Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH 3/3] mm/Kconfig: give DISCONTIG more help text | From | Dave Hansen <> | Date | Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:59:36 -0700 |
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This gives DISCONTIGMEM a bit more help text to explain what it does, not just when to choose it.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> ---
memhotplug-dave/mm/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff -puN mm/Kconfig~A2-mm-Kconfig-DISCONTIG-help-text mm/Kconfig --- memhotplug/mm/Kconfig~A2-mm-Kconfig-DISCONTIG-help-text 2005-04-11 15:49:10.000000000 -0700 +++ memhotplug-dave/mm/Kconfig 2005-04-11 15:49:10.000000000 -0700 @@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ config DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL bool "Discontigious Memory" depends on ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE help + This option provides enhanced support for discontiguous + memory systems, over FLATMEM. These systems have holes + in their physical address spaces, and this option provides + more efficient handling of these holes. However, the vast + majority of hardware has quite flat address spaces, and + can have degraded performance from extra overhead that + this option imposes. + + Many NUMA configurations will have this as the only option. + If unsure, choose "Flat Memory" over this option. endchoice _ - 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/
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