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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/ppc/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/ppc/Kconfig | 37 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc/Kconfig b/arch/ppc/Kconfig index 848f43970a4..a7835cd3f51 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/ppc/Kconfig @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ config 8xx depends on BROKEN bool "8xx" +config E200 + bool "e200" + config E500 bool "e500" @@ -98,12 +101,12 @@ config PPC_FPU config BOOKE bool - depends on E500 + depends on E200 || E500 default y config FSL_BOOKE bool - depends on E500 + depends on E200 || E500 default y config PTE_64BIT @@ -141,16 +144,16 @@ config ALTIVEC config SPE bool "SPE Support" - depends on E500 + depends on E200 || E500 ---help--- This option enables kernel support for the Signal Processing Extensions (SPE) to the PowerPC processor. The kernel currently supports saving and restoring SPE registers, and turning on the 'spe enable' bit so user processes can execute SPE instructions. - This option is only usefully if you have a processor that supports + This option is only useful if you have a processor that supports SPE (e500, otherwise known as 85xx series), but does not have any - affect on a non-spe cpu (it does, however add code to the kernel). + effect on a non-spe cpu (it does, however add code to the kernel). If in doubt, say Y here. @@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ config TAU_AVERAGE config MATH_EMULATION bool "Math emulation" - depends on 4xx || 8xx || E500 + depends on 4xx || 8xx || E200 || E500 ---help--- Some PowerPC chips designed for embedded applications do not have a floating-point unit and therefore do not implement the @@ -214,6 +217,26 @@ config MATH_EMULATION here. Saying Y here will not hurt performance (on any machine) but will increase the size of the kernel. +config KEXEC + bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your + current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot + but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot + you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. + + The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call. + + It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine + is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not + initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging + support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is + strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made. + + In the GameCube implementation, kexec allows you to load and + run DOL files, including kernel and homebrew DOLs. + source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig" config CPU_FREQ_PMAC @@ -254,7 +277,7 @@ config PPC_STD_MMU config NOT_COHERENT_CACHE bool - depends on 4xx || 8xx + depends on 4xx || 8xx || E200 default y endmenu |