It can take some time to validate the image, make sure
{allyes|allmod}config doesn't enable it.
I'd say randconfig will cover it often enough, and the failure is also
borderline build coverage related: you cannot really make the decoder
test fail via source level changes, only with changes in the build
environment, so I agree with Andi that we can disable this one too.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Paul Gortmaker paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Suggested-and-acked-by: Andi Kleen andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
		
	
			
		
			
				
	
	
		
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menu "Kernel hacking"
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config TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
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	def_bool y
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source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
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config STRICT_DEVMEM
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	bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
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	---help---
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	  If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
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	  of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental
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	  access to this is obviously disastrous, but specific access can
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	  be used by people debugging the kernel. Note that with PAT support
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	  enabled, even in this case there are restrictions on /dev/mem
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	  use due to the cache aliasing requirements.
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	  If this option is switched on, the /dev/mem file only allows
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	  userspace access to PCI space and the BIOS code and data regions.
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	  This is sufficient for dosemu and X and all common users of
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	  /dev/mem.
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	  If in doubt, say Y.
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config X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
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	bool "Enable verbose x86 bootup info messages"
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	default y
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	---help---
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	  Enables the informational output from the decompression stage
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	  (e.g. bzImage) of the boot. If you disable this you will still
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	  see errors. Disable this if you want silent bootup.
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config EARLY_PRINTK
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	bool "Early printk" if EXPERT
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	default y
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	---help---
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	  Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
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	  port.
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	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
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	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
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	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
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	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
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	  unless you want to debug such a crash.
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config EARLY_PRINTK_INTEL_MID
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	bool "Early printk for Intel MID platform support"
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	depends on EARLY_PRINTK && X86_INTEL_MID
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config EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
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	bool "Early printk via EHCI debug port"
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	depends on EARLY_PRINTK && PCI
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	---help---
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	  Write kernel log output directly into the EHCI debug port.
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	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
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	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
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	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
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	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
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	  unless you want to debug such a crash. You need usb debug device.
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config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
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	bool "Early printk via the EFI framebuffer"
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	depends on EFI && EARLY_PRINTK
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	select FONT_SUPPORT
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	---help---
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	  Write kernel log output directly into the EFI framebuffer.
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	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
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	  early before the console code is initialized.
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config X86_PTDUMP
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	bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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	select DEBUG_FS
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	---help---
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	  Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
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	  debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
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	  who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel.
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	  It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production
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	  kernel.
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	  If in doubt, say "N"
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config DEBUG_RODATA
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	bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
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	default y
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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	---help---
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	  Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
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	  in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
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	  data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
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	  If in doubt, say "Y".
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config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
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	bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
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	depends on DEBUG_RODATA
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	default y
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	---help---
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	  This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
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	  feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
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	  If in doubt, say "N"
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config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
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	bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
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	depends on MODULES
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	---help---
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	  This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
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	  kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
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	  of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
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	  patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
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	  against certain classes of kernel exploits.
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	  If in doubt, say "N".
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config DEBUG_NX_TEST
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	tristate "Testcase for the NX non-executable stack feature"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && m
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	---help---
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	  This option enables a testcase for the CPU NX capability
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	  and the software setup of this feature.
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	  If in doubt, say "N"
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config DOUBLEFAULT
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	default y
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	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EXPERT
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	---help---
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	  This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
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	  would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
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	  option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
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	  hair.
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config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
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	bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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	---help---
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	X86-only for now.
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	This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
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	kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
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	certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
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	tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
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	to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
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	for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
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	invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
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	flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
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	If in doubt, say "N".
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config IOMMU_DEBUG
