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772772 If unsure, say Y.
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774774config ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER
775- int "Maximum zone order "
775+ int "Order of maximal physically contiguous allocations "
776776 default "10"
777777 help
778- The kernel memory allocator divides physically contiguous memory
779- blocks into "zones", where each zone is a power of two number of
780- pages. This option selects the largest power of two that the kernel
781- keeps in the memory allocator. If you need to allocate very large
782- blocks of physically contiguous memory, then you may need to
783- increase this value.
778+ The kernel page allocator limits the size of maximal physically
779+ contiguous allocations. The limit is called MAX_ORDER and it
780+ defines the maximal power of two of number of pages that can be
781+ allocated as a single contiguous block. This option allows
782+ overriding the default setting when ability to allocate very
783+ large blocks of physically contiguous memory is required.
784+
785+ Don't change if unsure.
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