diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 4f9497a97d9f..6266039cf592 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 3f973e22160257c5bda85815be5b1540d391a671 +refs/heads/master: 053a96ca11a9785a7e63fc89eed4514a6446ec58 diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/Kconfig b/trunk/arch/arm/Kconfig index dbfdf87f993f..2b28786b3879 100644 --- a/trunk/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/trunk/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -915,6 +915,23 @@ config NODES_SHIFT default "2" depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES +config HIGHMEM + bool "High Memory Support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on MMU && EXPERIMENTAL + help + The address space of ARM processors is only 4 Gigabytes large + and it has to accommodate user address space, kernel address + space as well as some memory mapped IO. That means that, if you + have a large amount of physical memory and/or IO, not all of the + memory can be "permanently mapped" by the kernel. The physical + memory that is not permanently mapped is called "high memory". + + Depending on the selected kernel/user memory split, minimum + vmalloc space and actual amount of RAM, you may not need this + option which should result in a slightly faster kernel. + + If unsure, say n. + source "mm/Kconfig" config LEDS