Merge ../linux-2.6

[linux-2.6] / arch / arm / Kconfig

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 91d5ef3397be3d56f643dc5fb21eaa4315303499..ec77721507cb746c238afe4d4ed56a62b97f4b38 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -356,6 +356,16 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
          Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on.  CPUs
          can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
 
+config LOCAL_TIMERS
+       bool "Use local timer interrupts"
+       depends on SMP && REALVIEW_MPCORE
+       default y
+       help
+         Enable support for local timers on SMP platforms, rather then the
+         legacy IPI broadcast method.  Local timers allows the system
+         accounting to be spread across the timer interval, preventing a
+         "thundering herd" at every timer tick.
+
 config PREEMPT
        bool "Preemptible Kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
        depends on EXPERIMENTAL