@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ config PAGE_OFFSET
1919 default "0x00000000"
2020
2121config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
22- int "Maximum zone order "
22+ int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations "
2323 range 8 63 if PAGE_SIZE_16KB
2424 default "8" if PAGE_SIZE_16KB
2525 range 6 63 if PAGE_SIZE_64KB
@@ -28,16 +28,18 @@ config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
2828 default "13" if !MMU
2929 default "10"
3030 help
31- The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
32- blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of
33- pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel
34- keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large
35- blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to
36- increase this value .
31+ The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically
32+ contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it
33+ defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be
34+ allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows
35+ overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very
36+ large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required .
3737
3838 The page size is not necessarily 4KB. Keep this in mind when
3939 choosing a value for this option.
4040
41+ Don't change if unsure.
42+
4143config MEMORY_START
4244 hex "Physical memory start address"
4345 default "0x08000000"
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