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	bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
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	depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
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	depends on X86_64
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	---help---
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	  Force the IOMMU to on even when you have less than 4GB of
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	  memory and add debugging code. On overflow always panic. And
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	  allow to enable IOMMU leak tracing. Can be disabled at boot
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	  time with iommu=noforce. This will also enable scatter gather
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	  list merging.  Currently not recommended for production
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	  code. When you use it make sure you have a big enough
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	  IOMMU/AGP aperture.  Most of the options enabled by this can
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	  be set more finegrained using the iommu= command line
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	  options. See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt for more
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	  details.
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config IOMMU_STRESS
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	bool "Enable IOMMU stress-test mode"
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	---help---
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	  This option disables various optimizations in IOMMU related
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	  code to do real stress testing of the IOMMU code. This option
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	  will cause a performance drop and should only be enabled for
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	  testing.
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config IOMMU_LEAK
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	bool "IOMMU leak tracing"
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	depends on IOMMU_DEBUG && DMA_API_DEBUG
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	---help---
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	  Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
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	  are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
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config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
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	def_bool y
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config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
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	bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KPROBES
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	depends on !COMPILE_TEST
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	---help---
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	 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
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	 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
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	 decoder code.
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	 If unsure, say "N".
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#
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# IO delay types:
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#
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config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
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	int
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	default "0"
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config IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
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	int
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	default "1"
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config IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
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	int
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	default "2"
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config IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
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	int
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	default "3"
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choice
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	prompt "IO delay type"
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	default IO_DELAY_0X80
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config IO_DELAY_0X80
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	bool "port 0x80 based port-IO delay [recommended]"
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	---help---
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	  This is the traditional Linux IO delay used for in/out_p.
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	  It is the most tested hence safest selection here.
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config IO_DELAY_0XED
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	bool "port 0xed based port-IO delay"
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	---help---
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	  Use port 0xed as the IO delay. This frees up port 0x80 which is
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	  often used as a hardware-debug port.
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config IO_DELAY_UDELAY
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	bool "udelay based port-IO delay"
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	---help---
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	  Use udelay(2) as the IO delay method. This provides the delay
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	  while not having any side-effect on the IO port space.
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config IO_DELAY_NONE
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	bool "no port-IO delay"
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	---help---
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	  No port-IO delay. Will break on old boxes that require port-IO
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	  delay for certain operations. Should work on most new machines.
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endchoice
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if IO_DELAY_0X80
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config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
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	int
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	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0X80
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endif
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if IO_DELAY_0XED
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config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
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	int
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	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_0XED
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endif
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if IO_DELAY_UDELAY
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config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
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	int
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	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_UDELAY
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endif
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if IO_DELAY_NONE
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config DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE
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	int
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	default IO_DELAY_TYPE_NONE
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endif
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config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
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	bool "Debug boot parameters"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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	depends on DEBUG_FS
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	---help---
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	  This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
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config CPA_DEBUG
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	bool "CPA self-test code"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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	---help---
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	  Do change_page_attr() self-tests every 30 seconds.
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config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
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	bool "Allow gcc to uninline functions marked 'inline'"
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	---help---
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	  This option determines if the kernel forces gcc to inline the functions
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	  developers have marked 'inline'. Doing so takes away freedom from gcc to
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	  do what it thinks is best, which is desirable for the gcc 3.x series of
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	  compilers. The gcc 4.x series have a rewritten inlining algorithm and
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	  enabling this option will generate a smaller kernel there. Hopefully
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	  this algorithm is so good that allowing gcc 4.x and above to make the
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	  decision will become the default in the future. Until then this option
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	  is there to test gcc for this.
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	  If unsure, say N.
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config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
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	bool "NMI Selftest"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
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	---help---
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	  Enabling this option turns on a quick NMI selftest to verify
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	  that the NMI behaves correctly.
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	  This might help diagnose strange hangs that rely on NMI to
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	  function properly.
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	  If unsure, say N.
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config X86_DEBUG_STATIC_CPU_HAS
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	bool "Debug alternatives"
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	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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	---help---
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	  This option causes additional code to be generated which
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	  fails if static_cpu_has() is used before alternatives have
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	  run.
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	  If unsure, say N.
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endmenu
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