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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/Kconfig | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/xen/Kconfig | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/lguest/Kconfig | 3 |
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index f6e44fc5283c..3523e82c8412 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -227,28 +227,46 @@ config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER If in doubt, say "Y". config PARAVIRT - bool "Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL + bool depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) help - Paravirtualization is a way of running multiple instances of - Linux on the same machine, under a hypervisor. This option - changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run - under a hypervisor, improving performance significantly. - However, when run without a hypervisor the kernel is - theoretically slower. If in doubt, say N. + This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run + under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly + over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor + the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger. + +menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST + bool "Paravirtualized guest support" + help + Say Y here to get to see options related to running Linux under + various hypervisors. This option alone does not add any kernel code. + + If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. + +if PARAVIRT_GUEST source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig" config VMI - bool "VMI Paravirt-ops support" - depends on PARAVIRT + bool "VMI Guest support" + select PARAVIRT + depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) help VMI provides a paravirtualized interface to the VMware ESX server (it could be used by other hypervisors in theory too, but is not at the moment), by linking the kernel to a GPL-ed ROM module provided by the hypervisor. +config LGUEST_GUEST + bool "Lguest guest support" + select PARAVIRT + depends on !X86_PAE + help + Lguest is a tiny in-kernel hypervisor. Selecting this will + allow your kernel to boot under lguest. This option will increase + your kernel size by about 6k. If in doubt, say N. +endif + config ACPI_SRAT bool default y diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig index 9df99e1885a4..fbfa55ce0d55 100644 --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ # config XEN - bool "Enable support for Xen hypervisor" - depends on PARAVIRT && X86_CMPXCHG && X86_TSC && !NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES + bool "Xen guest support" + select PARAVIRT + depends on X86_CMPXCHG && X86_TSC && !NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) help This is the Linux Xen port. Enabling this will allow the kernel to boot in a paravirtualized environment under the diff --git a/drivers/lguest/Kconfig b/drivers/lguest/Kconfig index 41e2250613a1..64e1bb31c5b4 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/lguest/Kconfig @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ config LGUEST tristate "Linux hypervisor example code" - depends on X86 && PARAVIRT && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_PAE && FUTEX - select LGUEST_GUEST + depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_PAE && FUTEX && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) select HVC_DRIVER ---help--- This is a very simple module which allows you to run |