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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2012-03-13 16:32:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2012-03-13 16:33:03 +0100 |
| commit | ef15eda98217f5183f457e7a2de8b79555ef908b (patch) | |
| tree | f8f22b48f7bb237c9aa6646175f3e17eeac4af0e /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | 5cb4ac3a583d4ee18c8682ab857e093c4a0d0895 (diff) | |
| parent | ef334a20d84f52407a8a2afd02ddeaecbef0ad3d (diff) | |
| download | linux-ef15eda98217f5183f457e7a2de8b79555ef908b.tar.bz2 | |
Merge branch 'x86/cleanups' into perf/uprobes
Merge reason: We want to merge a dependent patch.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 481dbfcf14ed..d2a540f7d6cb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2168,9 +2168,9 @@ config IA32_EMULATION depends on X86_64 select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF ---help--- - Include code to run 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should - likely turn this on, unless you're 100% sure that you don't have any - 32-bit programs left. + Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a + 64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're + 100% sure that you don't have any 32-bit programs left. config IA32_AOUT tristate "IA32 a.out support" @@ -2178,9 +2178,22 @@ config IA32_AOUT ---help--- Support old a.out binaries in the 32bit emulation. +config X86_X32 + bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on X86_64 && IA32_EMULATION && EXPERIMENTAL + ---help--- + Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI + for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the + full 64-bit register file and wide data path while leaving + pointers at 32 bits for smaller memory footprint. + + You will need a recent binutils (2.22 or later) with + elf32_x86_64 support enabled to compile a kernel with this + option set. + config COMPAT def_bool y - depends on IA32_EMULATION + depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT def_bool COMPAT |