Commit 05d515ef authored by David S. Miller's avatar David S. Miller

sparc64: Cleanups and corrections for arch/sparc64/Kconfig

Refer to chip as "SPARC" throughout.

Say 32-bit SPARC and 64-bit SPARC rather than mentioning specific
chips such like UltraSPARC, as appropriate.

Remove non-sense help text referring to things that will never appear
on a SPARC system, such as EISA busses etc.

Use "help" instead of "--help--"
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 227c3311
# $Id: config.in,v 1.158 2002/01/24 22:14:44 davem Exp $
# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
# see the Configure script.
#
mainmenu "Linux/UltraSPARC Kernel Configuration"
# sparc64 configuration
mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration for 64-bit SPARC"
config SPARC
bool
......@@ -17,12 +13,6 @@ config SPARC64
default y
select HAVE_IDE
select HAVE_LMB
help
SPARC is a family of RISC microprocessors designed and marketed by
Sun Microsystems, incorporated. This port covers the newer 64-bit
UltraSPARC. The UltraLinux project maintains both the SPARC32 and
SPARC64 ports; its web page is available at
<http://www.ultralinux.org/>.
config GENERIC_TIME
bool
......@@ -97,7 +87,7 @@ config SPARC64_PAGE_SIZE_8KB
help
This lets you select the page size of the kernel.
8KB and 64KB work quite well, since Sparc ELF sections
8KB and 64KB work quite well, since SPARC ELF sections
provide for up to 64KB alignment.
Therefore, 512KB and 4MB are for expert hackers only.
......@@ -138,7 +128,7 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
depends on SMP
select HOTPLUG
---help---
help
Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on. CPUs
can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#.
Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
......@@ -155,23 +145,16 @@ source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
config SMP
bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
---help---
help
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more than
one CPU, say Y.
If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
will run faster if you say N here.
People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
See also <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO
available at <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
you say Y here, the kernel will run on single-processor machines.
On a single-processor machine, the kernel will run faster if you say
N here.
If you don't know what to do here, say N.
......@@ -284,50 +267,19 @@ source "mm/Kconfig"
config ISA
bool
help
Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the
name of a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff
inside your box. Other bus systems are PCI, EISA, MicroChannel
(MCA) or VESA. ISA is an older system, now being displaced by PCI;
newer boards don't support it. If you have ISA, say Y, otherwise N.
config ISAPNP
bool
help
Say Y here if you would like support for ISA Plug and Play devices.
Some information is in <file:Documentation/isapnp.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called isapnp.
If unsure, say Y.
config EISA
bool
---help---
The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus was
developed as an open alternative to the IBM MicroChannel bus.
The EISA bus provided some of the features of the IBM MicroChannel
bus while maintaining backward compatibility with cards made for
the older ISA bus. The EISA bus saw limited use between 1988 and
1995 when it was made obsolete by the PCI bus.
Say Y here if you are building a kernel for an EISA-based machine.
Otherwise, say N.
config MCA
bool
help
MicroChannel Architecture is found in some IBM PS/2 machines and
laptops. It is a bus system similar to PCI or ISA. See
<file:Documentation/mca.txt> (and especially the web page given
there) before attempting to build an MCA bus kernel.
config PCMCIA
tristate
---help---
help
Say Y here if you want to attach PCMCIA- or PC-cards to your Linux
computer. These are credit-card size devices such as network cards,
modems or hard drives often used with laptops computers. There are
......@@ -369,10 +321,10 @@ config PCI
bool "PCI support"
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
help
Find out whether you have a PCI motherboard. PCI is the name of a
bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
your box. Other bus systems are ISA, EISA, MicroChannel (MCA) or
VESA. If you have PCI, say Y, otherwise N.
Find out whether your system includes a PCI bus. PCI is the name of
a bus system, i.e. the way the CPU talks to the other stuff inside
your box. If you say Y here, the kernel will include drivers and
infrastructure code to support PCI bus devices.
config PCI_DOMAINS
def_bool PCI
......@@ -397,9 +349,9 @@ menu "Executable file formats"
source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
config SPARC32_COMPAT
bool "Kernel support for Linux/Sparc 32bit binary compatibility"
bool "Kernel support for 32-bit SPARC binary compatibility"
help
This allows you to run 32-bit binaries on your Ultra.
This allows you to run 32-bit binaries on your 64-bit SPARC system.
Everybody wants this; say Y.
config COMPAT
......@@ -421,8 +373,8 @@ config SCHED_SMT
default y
help
SMT scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making
when dealing with UltraSPARC cpus at a cost of slightly increased
overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
when dealing with SPARC cpus at a cost of slightly increased overhead
in some places. If unsure say N here.
config SCHED_MC
bool "Multi-core scheduler support"
......
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