# # NOTES -- Lines that can be cut/pasted into kernel and hints configs. # # This file contains machine dependent kernel configuration notes. For # machine independent notes, look in /sys/conf/NOTES. For notes shared # with amd64, look in /sys/x86/conf/NOTES. # # ##################################################################### # SMP OPTIONS: # # The apic device enables the use of the I/O APIC for interrupt delivery. # The apic device can be used in both UP and SMP kernels, but is required # for SMP kernels. Thus, the apic device is not strictly an SMP option, # but it is a prerequisite for SMP. # # Notes: # # HTT CPUs should only be used if they are enabled in the BIOS. For # the ACPI case, ACPI only correctly tells us about any HTT CPUs if # they are enabled. However, most HTT systems do not list HTT CPUs # in the MP Table if they are enabled, thus we guess at the HTT CPUs # for the MP Table case. However, we shouldn't try to guess and use # these CPUs if HTT is disabled. Thus, HTT guessing is only enabled # for the MP Table if the user explicitly asks for it via the # MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT option. Do NOT use this option if you have HTT # disabled in your BIOS. # # IPI_PREEMPTION instructs the kernel to preempt threads running on other # CPUS if needed. Relies on the PREEMPTION option # Mandatory: device apic # I/O apic # Optional: options MPTABLE_FORCE_HTT # Enable HTT CPUs with the MP Table ##################################################################### # CPU OPTIONS # # You must specify at least one CPU (the one you intend to run on); # deleting the specification for CPUs you don't need to use may make # parts of the system run faster. # cpu I486_CPU cpu I586_CPU # aka Pentium(tm) cpu I686_CPU # aka Pentium Pro(tm) # # Options for CPU features. # # CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK tries to enable SSE instructions when the BIOS has # forgotten to enable them. # # CPU_BLUELIGHTNING_3X enables triple-clock mode on IBM Blue Lightning # CPU if CPU supports it. The default is double-clock mode on # BlueLightning CPU box. # # CPU_BLUELIGHTNING_FPU_OP_CACHE enables FPU operand cache on IBM # BlueLightning CPU. It works only with Cyrix FPU, and this option # should not be used with Intel FPU. # # CPU_BTB_EN enables branch target buffer on Cyrix 5x86 (NOTE 1). # # CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK enables weak locking for the entire address space # of Cyrix 6x86 and 6x86MX CPUs by setting the NO_LOCK bit of CCR1. # Otherwise, the NO_LOCK bit of CCR1 is cleared. (NOTE 3) # # CPU_DIRECT_MAPPED_CACHE sets L1 cache of Cyrix 486DLC CPU in direct # mapped mode. Default is 2-way set associative mode. # # CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER disables load store serialize (i.e., enables # reorder). This option should not be used if you use memory mapped # I/O device(s). # # CPU_ELAN enables support for AMDs ElanSC520 CPU. # CPU_ELAN_PPS enables precision timestamp code. # CPU_ELAN_XTAL sets the clock crystal frequency in Hz. # # CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN enables support for Transmeta Crusoe LongRun # technology which allows to restrict power consumption of the CPU by # using group of hw.crusoe.* sysctls. # # CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU enables faster FPU exception handler. # # CPU_GEODE is for the SC1100 Geode embedded processor. This option # is necessary because the i8254 timecounter is toast. # # CPU_I486_ON_386 enables CPU cache on i486 based CPU upgrade products # for i386 machines. # # CPU_IORT defines I/O clock delay time (NOTE 1). Default values of # I/O clock delay time on Cyrix 5x86 and 6x86 are 0 and 7,respectively # (no clock delay). # # CPU_L2_LATENCY specifies the L2 cache latency value. This option is used # only when CPU_PPRO2CELERON is defined and Mendocino Celeron is detected. # The default value is 5. # # CPU_LOOP_EN prevents flushing the prefetch buffer if the destination # of a jump is already present in the prefetch buffer on Cyrix 5x86(NOTE # 1). # # CPU_PPRO2CELERON enables L2 cache of Mendocino Celeron CPUs. This option # is useful when you use Socket 8 to Socket 370 converter, because most Pentium # Pro BIOSs do not enable L2 cache of Mendocino Celeron CPUs. # # CPU_RSTK_EN enables return stack on Cyrix 5x86 (NOTE 1). # # CPU_SOEKRIS enables support www.soekris.com hardware. # # CPU_SUSP_HLT enables suspend on HALT. If this option is set, CPU # enters suspend mode following execution of HALT instruction. # # CPU_UPGRADE_HW_CACHE eliminates unneeded cache flush instruction(s). # # CPU_WT_ALLOC enables write allocation on Cyrix 6x86/6x86MX and AMD # K5/K6/K6-2 CPUs. # # CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS enables CPU cache on Cyrix 486 CPUs with cache # flush at hold state. # # CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS enables (1) CPU cache on Cyrix 486 CPUs # without cache flush at hold state, and (2) write-back CPU cache on # Cyrix 6x86 whose revision < 2.7 (NOTE 2). # # NO_F00F_HACK disables the hack that prevents Pentiums (and ONLY # Pentiums) from locking up when a LOCK CMPXCHG8B instruction is # executed. This option is only needed if I586_CPU is also defined, # and should be included for any non-Pentium CPU that defines it. # # NO_MEMORY_HOLE is an optimisation for systems with AMD K6 processors # which indicates that the 15-16MB range is *definitely* not being # occupied by an ISA memory hole. # # NOTE 1: The options, CPU_BTB_EN, CPU_LOOP_EN, CPU_IORT, # CPU_LOOP_EN and CPU_RSTK_EN should not be used because of CPU bugs. # These options may crash your system. # # NOTE 2: If CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS is not set, CPU cache is enabled # in write-through mode when revision < 2.7. If revision of Cyrix # 6x86 >= 2.7, CPU cache is always enabled in write-back mode. # # NOTE 3: This