#
# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
-# see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
+# see the file Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt in the
+# Linux kernel source tree.
#
mainmenu "U-Boot $UBOOTVERSION Configuration"
string "Local version - append to U-Boot release"
help
Append an extra string to the end of your U-Boot version.
- This will show up on your boot log, for example.
+ This will show up in your boot log, for example.
The string you set here will be appended after the contents of
any files with a filename matching localversion* in your
object and source tree, in that order. Your total string can
default y
help
This will try to automatically determine if the current tree is a
- release tree by looking for git tags that belong to the current
+ release tree by looking for Git tags that belong to the current
top of tree revision.
A string of the format -gxxxxxxxx will be added to the localversion
- if a git-based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
+ if a Git-based tree is found. The string generated by this will be
appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
bool "Enable malloc() pool before relocation"
default y if DM
help
- Before relocation memory is very limited on many platforms. Still,
+ Before relocation, memory is very limited on many platforms. Still,
we can provide a small malloc() pool if needed. Driver model in
particular needs this to operate, so that it can allocate the
initial serial device and any others that are needed.
depends on SYS_MALLOC_F
default 0x400
help
- Before relocation memory is very limited on many platforms. Still,
+ Before relocation, memory is very limited on many platforms. Still,
we can provide a small malloc() pool if needed. Driver model in
particular needs this to operate, so that it can allocate the
initial serial device and any others that are needed.
This option allows certain base U-Boot options and settings
to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized
environments which can tolerate a "non-standard" U-Boot.
- Only use this if you really know what you are doing.
+ Use this only if you really know what you are doing.
if EXPERT
config SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT
Then the boot time can be significantly reduced.
Warning:
When disabling this, please check if malloc calls, maybe
- should be replaced by calloc - if expects zeroed memory.
+ should be replaced by calloc - if one expects zeroed memory.
endif
endmenu # General setup
config SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
bool
depends on SPL
- prompt "Only use malloc_simple functions in the spl"
+ prompt "Only use malloc_simple functions in the SPL"
help
Say Y here to only use the *_simple malloc functions from
- malloc_simple.c, rather then using the versions from dlmalloc.c
+ malloc_simple.c, rather then using the versions from dlmalloc.c;
this will make the SPL binary smaller at the cost of more heap
usage as the *_simple malloc functions do not re-use free-ed mem.