From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bjorn Helgaas Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:16:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2.4 IA64 config help update Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org This updates some IA64-specific config help text to match what's in 2.5. === Documentation/Configure.help 1.192 vs edited ==--- 1.192/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Sep 3 18:40:00 2003 +++ edited/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Sep 10 14:13:05 2003 @@ -27000,11 +27000,13 @@ # Choice: ia64type Itanium CONFIG_ITANIUM - Select your IA64 processor type. The default is Intel Itanium. + Select your IA-64 processor type. The default is Intel Itanium. + This choice is safe for all IA-64 systems, but may not perform + optimally on systems with, say, Itanium 2 or newer processors. -McKinley +Itanium 2 CONFIG_MCKINLEY - Select this to configure for a McKinley processor. + Select this to configure for an Itanium 2 (McKinley) processor. # Choice: ia64system IA-64 system type @@ -27060,6 +27062,14 @@ CONFIG_IA64_MCA Say Y here to enable machine check support for IA-64. If you're unsure, answer Y. + +Use PAL_HALT_LIGHT in idle loop +CONFIG_IA64_PAL_IDLE + Say Y here to enable use of PAL_HALT_LIGHT in the cpu_idle loop. + This allows the CPU to enter a low power state when idle. You + can enable CONFIG_IA64_PALINFO and check /proc/pal/cpu0/power_info + to see the power consumption and latency for this state. If you're + unsure your firmware supports it, answer N. Disable IA-64 Virtual Hash Page Table CONFIG_DISABLE_VHPT