config SMP
bool "Symmetric Multi-Processing (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN #&& n
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && REALVIEW_MPCORE
help
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on. CPUs
can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
+config LOCAL_TIMERS
+ bool "Use local timer interrupts"
+ depends on SMP && n
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable support for local timers on SMP platforms, rather then the
+ legacy IPI broadcast method. Local timers allows the system
+ accounting to be spread across the timer interval, preventing a
+ "thundering herd" at every timer tick.
+
config PREEMPT
bool "Preemptible Kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
config FPE_NWFPE_XP
bool "Support extended precision"
- depends on FPE_NWFPE && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+ depends on FPE_NWFPE
help
Say Y to include 80-bit support in the kernel floating-point
emulator. Otherwise, only 32 and 64-bit support is compiled in.