Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config STATIC_LINK |
| 2 | bool "Force a static link" |
| 3 | default n |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | This option gives you the ability to force a static link of UML. |
| 6 | Normally, UML is linked as a shared binary. This is inconvenient for |
| 7 | use in a chroot jail. So, if you intend to run UML inside a chroot, |
| 8 | you probably want to say Y here. |
| 9 | Additionally, this option enables using higher memory spaces (up to |
| 10 | 2.75G) for UML. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
Dave Hansen | 3f22ab2 | 2005-06-23 00:07:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | source "mm/Kconfig" |
Jeff Dike | d83d2aa | 2007-10-16 01:27:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | source "kernel/time/Kconfig" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | config LD_SCRIPT_STATIC |
| 16 | bool |
| 17 | default y |
Jeff Dike | 42fda66 | 2007-10-16 01:26:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | depends on STATIC_LINK |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
| 20 | config LD_SCRIPT_DYN |
| 21 | bool |
| 22 | default y |
| 23 | depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC |
| 24 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" |
| 26 | |
| 27 | config HOSTFS |
| 28 | tristate "Host filesystem" |
| 29 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | While the User-Mode Linux port uses its own root file system for |
| 31 | booting and normal file access, this module lets the UML user |
| 32 | access files stored on the host. It does not require any |
| 33 | network connection between the Host and UML. An example use of |
| 34 | this might be: |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | mount none /tmp/fromhost -t hostfs -o /tmp/umlshare |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | where /tmp/fromhost is an empty directory inside UML and |
| 39 | /tmp/umlshare is a directory on the host with files the UML user |
| 40 | wishes to access. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | For more information, see |
| 43 | <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/hostfs.html>. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | If you'd like to be able to work with files stored on the host, |
| 46 | say Y or M here; otherwise say N. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | |
| 48 | config HPPFS |
| 49 | tristate "HoneyPot ProcFS (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | hppfs (HoneyPot ProcFS) is a filesystem which allows UML /proc |
| 53 | entries to be overridden, removed, or fabricated from the host. |
| 54 | Its purpose is to allow a UML to appear to be a physical machine |
| 55 | by removing or changing anything in /proc which gives away the |
| 56 | identity of a UML. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | |
Karol Swietlicki | 0ba9d3f | 2008-02-04 22:30:38 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | See <http://user-mode-linux.sf.net/old/hppfs.html> for more information. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | You only need this if you are setting up a UML honeypot. Otherwise, |
| 61 | it is safe to say 'N' here. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | config MCONSOLE |
| 64 | bool "Management console" |
| 65 | default y |
| 66 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | The user mode linux management console is a low-level interface to |
| 68 | the kernel, somewhat like the i386 SysRq interface. Since there is |
| 69 | a full-blown operating system running under every user mode linux |
| 70 | instance, there is much greater flexibility possible than with the |
| 71 | SysRq mechanism. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | If you answer 'Y' to this option, to use this feature, you need the |
| 74 | mconsole client (called uml_mconsole) which is present in CVS in |
| 75 | 2.4.5-9um and later (path /tools/mconsole), and is also in the |
| 76 | distribution RPM package in 2.4.6 and later. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | |
| 80 | config MAGIC_SYSRQ |
| 81 | bool "Magic SysRq key" |
| 82 | depends on MCONSOLE |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | help |
| 84 | If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even |
| 85 | if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you |
| 86 | will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system |
| 87 | immediately or dump some status information). A key for each of the |
| 88 | possible requests is provided. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | This is the feature normally accomplished by pressing a key |
| 91 | while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | On UML, this is accomplished by sending a "sysrq" command with |
| 94 | mconsole, followed by the letter for the requested command. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | The keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y |
| 97 | unless you really know what this hack does. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | config SMP |
| 100 | bool "Symmetric multi-processing support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 101 | default n |
Jeff Dike | 02bff1f | 2008-02-04 22:30:41 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | depends on BROKEN |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | This option enables UML SMP support. |
| 105 | It is NOT related to having a real SMP box. Not directly, at least. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | UML implements virtual SMP by allowing as many processes to run |
| 108 | simultaneously on the host as there are virtual processors configured. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | Obviously, if the host is a uniprocessor, those processes will |
| 111 | timeshare, but, inside UML, will appear to be running simultaneously. |
| 112 | If the host is a multiprocessor, then UML processes may run |
| 113 | simultaneously, depending on the host scheduler. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | This, however, is supported only in TT mode. So, if you use the SKAS |
| 116 | patch on your host, switching to TT mode and enabling SMP usually |
| 117 | gives you worse performances. |
| 118 | Also, since the support for SMP has been under-developed, there could |
| 119 | be some bugs being exposed by enabling SMP. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | If you don't know what to do, say N. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | |
| 123 | config NR_CPUS |
| 124 | int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)" |
| 125 | range 2 32 |
| 126 | depends on SMP |
| 127 | default "32" |
| 128 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | config HIGHMEM |
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | bool "Highmem support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 131 | depends on !64BIT && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 132 | default n |
| 133 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | This was used to allow UML to run with big amounts of memory. |
| 135 | Currently it is unstable, so if unsure say N. |
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | To use big amounts of memory, it is recommended enable static |
| 138 | linking (i.e. CONFIG_STATIC_LINK) - this should allow the |
| 139 | guest to use up to 2.75G of memory. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | |
| 141 | config KERNEL_STACK_ORDER |
| 142 | int "Kernel stack size order" |
Jeff Dike | 02239c2 | 2007-05-10 22:22:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | default 1 if 64BIT |
Jeff Dike | e80ad9b | 2007-06-08 13:46:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | range 1 10 if 64BIT |
Jeff Dike | 02239c2 | 2007-05-10 22:22:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | default 0 if !64BIT |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | This option determines the size of UML kernel stacks. They will |
| 148 | be 1 << order pages. The default is OK unless you're running Valgrind |
| 149 | on UML, in which case, set this to 3. |