[RFC 1/9] arm64: add kconfig symbol to enable 52-bit PA
Kristina Martsenko
kristina.martsenko at arm.com
Tue Nov 21 03:57:57 PST 2017
ARMv8.2 introduces support for 52-bit physical addresses if the 64k
granule is used. To enable this, add a new kconfig symbol to configure
the physical address space size, with 52-bit as one option. The symbols
will be used to enable 52-bit PA functionality in subsequent patches.
Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko at arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 0df64a6a56d4..30d0cc272903 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -609,6 +609,34 @@ config ARM64_VA_BITS
default 47 if ARM64_VA_BITS_47
default 48 if ARM64_VA_BITS_48
+choice
+ prompt "Physical address space size"
+ default ARM64_PA_BITS_48
+ help
+ Choose the maximum physical address range that the kernel will
+ support.
+
+config ARM64_PA_BITS_48
+ bool "48-bit"
+
+config ARM64_PA_BITS_52
+ bool "52-bit (ARMv8.2)"
+ depends on ARM64_64K_PAGES
+ help
+ Enable support for a 52-bit physical address space, introduced as
+ part of the ARMv8.2-LPA extension.
+
+ With this enabled, the kernel will also continue to work on CPUs that
+ do not support ARMv8.2-LPA, but with some added memory overhead (and
+ minor performance overhead).
+
+endchoice
+
+config ARM64_PA_BITS
+ int
+ default 48 if ARM64_PA_BITS_48
+ default 52 if ARM64_PA_BITS_52
+
config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
bool "Build big-endian kernel"
help
--
2.1.4
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