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diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 02dd39457bcf..7982cbc3bc94 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -152,18 +152,18 @@ config MPSC
Optimize for Intel Pentium 4 and older Nocona/Dempsey Xeon CPUs
with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T). For details see
<http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/>.
- Note the the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the
- Netburst core and shouldn't use this option. You can distingush them
+ Note that the latest Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx) are not based on the
+ Netburst core and shouldn't use this option. You can distinguish them
using the cpu family field
- in /proc/cpuinfo. Family 15 is a older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one
- (this rule only applies to system that support EM64T)
+ in /proc/cpuinfo. Family 15 is an older Xeon, Family 6 a newer one
+ (this rule only applies to systems that support EM64T)
config MCORE2
bool "Intel Core2 / newer Xeon"
help
Optimize for Intel Core2 and newer Xeons (51xx)
- You can distingush the newer Xeons from the older ones using
- the cpu family field in /proc/cpuinfo. 15 is a older Xeon
+ You can distinguish the newer Xeons from the older ones using
+ the cpu family field in /proc/cpuinfo. 15 is an older Xeon
(use CONFIG_MPSC then), 6 is a newer one. This rule only
applies to CPUs that support EM64T.
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ config IOMMU
on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
- based IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used on Intel
- systems and as fallback.
+ based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
+ on Intel systems and as fallback.
The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
too.
@@ -496,6 +496,12 @@ config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
# need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
config SWIOTLB
bool
+ help
+ Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
+ which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
+ of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
+ access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
+ 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
config X86_MCE
bool "Machine check support" if EMBEDDED