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Loongson-3A6000 has SMT (Simultaneous Multi-Threading) support, each physical core has two logical cores (threads). This patch add SMT probe and scheduler support via ACPI PPTT. If SCHED_SMT enabled, Loongson-3A6000 is treated as 4 cores, 8 threads; If SCHED_SMT disabled, Loongson-3A6000 is treated as 8 cores, 8 threads. Remove smp_num_siblings to support HMP (Heterogeneous Multi-Processing). Signed-off-by: Liupu Wang <wangliupu@loongson.cn> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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#
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# ACPI Configuration
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#
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config ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI
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bool
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menuconfig ACPI
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bool "ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support"
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depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_ACPI
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select PNP
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select NLS
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select CRC32
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default y if X86
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help
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support for
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Linux requires an ACPI-compliant platform (hardware/firmware),
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and assumes the presence of OS-directed configuration and power
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management (OSPM) software. This option will enlarge your
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kernel by about 70K.
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Linux ACPI provides a robust functional replacement for several
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legacy configuration and power management interfaces, including
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the Plug-and-Play BIOS specification (PnP BIOS), the
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MultiProcessor Specification (MPS), and the Advanced Power
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Management (APM) specification. If both ACPI and APM support
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are configured, ACPI is used.
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Linux support for ACPI is based on Intel Corporation's ACPI
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Component Architecture (ACPI CA). For more information on the
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ACPI CA, see:
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<https://acpica.org/>
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ACPI is an open industry specification originally co-developed by
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Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba. Currently,
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it is developed by the ACPI Specification Working Group (ASWG) under
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the UEFI Forum and any UEFI member can join the ASWG and contribute
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to the ACPI specification.
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The specification is available at:
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<https://uefi.org/specifications>
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if ACPI
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config ACPI_LEGACY_TABLES_LOOKUP
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bool
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config ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC
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bool
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config ACPI_GENERIC_GSI
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bool
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config ACPI_SYSTEM_POWER_STATES_SUPPORT
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bool
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config ACPI_CCA_REQUIRED
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bool
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config ACPI_TABLE_LIB
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bool
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config ACPI_DEBUGGER
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bool "AML debugger interface"
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select ACPI_DEBUG
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help
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Enable in-kernel debugging of AML facilities: statistics,
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internal object dump, single step control method execution.
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This is still under development, currently enabling this only
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results in the compilation of the ACPICA debugger files.
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if ACPI_DEBUGGER
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config ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER
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tristate "Userspace debugger accessibility"
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depends on DEBUG_FS
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help
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Export /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/acpidbg for userspace utilities
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to access the debugger functionalities.
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endif
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config ACPI_SPCR_TABLE
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bool "ACPI Serial Port Console Redirection Support"
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default y if X86
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help
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Enable support for Serial Port Console Redirection (SPCR) Table.
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This table provides information about the configuration of the
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earlycon console.
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config ACPI_FPDT
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bool "ACPI Firmware Performance Data Table (FPDT) support"
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depends on X86_64 || ARM64
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help
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Enable support for the Firmware Performance Data Table (FPDT).
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This table provides information on the timing of the system
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boot, S3 suspend and S3 resume firmware code paths.
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config ACPI_LPIT
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bool
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depends on X86_64
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default y
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config ACPI_SLEEP
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bool
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depends on SUSPEND || HIBERNATION
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depends on ACPI_SYSTEM_POWER_STATES_SUPPORT
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default y
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config ACPI_REV_OVERRIDE_POSSIBLE
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bool "Allow supported ACPI revision to be overridden"
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depends on X86
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default y
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help
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The platform firmware on some systems expects Linux to return "5" as
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the supported ACPI revision which makes it expose system configuration
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information in a special way.
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For example, based on what ACPI exports as the supported revision,
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Dell XPS 13 (2015) configures its audio device to either work in HDA
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mode or in I2S mode, where the former is supposed to be used on Linux
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until the latter is fully supported (in the kernel as well as in user
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space).
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This option enables a DMI-based quirk for the above Dell machine (so
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that HDA audio is exposed by the platform firmware to the kernel) and
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makes it possible to force the kernel to return "5" as the supported
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ACPI revision via the "acpi_rev_override" command line switch.
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config ACPI_EC_DEBUGFS
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tristate "EC read/write access through /sys/kernel/debug/ec"
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help
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Say N to disable Embedded Controller /sys/kernel/debug interface
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Be aware that using this interface can confuse your Embedded
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Controller in a way that a normal reboot is not enough. You then
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have to power off your system, and remove the laptop battery for
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some seconds.
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An Embedded Controller typically is available on laptops and reads
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sensor values like battery state and temperature.
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The kernel accesses the EC through ACPI parsed code provided by BIOS
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tables. This option allows to access the EC directly without ACPI
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code being involved.
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Thus this option is a debug option that helps to write ACPI drivers
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and can be used to identify ACPI code or EC firmware bugs.
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config ACPI_AC
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tristate "AC Adapter"
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select POWER_SUPPLY
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default y
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help
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This driver supports the AC Adapter object, which indicates
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whether a system is on AC or not. If you have a system that can
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switch between A/C and battery, say Y.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called ac.
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config ACPI_BATTERY
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tristate "Battery"
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select POWER_SUPPLY
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default y
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help
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This driver adds support for battery information through
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/proc/acpi/battery. If you have a mobile system with a battery,
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say Y.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called battery.
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config ACPI_BUTTON
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tristate "Button"
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depends on INPUT
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default y
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help
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This driver handles events on the power, sleep, and lid buttons.
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A daemon reads events from input devices or via netlink and
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performs user-defined actions such as shutting down the system.
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This is necessary for software-controlled poweroff.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called button.
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config ACPI_TINY_POWER_BUTTON
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tristate "Tiny Power Button Driver"
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depends on !ACPI_BUTTON
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help
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This driver provides a tiny alternative to the ACPI Button driver.
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The tiny power button driver only handles the power button. Rather
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than notifying userspace via the input layer or a netlink event, this
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driver directly signals the init process to shut down.
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This driver is particularly suitable for cloud and VM environments,
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which use a simulated power button to initiate a controlled poweroff,
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but which may not want to run a separate userspace daemon to process
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input events.
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config ACPI_TINY_POWER_BUTTON_SIGNAL
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int "Tiny Power Button Signal"
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depends on ACPI_TINY_POWER_BUTTON
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default 38
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help
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Default signal to send to init in response to the power button.
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Likely values here include 38 (SIGRTMIN+4) to power off, or 2
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(SIGINT) to simulate Ctrl+Alt+Del.
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config ACPI_VIDEO
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tristate "Video"
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depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
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depends on INPUT
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depends on ACPI_WMI || !X86
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select THERMAL
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help
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This driver implements the ACPI Extensions For Display Adapters
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for integrated graphics devices on motherboard, as specified in
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ACPI 2.0 Specification, Appendix B. This supports basic operations
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such as defining the video POST device, retrieving EDID information,
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and setting up a video output.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called video.
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config ACPI_FAN
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tristate "Fan"
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depends on THERMAL
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default y
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help
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This driver supports ACPI fan devices, allowing user-mode
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applications to perform basic fan control (on, off, status).
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called fan.
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config ACPI_TAD
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tristate "ACPI Time and Alarm (TAD) Device Support"
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depends on SYSFS && PM_SLEEP
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help
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The ACPI Time and Alarm (TAD) device is an alternative to the Real
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Time Clock (RTC). Its wake timers allow the system to transition from
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the S3 (or optionally S4/S5) state to S0 state after a time period
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elapses. In comparison with the RTC Alarm, the TAD provides a larger
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scale of flexibility in the wake timers. The time capabilities of the
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TAD maintain the time of day information across platform power
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transitions, and keep track of time even when the platform is turned
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off.
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config ACPI_DOCK
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bool "Dock"
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help
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This driver supports ACPI-controlled docking stations and removable
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drive bays such as the IBM Ultrabay and the Dell Module Bay.
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config ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS
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bool
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config ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE
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def_bool y
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depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
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depends on IA64 || X86
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config ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE
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bool
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select CPU_IDLE
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config ACPI_MCFG
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bool
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config ACPI_CPPC_LIB
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bool
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depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
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select MAILBOX
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select PCC
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help
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If this option is enabled, this file implements common functionality
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to parse CPPC tables as described in the ACPI 5.1+ spec. The
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routines implemented are meant to be used by other
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drivers to control CPU performance using CPPC semantics.
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If your platform does not support CPPC in firmware,
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leave this option disabled.
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config ACPI_PROCESSOR
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tristate "Processor"
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depends on X86 || IA64 || ARM64 || LOONGARCH
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select ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE
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select ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS if X86 || IA64 || LOONGARCH
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select THERMAL
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default y
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help
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This driver adds support for the ACPI Processor package. It is required
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by several flavors of cpufreq performance-state, thermal, throttling and
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idle drivers.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called processor.
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config ACPI_IPMI
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tristate "IPMI"
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depends on IPMI_HANDLER
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help
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This driver enables the ACPI to access the BMC controller. And it
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uses the IPMI request/response message to communicate with BMC
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controller, which can be found on the server.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called as acpi_ipmi.
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config ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
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bool
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depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR && HOTPLUG_CPU
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select ACPI_CONTAINER
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default y
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config ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR
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tristate "Processor Aggregator"
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depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
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depends on X86
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help
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ACPI 4.0 defines processor Aggregator, which enables OS to perform
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specific processor configuration and control that applies to all
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processors in the platform. Currently only logical processor idling
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is defined, which is to reduce power consumption. This driver
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supports the new device.
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config ACPI_THERMAL
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tristate "Thermal Zone"
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depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
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select THERMAL
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default y
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help
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This driver supports ACPI thermal zones. Most mobile and
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some desktop systems support ACPI thermal zones. It is HIGHLY
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recommended that this option be enabled, as your processor(s)
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may be damaged without it.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the module will be called thermal.
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config ACPI_PLATFORM_PROFILE
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tristate
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config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE
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string "Custom DSDT Table file to include"
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default ""
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depends on !STANDALONE
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help
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This option supports a custom DSDT by linking it into the kernel.
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Enter the full path name to the file which includes the AmlCode
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or dsdt_aml_code declaration.
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If unsure, don't enter a file name.
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config ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT
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bool
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default ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE != ""
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config ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
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def_bool n
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config ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
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bool "Allow upgrading ACPI tables via initrd"
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depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD && ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
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default y
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help
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This option provides functionality to upgrade arbitrary ACPI tables
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via initrd. No functional change if no ACPI tables are passed via
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initrd, therefore it's safe to say Y.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/initrd_table_override.rst for details
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config ACPI_TABLE_OVERRIDE_VIA_BUILTIN_INITRD
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bool "Override ACPI tables from built-in initrd"
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depends on ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
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depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" && INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
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help
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This option provides functionality to override arbitrary ACPI tables
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from built-in uncompressed initrd.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/initrd_table_override.rst for details
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config ACPI_DEBUG
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bool "Debug Statements"
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help
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The ACPI subsystem can produce debug output. Saying Y enables this
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output and increases the kernel size by around 50K.
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Use the acpi.debug_layer and acpi.debug_level kernel command-line
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parameters documented in Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst and
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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst to control the type and
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amount of debug output.
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config ACPI_PCI_SLOT
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bool "PCI slot detection driver"
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depends on SYSFS && PCI
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help
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This driver creates entries in /sys/bus/pci/slots/ for all PCI
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slots in the system. This can help correlate PCI bus addresses,
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i.e., segment/bus/device/function tuples, with physical slots in
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the system. If you are unsure, say N.
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config ACPI_CONTAINER
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bool "Container and Module Devices"
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default (ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY || ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU)
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help
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This driver supports ACPI Container and Module devices (IDs
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ACPI0004, PNP0A05, and PNP0A06).
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This helps support hotplug of nodes, CPUs, and memory.
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config ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY
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bool "Memory Hotplug"
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depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
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help
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This driver supports ACPI memory hotplug. The driver
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fields notifications on ACPI memory devices (PNP0C80),
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which represent memory ranges that may be onlined or
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offlined during runtime.
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If your hardware and firmware do not support adding or
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removing memory devices at runtime, you need not enable
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this driver.
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config ACPI_HOTPLUG_IOAPIC
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bool
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depends on PCI
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depends on X86_IO_APIC
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default y
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config ACPI_SBS
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tristate "Smart Battery System"
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depends on X86
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select POWER_SUPPLY
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help
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This driver supports the Smart Battery System, another
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type of access to battery information, found on some laptops.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here:
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the modules will be called sbs and sbshc.
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config ACPI_HED
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tristate "Hardware Error Device"
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help
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This driver supports the Hardware Error Device (PNP0C33),
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which is used to report some hardware errors notified via
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SCI, mainly the corrected errors.
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config ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD
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tristate "Allow ACPI methods to be inserted/replaced at run time"
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depends on DEBUG_FS
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help
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This debug facility allows ACPI AML methods to be inserted and/or
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replaced without rebooting the system. For details refer to:
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Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/method-customizing.rst.
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NOTE: This option is security sensitive, because it allows arbitrary
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kernel memory to be written to by root (uid=0) users, allowing them
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to bypass certain security measures (e.g. if root is not allowed to
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load additional kernel modules after boot, this feature may be used
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to override that restriction).
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config ACPI_BGRT
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bool "Boottime Graphics Resource Table support"
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depends on EFI && (X86 || ARM64)
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help
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This driver adds support for exposing the ACPI Boottime Graphics
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Resource Table, which allows the operating system to obtain
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data from the firmware boot splash. It will appear under
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/sys/firmware/acpi/bgrt/ .
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config ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY
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bool "Hardware-reduced ACPI support only" if EXPERT
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def_bool n
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help
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This config item changes the way the ACPI code is built. When this
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option is selected, the kernel will use a specialized version of
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ACPICA that ONLY supports the ACPI "reduced hardware" mode. The
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resulting kernel will be smaller but it will also be restricted to
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running in ACPI reduced hardware mode ONLY.
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If you are unsure what to do, do not enable this option.
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source "drivers/acpi/nfit/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/acpi/numa/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/acpi/apei/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/acpi/dptf/Kconfig"
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config ACPI_WATCHDOG
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bool
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config ACPI_EXTLOG
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tristate "Extended Error Log support"
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depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC && EDAC
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select UEFI_CPER
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help
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Certain usages such as Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) require
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more information about the error than what can be described in
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processor machine check banks. Most server processors log
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additional information about the error in processor uncore
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registers. Since the addresses and layout of these registers vary
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widely from one processor to another, system software cannot
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readily make use of them. To complicate matters further, some of
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the additional error information cannot be constructed without
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detailed knowledge about platform topology.
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Enhanced MCA Logging allows firmware to provide additional error
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information to system software, synchronous with MCE or CMCI. This
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driver adds support for that functionality with corresponding
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tracepoint which carries that information to userspace.
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config ACPI_ADXL
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bool
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config ACPI_CONFIGFS
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tristate "ACPI configfs support"
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select CONFIGFS_FS
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help
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Select this option to enable support for ACPI configuration from
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userspace. The configurable ACPI groups will be visible under
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/config/acpi, assuming configfs is mounted under /config.
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config ACPI_PFRUT
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tristate "ACPI Platform Firmware Runtime Update and Telemetry"
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depends on 64BIT
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help
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This mechanism allows certain pieces of the platform firmware
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to be updated on the fly while the system is running (runtime)
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without the need to restart it, which is key in the cases when
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the system needs to be available 100% of the time and it cannot
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afford the downtime related to restarting it, or when the work
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carried out by the system is particularly important, so it cannot
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be interrupted, and it is not practical to wait until it is complete.
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The existing firmware code can be modified (driver update) or
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extended by adding new code to the firmware (code injection).
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Besides, the telemetry driver allows user space to fetch telemetry
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data from the firmware with the help of the Platform Firmware Runtime
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Telemetry interface.
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To compile the drivers as modules, choose M here:
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the modules will be called pfr_update and pfr_telemetry.
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if ARM64
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source "drivers/acpi/arm64/Kconfig"
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endif
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config ACPI_PPTT
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bool
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config ACPI_PCC
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bool "ACPI PCC Address Space"
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depends on PCC
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default y
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help
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The PCC Address Space also referred as PCC Operation Region pertains
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to the region of PCC subspace that succeeds the PCC signature.
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The PCC Operation Region works in conjunction with the PCC Table
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(Platform Communications Channel Table). PCC subspaces that are
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marked for use as PCC Operation Regions must not be used as PCC
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subspaces for the standard ACPI features such as CPPC, RASF, PDTT and
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MPST. These standard features must always use the PCC Table instead.
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Enable this feature if you want to set up and install the PCC Address
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Space handler to handle PCC OpRegion in the firmware.
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config ACPI_FFH
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bool "ACPI FFH Address Space"
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default n
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help
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The FFH(Fixed Function Hardware) Address Space also referred as FFH
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Operation Region allows to define platform specific opregion.
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Enable this feature if you want to set up and install the FFH Address
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Space handler to handle FFH OpRegion in the firmware.
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source "drivers/acpi/pmic/Kconfig"
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config ACPI_VIOT
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bool
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config ACPI_PRMT
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bool "Platform Runtime Mechanism Support"
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depends on EFI && (X86_64 || ARM64)
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default y
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help
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Platform Runtime Mechanism (PRM) is a firmware interface exposing a
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set of binary executables that can be called from the AML interpreter
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or directly from device drivers.
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Say Y to enable the AML interpreter to execute the PRM code.
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While this feature is optional in principle, leaving it out may
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substantially increase computational overhead related to the
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initialization of some server systems.
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endif # ACPI
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config X86_PM_TIMER
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bool "Power Management Timer Support" if EXPERT
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depends on X86 && (ACPI || JAILHOUSE_GUEST)
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default y
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help
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The Power Management Timer is available on all ACPI-capable,
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in most cases even if ACPI is unusable or blacklisted.
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This timing source is not affected by power management features
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like aggressive processor idling, throttling, frequency and/or
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voltage scaling, unlike the commonly used Time Stamp Counter
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(TSC) timing source.
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You should nearly always say Y here because many modern
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systems require this timer.
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