Avi Kivity | 6aa8b73 | 2006-12-10 02:21:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # KVM configuration |
| 3 | # |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION |
| 5 | bool "Virtualization" |
Martin Schwidefsky | eeca7a3 | 2007-05-10 15:45:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | depends on X86 |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | default y |
Jan Engelhardt | 06bfb7e | 2007-08-18 12:56:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | ---help--- |
Avi Kivity | 36a74097 | 2007-09-22 14:43:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 9 | Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other |
| 10 | operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). |
Jan Engelhardt | 06bfb7e | 2007-08-18 12:56:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | This option alone does not add any kernel code. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | if VIRTUALIZATION |
Avi Kivity | fd24dc4 | 2006-12-13 00:33:44 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
Avi Kivity | 6aa8b73 | 2006-12-10 02:21:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | config KVM |
| 18 | tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" |
| 19 | depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL |
Avi Kivity | 7766879 | 2007-07-22 12:40:30 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | select ANON_INODES |
Avi Kivity | 6aa8b73 | 2006-12-10 02:21:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | ---help--- |
| 22 | Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware |
| 23 | virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent |
| 24 | processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also |
| 25 | need to select one or more of the processor modules below. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through |
| 28 | a character device node named /dev/kvm. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 31 | will be called kvm. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | If unsure, say N. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | config KVM_INTEL |
| 36 | tristate "KVM for Intel processors support" |
| 37 | depends on KVM |
| 38 | ---help--- |
| 39 | Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT |
| 40 | extensions. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | config KVM_AMD |
| 43 | tristate "KVM for AMD processors support" |
| 44 | depends on KVM |
| 45 | ---help--- |
| 46 | Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V |
| 47 | (SVM) extensions. |
Avi Kivity | fd24dc4 | 2006-12-13 00:33:44 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | endif # VIRTUALIZATION |