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Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +01001#
2# KVM configuration
3#
Avi Kivity0ba12d12009-05-21 16:45:19 +03004source "virt/kvm/Kconfig"
Avi Kivity5d9b8e32009-01-04 18:04:18 +02005
Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +01006menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
Martin Schwidefsky6f9a3c32011-01-05 12:47:15 +01007 def_bool y
8 prompt "Virtualization"
Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +01009 ---help---
10 Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
11 operating systems inside virtual machines (guests).
12 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
13
14 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
15
16if VIRTUALIZATION
17
18config KVM
Martin Schwidefsky6f9a3c32011-01-05 12:47:15 +010019 def_tristate y
20 prompt "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +010021 depends on HAVE_KVM && EXPERIMENTAL
22 select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
23 select ANON_INODES
Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +010024 ---help---
25 Support hosting paravirtualized guest machines using the SIE
26 virtualization capability on the mainframe. This should work
27 on any 64bit machine.
28
29 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
30 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
31
32 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
33 will be called kvm.
34
35 If unsure, say N.
36
Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +010037# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under
38# the virtualization menu.
Michael S. Tsirkin3a4d5c92010-01-14 06:17:27 +000039source drivers/vhost/Kconfig
Christian Borntraeger77b455f2008-03-25 18:47:36 +010040
41endif # VIRTUALIZATION