[PATCH 6/6] ARM: virt: hide CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT from user
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Fri Jan 11 10:34:17 EST 2013
ARM_VIRT_EXT is a property of CPU_V7, but does not adversely affect
other CPUs that can be built into the same kernel image (i.e. ARMv6+).
This patch defaults ARM_VIRT_EXT to y if CPU_V7, allowing hypervisors
such as KVM to make better use of the option and being able to rely
on hyp-mode boot support.
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 10 +++-------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 3fd629d..025d173 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -629,8 +629,9 @@ config ARM_THUMBEE
make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE.
config ARM_VIRT_EXT
- bool "Native support for the ARM Virtualization Extensions"
- depends on MMU && CPU_V7
+ bool
+ depends on MMU
+ default y if CPU_V7
help
Enable the kernel to make use of the ARM Virtualization
Extensions to install hypervisors without run-time firmware
@@ -640,11 +641,6 @@ config ARM_VIRT_EXT
use of this feature. Refer to Documentation/arm/Booting for
details.
- It is safe to enable this option even if the kernel may not be
- booted in HYP mode, may not have support for the
- virtualization extensions, or may be booted with a
- non-compliant bootloader.
-
config SWP_EMULATE
bool "Emulate SWP/SWPB instructions"
depends on !CPU_USE_DOMAINS && CPU_V7
--
1.8.0
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