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Commit 8425091f authored by Ravikiran G Thirumalai's avatar Ravikiran G Thirumalai Committed by Ingo Molnar
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x86: improve the help text of X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 



Change the CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM help text to display the
32bit/64bit extended platform list. This is as suggested by Ingo.

Signed-off-by: default avatarRavikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
Cc: shai@scalex86.org
Cc: "Benzi Galili (Benzi@ScaleMP.com)" <benzi@scalemp.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
parent fc6fc7f1

arch/x86/Kconfig

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@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ config X86_BIGSMP 
	---help---

	---help---

	  This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs

	  This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs





if X86_32

config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM

config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM

	bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"

	bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"

	default y

	default y
@@ -293,12 +294,37 @@ config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM 
	  standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of

	  standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of

	  systems out there.)

	  systems out there.)





	  If you enable this option then you'll be able to select a number

	  If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support

	  of non-PC x86 platforms.

	  for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms:

		AMD Elan

		NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)

		RDC R-321x SoC

		SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)

		Summit/EXA (IBM x440)

		Unisys ES7000 IA32 series

		Voyager (NCR)





	  If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a

	  If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a

	  generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.

	  generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.

endif



if X86_64

config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM

	bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"

	default y

	---help---

	  If you disable this option then the kernel will only support

	  standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of

	  systems out there.)



	  If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support

	  for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms:

		ScaleMP vSMP

		SGI Ultraviolet





	  If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a

	  generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.

endif

# This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms

# This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms

# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions

# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions