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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/pci/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pci/Kconfig | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig index 4d762fc4878c..c27e782e6df9 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig @@ -17,6 +17,31 @@ config PCI_MSI If you don't know what to do here, say N. +config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE + bool "PCI Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL + help + Say Y here if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for + every PCI device that is probed. This can cause a huge + speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a + smaller speedup on single processor machines. + + But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen. A number + of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way, + some will just not work properly at all, while others might + decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once, + so use this option at your own risk. + + It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a + boot process that can handle devices being created in any + order. A program that can create persistant block and network + device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use + this option. + + Again, use this option at your own risk, you have been warned! + + When in doubt, say N. + config PCI_DEBUG bool "PCI Debugging" depends on PCI && DEBUG_KERNEL |