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This provides a build and run-time option to turn on multhreaded probe for all PCI drivers. It can cause bad problems on multi-processor machines that take a while to find their root disks, and play havoc on machines that don't use persistant device names for block or network devices. But it can cause speedups on some machines, my tiny laptop's boot goes up by 0.4 seconds, and my desktop boots up several seconds faster. Use at your own risk!!! Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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55 lines
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# PCI configuration
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config PCI_MSI
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bool "Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X)"
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depends on PCI
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depends on (X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_IO_APIC) || IA64
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help
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This allows device drivers to enable MSI (Message Signaled
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Interrupts). Message Signaled Interrupts enable a device to
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generate an interrupt using an inbound Memory Write on its
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PCI bus instead of asserting a device IRQ pin.
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Use of PCI MSI interrupts can be disabled at kernel boot time
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by using the 'pci=nomsi' option. This disables MSI for the
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entire system.
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If you don't know what to do here, say N.
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config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
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bool "PCI Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
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help
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Say Y here if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for
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every PCI device that is probed. This can cause a huge
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speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a
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smaller speedup on single processor machines.
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But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen. A number
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of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way,
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some will just not work properly at all, while others might
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decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once,
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so use this option at your own risk.
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It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a
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boot process that can handle devices being created in any
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order. A program that can create persistant block and network
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device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use
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this option.
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Again, use this option at your own risk, you have been warned!
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When in doubt, say N.
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config PCI_DEBUG
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bool "PCI Debugging"
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depends on PCI && DEBUG_KERNEL
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help
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Say Y here if you want the PCI core to produce a bunch of debug
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messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
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problem with PCI support and want to see more of what is going on.
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When in doubt, say N.
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