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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sh/mm')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/sh/mm/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig b/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig index 40271090bd7d..238b2772751e 100644 --- a/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ config PAGE_OFFSET default "0x00000000" config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" + int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations" range 8 63 if PAGE_SIZE_16KB default "8" if PAGE_SIZE_16KB range 6 63 if PAGE_SIZE_64KB @@ -28,16 +28,18 @@ config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER default "13" if !MMU default "10" help - The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory - blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of - pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel - keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large - blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to - increase this value. + The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically + contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it + defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be + allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows + overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very + large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required. The page size is not necessarily 4KB. Keep this in mind when choosing a value for this option. + Don't change if unsure. + config MEMORY_START hex "Physical memory start address" default "0x08000000" |