From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVaz3-0006ZY-0v for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:42:25 -0700 Received: from smtp007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.96]) by mail.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1GVaz2-0000Pw-DQ for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:42:25 -0700 From: "Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso" Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:39:20 +0200 Message-Id: <20061005213920.17268.4856.stgit@memento.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20061005213212.17268.7409.stgit@memento.home.lan> References: <20061005213212.17268.7409.stgit@memento.home.lan> Subject: [uml-devel] [PATCH 14/14] uml: allow finer tuning for host VMSPLIT setting List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Andrew Morton Cc: Jeff Dike , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Now that various memory splits are enabled, add a config option allowing the user to compile UML for its need - HOST_2G_2G allowed to choose either 3G/1G or 2G/2G, and enabling it reduced the usable virtual memory. Detecting this at run time should be implemented in the future, but we must make the stop-gap measure work well enough (this is valid in _many_ cases). Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso --- arch/um/Kconfig.i386 | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.i386 b/arch/um/Kconfig.i386 index f6eb72d..f191a55 100644 --- a/arch/um/Kconfig.i386 +++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.i386 @@ -16,23 +16,42 @@ config SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS bool default y -config HOST_2G_2G - bool "2G/2G host address space split" - default n - help - This is needed when the host on which you run has a 2G/2G memory - split, instead of the customary 3G/1G. - - Note that to enable such a host - configuration, which makes sense only in some cases, you need special - host patches. - - So, if you do not know what to do here, say 'N'. +choice + prompt "Host memory split" + default HOST_VMSPLIT_3G + ---help--- + This is needed when the host kernel on which you run has a non-default + (like 2G/2G) memory split, instead of the customary 3G/1G. If you did + not recompile your own kernel but use the default distro's one, you can + safely accept the "Default split" option. + + It can be enabled on recent (>=2.6.16-rc2) vanilla kernels via + CONFIG_VM_SPLIT_*, or on previous kernels with special patches (-ck + patchset by Con Kolivas, or other ones) - option names match closely the + host CONFIG_VM_SPLIT_* ones. + + A lower setting (where 1G/3G is lowest and 3G/1G is higher) will + tolerate even more "normal" host kernels, but an higher setting will be + stricter. + + So, if you do not know what to do here, say 'Default split'. + + config HOST_VMSPLIT_3G + bool "Default split (3G/1G user/kernel host split)" + config HOST_VMSPLIT_3G_OPT + bool "3G/1G user/kernel host split (for full 1G low memory)" + config HOST_VMSPLIT_2G + bool "2G/2G user/kernel host split" + config HOST_VMSPLIT_1G + bool "1G/3G user/kernel host split" +endchoice config TOP_ADDR - hex - default 0xc0000000 if !HOST_2G_2G - default 0x80000000 if HOST_2G_2G + hex + default 0xB0000000 if HOST_VMSPLIT_3G_OPT + default 0x78000000 if HOST_VMSPLIT_2G + default 0x40000000 if HOST_VMSPLIT_1G + default 0xC0000000 config 3_LEVEL_PGTABLES bool "Three-level pagetables (EXPERIMENTAL)" Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel