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>
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 8955262..35efba5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
---help---
This option is needed for the systems that have more than 8 CPUs
+if X86_32
config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM
bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms"
default y
@@ -293,12 +294,37 @@
standard PC platforms. (which covers the vast majority of
systems out there.)
- If you enable this option then you'll be able to select a number
- of non-PC x86 platforms.
+ If you enable this option then you'll be able to select support
+ 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
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
# Please maintain the alphabetic order if and when there are additions