[PATCH] [27/66] x86_64: Move kernel to 2MB
As suggested by Andi (and Alan), move the default kernel location
from 1Mb to 2Mb, to align to the start of a TLB entry.
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++--
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -429,10 +429,10 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
config PHYSICAL_START
hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
default "0x1000000" if CRASH_DUMP
- default "0x100000"
+ default "0x200000"
help
This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded. Normally
- for regular kernels this value is 0x100000 (1MB). But in the case
+ for regular kernels this value is 0x200000 (2MB). But in the case
of kexec on panic the fail safe kernel needs to run at a different
address than the panic-ed kernel. This option is used to set the load
address for kernels used to capture crash dump on being kexec'ed
@@ -464,6 +464,14 @@ config SECCOMP
source kernel/Kconfig.hz
+config REORDER
+ bool "Function reordering"
+ default n
+ help
+ This option enables the toolchain to reorder functions for a more
+ optimal TLB usage. If you have pretty much any version of binutils,
+ this can increase your kernel build time by roughly one minute.
+
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