This option it useful to enable this feature on older BIOS's as well.
You can also enable this by using boot command line option force_cpei=1.
-config PREEMPT
- bool "Preemptible Kernel"
- help
- This option reduces the latency of the kernel when reacting to
- real-time or interactive events by allowing a low priority process to
- be preempted even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call.
- This allows applications to run more reliably even when the system is
- under load.
-
- Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop, embedded
- or real-time system. Say N if you are unsure.
+source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
source "mm/Kconfig"
depends on IA32_SUPPORT
default y
+config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
+ def_bool COMPAT
+
config IA64_MCA_RECOVERY
tristate "MCA recovery from errors other than TLB."