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diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 7d3a0054cba1..8283685f3bb3 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ config DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL bool "Discontigious Memory" depends on ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE help + This option provides enhanced support for discontiguous + memory systems, over FLATMEM. These systems have holes + in their physical address spaces, and this option provides + more efficient handling of these holes. However, the vast + majority of hardware has quite flat address spaces, and + can have degraded performance from extra overhead that + this option imposes. + + Many NUMA configurations will have this as the only option. + If unsure, choose "Flat Memory" over this option. endchoice |