Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261835AbVCYWBM (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:01:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261832AbVCYWAV (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:00:21 -0500 Received: from e35.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.133]:53165 "EHLO e35.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261829AbVCYVyq (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:54:46 -0500 Subject: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] create mm/Kconfig for arch-independent memory options To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Dave Hansen , apw@shadowen.org From: Dave Hansen Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:54:43 -0800 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2141 Lines: 63 With sparsemem and memory hotplug there are quite a few options that we kept adding identically in several different architectures. This new file allows some of these to be consolidated. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen --- memhotplug-dave/mm/Kconfig | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+) diff -puN mm/Kconfig~A6-mm-Kconfig mm/Kconfig --- memhotplug/mm/Kconfig~A6-mm-Kconfig 2005-03-25 08:08:22.000000000 -0800 +++ memhotplug-dave/mm/Kconfig 2005-03-25 08:08:22.000000000 -0800 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +choice + prompt "Memory model" + default FLATMEM + default SPARSEMEM if ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT + default DISCONTIGMEM if ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_DEFAULT + +config FLATMEM + bool "Flat Memory" + depends on !ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE || ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE + help + This option allows you to change some of the ways that + Linux manages its memory internally. Most users will + only have one option here: FLATMEM. This is normal + and a correct option. + + Some users of more advanced features like NUMA and + memory hotplug may have different options here. + DISCONTIGMEM is an more mature, better tested system, + but is incompatible with memory hotplug and may suffer + decreased performance over SPARSEMEM. If unsure between + "Sparse Memory" and "Discontiguous Memory", choose + "Discontiguous Memory". + + If unsure, choose FLATMEM. + +config DISCONTIGMEM + bool "Discontigious Memory" + depends on ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE + help + If unsure, choose this option over "Sparse Memory". + +endchoice + +# +# Both the NUMA code and DISCONTIGMEM use arrays of pg_data_t's +# to represent different areas of memory. This variable allows +# those dependencies to exist individually. +# +config NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES + def_bool y + depends on DISCONTIGMEM || NUMA _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/