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authorJes Sorensen2006-09-27 10:50:11 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds2006-09-27 17:26:13 +0200
commit17a3b05047119b7fc72ef03962e202becc659579 (patch)
treebbf7dc536cfdb3b399223317b661a286671d3d55 /drivers/char/Kconfig
parent[PATCH] do_no_pfn() (diff)
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[PATCH] mspec driver
Implement the special memory driver (mspec) based on the do_no_pfn approach. The driver is currently used only on SN2 hardware with special fetchop support but could be beneficial on other architectures using the uncached mode. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 52ea94b891f5..6a3d3af45c59 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -439,6 +439,14 @@ config SGI_MBCS
If you have an SGI Altix with an attached SABrick
say Y or M here, otherwise say N.
+config MSPEC
+ tristate "Memory special operations driver"
+ depends on IA64
+ help
+ If you have an ia64 and you want to enable memory special
+ operations support (formerly known as fetchop), say Y here,
+ otherwise say N.
+
source "drivers/serial/Kconfig"
config UNIX98_PTYS