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diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 5b1a7d46d1d9..bfea1bedcbf2 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ config X86_VOYAGER
config X86_NUMAQ
bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
+ select SMP
select NUMA
help
This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) NUMA
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ choice
config NOHIGHMEM
bool "off"
+ depends on !X86_NUMAQ
---help---
Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
@@ -436,6 +438,7 @@ config NOHIGHMEM
config HIGHMEM4G
bool "4GB"
+ depends on !X86_NUMAQ
help
Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
gigabytes of physical RAM.
@@ -503,10 +506,6 @@ config NUMA
default n if X86_PC
default y if (X86_NUMAQ || X86_SUMMIT)
-# Need comments to help the hapless user trying to turn on NUMA support
-comment "NUMA (NUMA-Q) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support"
- depends on X86_NUMAQ && (!HIGHMEM64G || !SMP)
-
comment "NUMA (Summit) requires SMP, 64GB highmem support, ACPI"
depends on X86_SUMMIT && (!HIGHMEM64G || !ACPI)
@@ -660,13 +659,18 @@ config BOOT_IOREMAP
default y
config REGPARM
- bool "Use register arguments (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- default n
+ bool "Use register arguments"
+ default y
help
- Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This uses a different ABI
- and passes the first three arguments of a function call in registers.
- This will probably break binary only modules.
+ Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This instructs gcc to use
+ a more efficient function call ABI which passes the first three
+ arguments of a function call via registers, which results in denser
+ and faster code.
+
+ If this option is disabled, then the default ABI of passing
+ arguments via the stack is used.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
config SECCOMP
bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"