just sets up LEDs for GPIO control on
3102 ALIX2/3/6 boards. However, other system specific setup should
3105 Note: You must still enable the drivers for GPIO and LED support
3106 (GPIO_CS5535 & LEDS_GPIO) to actually use the LEDs
3108 Note: You have to set alix.force=1 for boards with Award BIOS.
3111 bool "Soekris Engineering net5501 System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)"
3115 This option enables system support for the Soekris Engineering net5501.
3118 bool "Traverse Technologies GEOS System Support (LEDS, GPIO, etc)"
3123 This option enables system support for the Traverse Technologies GEOS.
3126 bool "Technologic Systems TS-5500 platform support"
3128 select CHECK_SIGNATURE
3132 This option enables system support for the Technologic Systems TS-5500.
3142 depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
3146 menu "Binary Emulations"
3148 config IA32_EMULATION
3149 bool "IA32 Emulation"
3151 select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
3153 select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
3155 Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a
3156 64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're
3157 100% sure that you don't have any 32-bit programs left.
3159 config IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED
3160 bool "IA32 emulation disabled by default"
3162 depends on IA32_EMULATION
3164 Make IA32 emulation disabled by default. This prevents loading 32-bit
3165 processes and access to 32-bit syscalls. If unsure, leave it to its
3169 bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode"
3171 # llvm-objcopy does not convert x86_64 .note.gnu.property or
3172 # compressed debug sections to x86_x32 properly:
3173 # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/514
3174 # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1141
3175 depends on $(success,$(OBJCOPY) --version | head -n1 | grep -qv llvm)
3177 Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI
3178 for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the
3179 full 64-bit register file and wide data path while leaving
3180 pointers at 32 bits for smaller memory footprint.
3184 depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_32
3186 select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
3190 depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32_ABI
3192 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
3198 config HAVE_ATOMIC_IOMAP
3202 source "arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig"
3204 source "arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler"