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@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ config SMP
 
 	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
 
+config TOC
+	bool "Support TOC switch"
+	default y if 64BIT || !SMP
+	help
+	  Most PA-RISC machines have either a switch at the back of the machine
+	  or a command in BMC to trigger a TOC interrupt. If you say Y here a
+	  handler will be installed which will either show a backtrace on all
+	  CPUs, or enter a possible configured debugger like kgdb/kdb.
+
+	  Note that with this option enabled, the kernel will use an additional 16KB
+	  per possible CPU as a special stack for the TOC handler.
+
+	  If you don't want to debug the Kernel, say N.
+
 config PARISC_CPU_TOPOLOGY
 	bool "Support cpu topology definition"
 	depends on SMP