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: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Cc: shai@scalex86.org Cc: "Benzi Galili (Benzi@ScaleMP.com)" <benzi@scalemp.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ config X86_BIGSMP
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---help---
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This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
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if X86_32
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config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
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bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
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default y
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@ -293,12 +294,37 @@ config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
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standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
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systems out there.)
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If you enable this option then you'll be able to select a number
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of non-PC x86 platforms.
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If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
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for the following (non-PC) 32 bit x86 platforms:
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AMD Elan
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NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)
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RDC R-321x SoC
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SGI 320/540 (Visual Workstation)
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Summit/EXA (IBM x440)
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Unisys ES7000 IA32 series
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Voyager (NCR)
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If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
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generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
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endif
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if X86_64
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config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
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bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
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default y
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---help---
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If you disable this option then the kernel will only support
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standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
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systems out there.)
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If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
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for the following (non-PC) 64 bit x86 platforms:
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ScaleMP vSMP
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SGI Ultraviolet
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If you have one of these systems, or if you want to build a
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generic distribution kernel, say Y here - otherwise say N.
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endif
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# This is an alphabetically sorted list of 64 bit extended platforms
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# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions
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