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" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | |
| 14 | config LD_SCRIPT_STATIC |
| 15 | bool |
| 16 | default y |
Jeff Dike | 42fda66 | 2007-10-16 01:26:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | depends on STATIC_LINK |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | |
| 19 | config LD_SCRIPT_DYN |
| 20 | bool |
| 21 | default y |
| 22 | depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC |
| 23 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" |
| 25 | |
| 26 | config HOSTFS |
| 27 | tristate "Host filesystem" |
| 28 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | While the User-Mode Linux port uses its own root file system for |
| 30 | booting and normal file access, this module lets the UML user |
| 31 | access files stored on the host. It does not require any |
| 32 | network connection between the Host and UML. An example use of |
| 33 | this might be: |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | mount none /tmp/fromhost -t hostfs -o /tmp/umlshare |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | where /tmp/fromhost is an empty directory inside UML and |
| 38 | /tmp/umlshare is a directory on the host with files the UML user |
| 39 | wishes to access. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | For more information, see |
| 42 | <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/hostfs.html>. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | If you'd like to be able to work with files stored on the host, |
| 45 | say Y or M here; otherwise say N. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | |
| 47 | config HPPFS |
| 48 | tristate "HoneyPot ProcFS (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
Randy Dunlap | 365a0de | 2011-04-27 15:26:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PROC_FS |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | hppfs (HoneyPot ProcFS) is a filesystem which allows UML /proc |
| 52 | entries to be overridden, removed, or fabricated from the host. |
| 53 | Its purpose is to allow a UML to appear to be a physical machine |
| 54 | by removing or changing anything in /proc which gives away the |
| 55 | identity of a UML. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | |
Karol Swietlicki | 0ba9d3f | 2008-02-04 22:30:38 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | 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] | 58 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | You only need this if you are setting up a UML honeypot. Otherwise, |
| 60 | it is safe to say 'N' here. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | config MCONSOLE |
| 63 | bool "Management console" |
| 64 | default y |
| 65 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | The user mode linux management console is a low-level interface to |
| 67 | the kernel, somewhat like the i386 SysRq interface. Since there is |
| 68 | a full-blown operating system running under every user mode linux |
| 69 | instance, there is much greater flexibility possible than with the |
| 70 | SysRq mechanism. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | If you answer 'Y' to this option, to use this feature, you need the |
| 73 | mconsole client (called uml_mconsole) which is present in CVS in |
| 74 | 2.4.5-9um and later (path /tools/mconsole), and is also in the |
| 75 | distribution RPM package in 2.4.6 and later. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | It is safe to say 'Y' here. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | |
| 79 | config MAGIC_SYSRQ |
| 80 | bool "Magic SysRq key" |
| 81 | depends on MCONSOLE |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | help |
| 83 | If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even |
| 84 | if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you |
| 85 | will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system |
| 86 | immediately or dump some status information). A key for each of the |
| 87 | possible requests is provided. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | This is the feature normally accomplished by pressing a key |
| 90 | while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | On UML, this is accomplished by sending a "sysrq" command with |
| 93 | mconsole, followed by the letter for the requested command. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | The keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y |
| 96 | unless you really know what this hack does. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | config SMP |
| 99 | bool "Symmetric multi-processing support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 100 | default n |
Jeff Dike | 02bff1f | 2008-02-04 22:30:41 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | depends on BROKEN |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | This option enables UML SMP support. |
| 104 | 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] | 105 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | UML implements virtual SMP by allowing as many processes to run |
| 107 | simultaneously on the host as there are virtual processors configured. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | Obviously, if the host is a uniprocessor, those processes will |
| 110 | timeshare, but, inside UML, will appear to be running simultaneously. |
| 111 | If the host is a multiprocessor, then UML processes may run |
| 112 | simultaneously, depending on the host scheduler. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | This, however, is supported only in TT mode. So, if you use the SKAS |
| 115 | patch on your host, switching to TT mode and enabling SMP usually |
| 116 | gives you worse performances. |
| 117 | Also, since the support for SMP has been under-developed, there could |
| 118 | be some bugs being exposed by enabling SMP. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | If you don't know what to do, say N. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | |
| 122 | config NR_CPUS |
| 123 | int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)" |
| 124 | range 2 32 |
| 125 | depends on SMP |
| 126 | default "32" |
| 127 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | config HIGHMEM |
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | bool "Highmem support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
Richard Weinberger | 94295e2 | 2011-01-12 16:59:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | depends on !64BIT && BROKEN |
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | default n |
| 132 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | This was used to allow UML to run with big amounts of memory. |
| 134 | Currently it is unstable, so if unsure say N. |
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | To use big amounts of memory, it is recommended enable static |
| 137 | linking (i.e. CONFIG_STATIC_LINK) - this should allow the |
| 138 | guest to use up to 2.75G of memory. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | |
| 140 | config KERNEL_STACK_ORDER |
| 141 | int "Kernel stack size order" |
Jeff Dike | 02239c2 | 2007-05-10 22:22:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | default 1 if 64BIT |
Jeff Dike | e80ad9b | 2007-06-08 13:46:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | range 1 10 if 64BIT |
Jeff Dike | 02239c2 | 2007-05-10 22:22:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | default 0 if !64BIT |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | help |
Jeff Dike | 4c9e138 | 2007-10-16 01:26:54 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | This option determines the size of UML kernel stacks. They will |
| 147 | be 1 << order pages. The default is OK unless you're running Valgrind |
| 148 | on UML, in which case, set this to 3. |
FUJITA Tomonori | d911202 | 2010-10-26 14:22:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | |
Al Viro | d805a78 | 2011-08-18 20:13:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | config MMAPPER |
| 151 | tristate "iomem emulation driver" |
| 152 | help |
| 153 | This driver allows a host file to be used as emulated IO memory inside |
| 154 | UML. |
| 155 | |
FUJITA Tomonori | d911202 | 2010-10-26 14:22:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | config NO_DMA |
| 157 | def_bool y |