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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/nios2')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/nios2/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/nios2/Kconfig b/arch/nios2/Kconfig index 89708b95978c..fcaa6bbda3fc 100644 --- a/arch/nios2/Kconfig +++ b/arch/nios2/Kconfig @@ -45,16 +45,18 @@ menu "Kernel features" source "kernel/Kconfig.hz" config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER - int "Maximum zone order" + int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations" range 8 19 default "10" help - The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory - blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of - pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel - keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large - blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to - increase this value. + The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically + contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it + defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be + allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows + overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very + large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required. + + Don't change if unsure. endmenu |