option may cause failures for software that requires # locked cycles in order to operate correctly. # options CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK options CPU_BLUELIGHTNING_3X options CPU_BLUELIGHTNING_FPU_OP_CACHE options CPU_BTB_EN options CPU_DIRECT_MAPPED_CACHE options CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER options CPU_ELAN options CPU_ELAN_PPS options CPU_ELAN_XTAL=32768000 options CPU_ENABLE_LONGRUN options CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU options CPU_GEODE options CPU_I486_ON_386 options CPU_IORT options CPU_L2_LATENCY=5 options CPU_LOOP_EN options CPU_PPRO2CELERON options CPU_RSTK_EN options CPU_SOEKRIS options CPU_SUSP_HLT options CPU_UPGRADE_HW_CACHE options CPU_WT_ALLOC options CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS options CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS #options NO_F00F_HACK # Debug options options NPX_DEBUG # enable npx debugging # # PERFMON causes the driver for Pentium/Pentium Pro performance counters # to be compiled. See perfmon(4) for more information. # options PERFMON # # Hints for the non-optional Numeric Processing eXtension driver. envvar hint.npx.0.flags="0x0" envvar hint.npx.0.irq="13" # # `flags' for npx0: # 0x01 don't use the npx registers to optimize bcopy. # 0x02 don't use the npx registers to optimize bzero. # 0x04 don't use the npx registers to optimize copyin or copyout. # The npx registers are normally used to optimize copying and zeroing when # all of the following conditions are satisfied: # I586_CPU is an option # the cpu is an i586 (perhaps not a Pentium) # the probe for npx0 succeeds # INT 16 exception handling works. # Then copying and zeroing using the npx registers is normally 30-100% faster. # The flags can be used to control cases where it doesn't work or is slower. # Setting them at boot time using hints works right (the optimizations # are not used until later in the bootstrap when npx0 is attached). # Flag 0x08 automatically disables the i586 optimized routines. # ##################################################################### # HARDWARE DEVICE CONFIGURATION # # Optional devices: # # 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics, Voodoo II /dev/3dfx CDEV support. This will create # the /dev/3dfx0 device to work with glide implementations. This should get # linked to /dev/3dfx and /dev/voodoo. Note that this is not the same as # the tdfx DRI module from XFree86 and is completely unrelated. # # To enable Linuxulator support, one must also load linux.ko and tdfx_linux.ko. device tdfx # Enable 3Dfx Voodoo support # # RAID adapters # device pst # # Adaptec by PMC RAID controllers, Series 6/7/8 and upcoming families device aacraid # Container interface, CAM required # # Network interfaces: # # sbni: Granch SBNI12-xx ISA and PCI adapters # vmx: VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet (BSD open source) # wpi: Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller # Requires the wpi firmware module # Order for ISA/EISA devices is important here envvar hint.cs.0.at="isa" envvar hint.cs.0.port="0x300" envvar hint.ed.0.at="isa" envvar hint.ed.0.port="0x280" envvar hint.ed.0.irq="5" envvar hint.ed.0.maddr="0xd8000" # Hint for the i386-only ISA front-end of le(4). envvar hint.le.0.at="isa" envvar hint.le.0.port="0x280" envvar hint.le.0.irq="10" envvar hint.le.0.drq="0" device sbni envvar hint.sbni.0.at="isa" envvar hint.sbni.0.port="0x210" envvar hint.sbni.0.irq="0xefdead" envvar hint.sbni.0.flags="0" ##################################################################### # # Miscellaneous hardware: # # smapi: System Management Application Program Interface driver device smapi # # Laptop/Notebook options: # # See also: # apm under `Miscellaneous hardware' # above. # For older notebooks that signal a powerfail condition (external # power supply dropped, or battery state low) by issuing an NMI: options POWERFAIL_NMI # make it beep instead of panicing # # I2C Bus # # Requires 'device iicbus'. # # Supported interfaces: # glxiic: AMD Geode LX CS5536 System Management Bus # pcf: Philips PCF8584 ISA-bus controller # device glxiic # AMD Geode LX CS5536 System Management Bus device pcf envvar hint.pcf.0.at="isa" envvar hint.pcf.0.port="0x320" envvar hint.pcf.0.irq="5" # # glxsb is a driver for the Security Block in AMD Geode LX processors. # Requires 'device crypto'. # device glxsb # AMD Geode LX Security Block ##################################################################### # ABI Emulation # Enable (32-bit) a.out binary support options COMPAT_AOUT ##################################################################### # VM OPTIONS # # Set the number of PV entries per process. Increasing this can # stop panics related to heavy use of shared memory. However, that can # (combined with large amounts of physical memory) cause panics at # boot time due the kernel running out of VM space. # # If you're tweaking this, you might also want to increase the sysctls # "vm.v_free_min", "vm.v_free_reserved", and "vm.v_free_target". # # The value below is the one more than the default. # options PMAP_SHPGPERPROC=201 # # Number of initial kernel page table pages used for early bootstrap. # This number should include enough pages to map the kernel, any # modules or other data loaded with the kernel by the loader, and data # structures allocated before the VM system is initialized such as the # vm_page_t array. Each page table page maps 4MB (2MB with PAE). # options NKPT=31 # KSTACK_PAGES is the number of memory pages to assign to the kernel # stack of each thread. options KSTACK_PAGES=5 # Enable detailed accounting by the PV entry allocator. options PV_STATS ##################################################################### # Items broken on i386 that are generally available elsewhere # Device uses bus_read_8 and friends, so can't work. Remove it from lint. nodevice bnxt