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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pci/Kconfig | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pci/pci-driver.c | 11 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig index 4d762fc4878cc..c27e782e6df99 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig @@ -17,6 +17,31 @@ config PCI_MSI If you don't know what to do here, say N. +config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE + bool "PCI Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL + help + Say Y here if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for + every PCI device that is probed. This can cause a huge + speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a + smaller speedup on single processor machines. + + But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen. A number + of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way, + some will just not work properly at all, while others might + decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once, + so use this option at your own risk. + + It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a + boot process that can handle devices being created in any + order. A program that can create persistant block and network + device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use + this option. + + Again, use this option at your own risk, you have been warned! + + When in doubt, say N. + config PCI_DEBUG bool "PCI Debugging" depends on PCI && DEBUG_KERNEL diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c index 8948ac9ab6812..d8ace1f90dd2a 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c @@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ * Registration of PCI drivers and handling of hot-pluggable devices. */ +/* multithreaded probe logic */ +static int pci_multithread_probe = +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE + 1; +#else + 0; +#endif +__module_param_call("", pci_multithread_probe, param_set_bool, param_get_bool, &pci_multithread_probe, 0644); + + /* * Dynamic device IDs are disabled for !CONFIG_HOTPLUG */ @@ -408,6 +418,7 @@ int __pci_register_driver(struct pci_driver *drv, struct module *owner) drv->driver.bus = &pci_bus_type; drv->driver.owner = owner; drv->driver.kobj.ktype = &pci_driver_kobj_type; + drv->driver.multithread_probe = pci_multithread_probe; spin_lock_init(&drv->dynids.lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&drv->dynids.list); |