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Subject[PATCH 09/12] x86 Kconfig: create mtrr menu under processsor options
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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

This groups the MTRR and PAT options under their own menu and
puts them under the "Processor Options..." submenu. Note that I
slightly changed the MTRR prompt text since PAT is hidden under
here. This makes PAT easier to find since it "depends on MTRR"
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
---

linux.git-davehans/arch/x86/Kconfig | 161 +++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/Kconfig~x86-mtrr-menu arch/x86/Kconfig
--- linux.git/arch/x86/Kconfig~x86-mtrr-menu 2014-01-13 11:11:36.201237047 -0800
+++ linux.git-davehans/arch/x86/Kconfig 2014-01-13 11:11:36.204237182 -0800
@@ -481,6 +481,86 @@ config X86_CPUID
with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
/dev/cpu/31/cpuid.

+menuconfig MTRR
+ def_bool y
+ prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) and PAT support" if EXPERT
+ ---help---
+ On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
+ the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
+ processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
+ a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
+ allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
+ before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
+ of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
+ /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
+ MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
+
+ This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
+ control registers on other processors can be easily supported
+ as well:
+
+ The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
+ Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
+ these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
+ The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
+ MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
+ write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
+ and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
+
+ Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
+ set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
+ can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
+
+ You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
+ just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
+
+ See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
+
+config MTRR_SANITIZER
+ def_bool y
+ prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
+ depends on MTRR
+ ---help---
+ Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
+ add writeback entries.
+
+ Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
+ The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
+ mtrr_chunk_size.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
+config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
+ int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
+ range 0 1
+ default "0"
+ depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
+ ---help---
+ Enable mtrr cleanup default value
+
+config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
+ int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
+ range 0 7
+ default "1"
+ depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
+ ---help---
+ mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
+ mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
+
+config X86_PAT
+ def_bool y
+ prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
+ depends on MTRR
+ ---help---
+ Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
+
+ PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
+ flexible than MTRRs.
+
+ Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
+ spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.

endmenu # Processor Options

@@ -1246,87 +1326,6 @@ config MATH_EMULATION
If you are not sure, say Y; apart from resulting in a 66 KB bigger
kernel, it won't hurt.

-config MTRR
- def_bool y
- prompt "MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support" if EXPERT
- ---help---
- On Intel P6 family processors (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later)
- the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRRs) may be used to control
- processor access to memory ranges. This is most useful if you have
- a video (VGA) card on a PCI or AGP bus. Enabling write-combining
- allows bus write transfers to be combined into a larger transfer
- before bursting over the PCI/AGP bus. This can increase performance
- of image write operations 2.5 times or more. Saying Y here creates a
- /proc/mtrr file which may be used to manipulate your processor's
- MTRRs. Typically the X server should use this.
-
- This code has a reasonably generic interface so that similar
- control registers on other processors can be easily supported
- as well:
-
- The Cyrix 6x86, 6x86MX and M II processors have Address Range
- Registers (ARRs) which provide a similar functionality to MTRRs. For
- these, the ARRs are used to emulate the MTRRs.
- The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two
- MTRRs. The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing
- write-combining. All of these processors are supported by this code
- and it makes sense to say Y here if you have one of them.
-
- Saying Y here also fixes a problem with buggy SMP BIOSes which only
- set the MTRRs for the boot CPU and not for the secondary CPUs. This
- can lead to all sorts of problems, so it's good to say Y here.
-
- You can safely say Y even if your machine doesn't have MTRRs, you'll
- just add about 9 KB to your kernel.
-
- See <file:Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt> for more information.
-
-config MTRR_SANITIZER
- def_bool y
- prompt "MTRR cleanup support"
- depends on MTRR
- ---help---
- Convert MTRR layout from continuous to discrete, so X drivers can
- add writeback entries.
-
- Can be disabled with disable_mtrr_cleanup on the kernel command line.
- The largest mtrr entry size for a continuous block can be set with
- mtrr_chunk_size.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
-
-config MTRR_SANITIZER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
- int "MTRR cleanup enable value (0-1)"
- range 0 1
- default "0"
- depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
- ---help---
- Enable mtrr cleanup default value
-
-config MTRR_SANITIZER_SPARE_REG_NR_DEFAULT
- int "MTRR cleanup spare reg num (0-7)"
- range 0 7
- default "1"
- depends on MTRR_SANITIZER
- ---help---
- mtrr cleanup spare entries default, it can be changed via
- mtrr_spare_reg_nr=N on the kernel command line.
-
-config X86_PAT
- def_bool y
- prompt "x86 PAT support" if EXPERT
- depends on MTRR
- ---help---
- Use PAT attributes to setup page level cache control.
-
- PATs are the modern equivalents of MTRRs and are much more
- flexible than MTRRs.
-
- Say N here if you see bootup problems (boot crash, boot hang,
- spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
-
config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED
def_bool y
depends on X86_PAT
_

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