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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig index b248870a9806..bcc378c19ebe 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig @@ -75,6 +75,27 @@ config EFI_MAX_FAKE_MEM Ranges can be set up to this value using comma-separated list. The default value is 8. +config EFI_SOFT_RESERVE + bool "Reserve EFI Specific Purpose Memory" + depends on EFI && EFI_STUB && ACPI_HMAT + default ACPI_HMAT + help + On systems that have mixed performance classes of memory EFI + may indicate specific purpose memory with an attribute (See + EFI_MEMORY_SP in UEFI 2.8). A memory range tagged with this + attribute may have unique performance characteristics compared + to the system's general purpose "System RAM" pool. On the + expectation that such memory has application specific usage, + and its base EFI memory type is "conventional" answer Y to + arrange for the kernel to reserve it as a "Soft Reserved" + resource, and set aside for direct-access (device-dax) by + default. The memory range can later be optionally assigned to + the page allocator by system administrator policy via the + device-dax kmem facility. Say N to have the kernel treat this + memory as "System RAM" by default. + + If unsure, say Y. + config EFI_PARAMS_FROM_FDT bool help |