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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---
Avi Kivity36a740972007-09-22 14:43:45 +02009 Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
10 operating systems inside virtual machines (guests).
Jan Engelhardt06bfb7e2007-08-18 12:56:21 +020011 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 Engelhardtde062062007-05-23 14:22:11 -070014
15if VIRTUALIZATION
Avi Kivityfd24dc42006-12-13 00:33:44 -080016
Avi Kivity6aa8b732006-12-10 02:21:36 -080017config KVM
18 tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
19 depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL
Avi Kivity77668792007-07-22 12:40:30 +030020 select ANON_INODES
Avi Kivity6aa8b732006-12-10 02:21:36 -080021 ---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
35config 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
42config 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 Kivityfd24dc42006-12-13 00:33:44 -080048
Jan Engelhardtde062062007-05-23 14:22:11 -070049endif # VIRTUALIZATION