Hollis Blanchard | bbf45ba | 2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # KVM configuration |
| 3 | # |
| 4 | |
| 5 | menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION |
| 6 | bool "Virtualization" |
| 7 | ---help--- |
| 8 | Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run |
| 9 | other operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). |
| 10 | This option alone does not add any kernel code. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and |
| 13 | disabled. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | if VIRTUALIZATION |
| 16 | |
| 17 | config KVM |
| 18 | bool "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" |
Hollis Blanchard | 9dd921c | 2008-11-05 09:36:14 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL |
Hollis Blanchard | bbf45ba | 2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS |
| 21 | select ANON_INODES |
Hollis Blanchard | bbf45ba | 2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | ---help--- |
| 23 | Support hosting virtualized guest machines. You will also |
| 24 | need to select one or more of the processor modules below. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through |
| 27 | a character device node named /dev/kvm. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | If unsure, say N. |
| 30 | |
Hollis Blanchard | 9dd921c | 2008-11-05 09:36:14 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | config KVM_440 |
| 32 | bool "KVM support for PowerPC 440 processors" |
Hollis Blanchard | bbf45ba | 2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | depends on KVM && 44x |
| 34 | ---help--- |
Hollis Blanchard | 9dd921c | 2008-11-05 09:36:14 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | KVM can run unmodified 440 guest kernels on 440 host processors. |
Hollis Blanchard | bbf45ba | 2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
Jerone Young | 12f6755 | 2008-07-14 14:00:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | config KVM_TRACE |
| 38 | bool "KVM trace support" |
| 39 | depends on KVM && MARKERS && SYSFS |
| 40 | select RELAY |
| 41 | select DEBUG_FS |
| 42 | default n |
| 43 | ---help--- |
| 44 | This option allows reading a trace of kvm-related events through |
| 45 | relayfs. Note the ABI is not considered stable and will be |
| 46 | modified in future updates. |
| 47 | |
Hollis Blanchard | bbf45ba | 2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | source drivers/virtio/Kconfig |
| 49 | |
| 50 | endif # VIRTUALIZATION |