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[RFC,v2,10/32] x86/fred: add Kconfig option for FRED (CONFIG_X86_FRED)

Message ID 20230106085617.17248-11-xin3.li@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series x86: enable FRED for x86-64 | expand

Commit Message

Li, Xin3 Jan. 6, 2023, 8:55 a.m. UTC 
From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@zytor.com>

Add the configuration option CONFIG_X86_FRED to enable FRED.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
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 arch/x86/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 67745ceab0db..1155d2e06fd1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -500,6 +500,15 @@  config X86_CPU_RESCTRL
 
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
+config X86_FRED
+	bool "Flexible Return and Event Delivery"
+	depends on X86_64
+	help
+	  When enabled, try to use Flexible Return and Event Delivery
+	  instead of the legacy SYSCALL/SYSENTER/IDT architecture for
+	  ring transitions and exception/interrupt handling if the
+	  system supports.
+
 if X86_32
 config X86_BIGSMP
 	bool "Support for big SMP systems with more than 8 CPUs"