Avi Kivity | 6aa8b73 | 2006-12-10 02:21:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # KVM configuration |
| 3 | # |
Avi Kivity | fb56dbb | 2007-12-02 10:50:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | config HAVE_KVM |
| 5 | bool |
| 6 | |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION |
| 8 | bool "Virtualization" |
Avi Kivity | fb56dbb | 2007-12-02 10:50:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | depends on HAVE_KVM || X86 |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | default y |
Jan Engelhardt | 06bfb7e | 2007-08-18 12:56:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | ---help--- |
Avi Kivity | 36a74097 | 2007-09-22 14:43:45 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other |
| 13 | operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). |
Jan Engelhardt | 06bfb7e | 2007-08-18 12:56:21 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | This option alone does not add any kernel code. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | 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] | 17 | |
| 18 | if VIRTUALIZATION |
Avi Kivity | fd24dc4 | 2006-12-13 00:33:44 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
Avi Kivity | 6aa8b73 | 2006-12-10 02:21:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | config KVM |
| 21 | tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" |
Avi Kivity | fb56dbb | 2007-12-02 10:50:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | depends on HAVE_KVM && EXPERIMENTAL |
Avi Kivity | 15ad714 | 2007-07-11 18:17:21 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS |
Avi Kivity | 7766879 | 2007-07-22 12:40:30 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | select ANON_INODES |
Avi Kivity | 6aa8b73 | 2006-12-10 02:21:36 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | ---help--- |
| 26 | Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware |
| 27 | virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent |
| 28 | processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also |
| 29 | need to select one or more of the processor modules below. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through |
| 32 | a character device node named /dev/kvm. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 35 | will be called kvm. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | If unsure, say N. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | config KVM_INTEL |
| 40 | tristate "KVM for Intel processors support" |
| 41 | depends on KVM |
| 42 | ---help--- |
| 43 | Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT |
| 44 | extensions. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | config KVM_AMD |
| 47 | tristate "KVM for AMD processors support" |
| 48 | depends on KVM |
| 49 | ---help--- |
| 50 | Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V |
| 51 | (SVM) extensions. |
Avi Kivity | fd24dc4 | 2006-12-13 00:33:44 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | |
Rusty Russell | 9525ca0 | 2007-10-22 10:55:43 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under |
| 54 | # the virtualization menu. |
| 55 | source drivers/lguest/Kconfig |
Anthony Liguori | 0ad07ec | 2007-11-07 20:46:31 -0600 | [diff] [blame^] | 56 | source drivers/virtio/Kconfig |
Rusty Russell | 9525ca0 | 2007-10-22 10:55:43 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | |
Jan Engelhardt | de06206 | 2007-05-23 14:22:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | endif # VIRTUALIZATION |