Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:02:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:02:27 -0500 Received: from tstac.esa.lanl.gov ([128.165.46.3]:20383 "EHLO tstac.esa.lanl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:02:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 2.5.7-dj2 add 5 help texts to arch/ia64/Config.help From: Steven Cole To: davidm@hpl.hp.com Cc: Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2-5mdk Date: 28 Mar 2002 07:59:08 -0700 Message-Id: <1017327548.1946.23.camel@spc.esa.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This patch adds 5 help texts to arch/ia64/Config.help. The texts were obtained from Eric S. Raymond's v2.97 Configure.help. Steven --- linux-2.5.7-dj2/arch/ia64/Config.help.orig Thu Mar 28 07:49:26 2002 +++ linux-2.5.7-dj2/arch/ia64/Config.help Thu Mar 28 07:50:38 2002 @@ -440,6 +440,32 @@ with a B-step CPU. You have a B-step CPU if the "revision" field in /proc/cpuinfo has a value in the range from 1 to 4. +CONFIG_IA64_SGI_AUTOTEST + Build a kernel used for hardware validation. If you include the + keyword "autotest" on the boot command line, the kernel does NOT boot. + Instead, it starts all cpus and runs cache coherency tests instead. + + If unsure, say N. + +CONFIG_IA64_SGI_SN_DEBUG + Turns on extra debugging code in the SGI SN (Scalable NUMA) platform + for IA64. Unless you are debugging problems on an SGI SN IA64 box, + say N. + +CONFIG_IA64_SGI_SN_SIM + If you are compiling a kernel that will run under SGI's IA64 + simulator (Medusa) then say Y, otherwise say N. + +CONFIG_SERIAL_SGI_L1_PROTOCOL + Uses protocol mode instead of raw mode for the level 1 console on the + SGI SN (Scalable NUMA) platform for IA64. If you are compiling for + an SGI SN box then Y is the recommended value, otherwise say N. + +CONFIG_PCIBA + IRIX PCIBA-inspired user mode PCI interface for the SGI SN (Scalable + NUMA) platform for IA64. Unless you are compiling a kernel for an + SGI SN IA64 box, say N. + CONFIG_IA64_MCA Say Y here to enable machine check support for IA-64. If you're unsure, answer Y. - 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/