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Avi Kivity6aa8b732006-12-10 02:21:36 -08001#
2# KVM configuration
3#
Jan Engelhardtde062062007-05-23 14:22:11 -07004menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
5 bool "Virtualization"
Martin Schwidefskyeeca7a32007-05-10 15:45:56 +02006 depends on X86
Jan Engelhardtde062062007-05-23 14:22:11 -07007 default y
Jan Engelhardt06bfb7e2007-08-18 12:56:21 +02008 ---help---
9 Say Y here to get to see options for virtualization guest drivers.
10 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
11
12 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
Jan Engelhardtde062062007-05-23 14:22:11 -070013
14if VIRTUALIZATION
Avi Kivityfd24dc42006-12-13 00:33:44 -080015
Avi Kivity6aa8b732006-12-10 02:21:36 -080016config KVM
17 tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
18 depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL
Avi Kivity77668792007-07-22 12:40:30 +030019 select ANON_INODES
Avi Kivity6aa8b732006-12-10 02:21:36 -080020 ---help---
21 Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
22 virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent
23 processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also
24 need to select one or more of the processor modules below.
25
26 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
27 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
28
29 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
30 will be called kvm.
31
32 If unsure, say N.
33
34config KVM_INTEL
35 tristate "KVM for Intel processors support"
36 depends on KVM
37 ---help---
38 Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT
39 extensions.
40
41config KVM_AMD
42 tristate "KVM for AMD processors support"
43 depends on KVM
44 ---help---
45 Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
46 (SVM) extensions.
Avi Kivityfd24dc42006-12-13 00:33:44 -080047
Jan Engelhardtde062062007-05-23 14:22:11 -070048endif # VIRTUALIZATION