[PATCH] arm64: KVM: Kconfig integration
Peter Maydell
peter.maydell at linaro.org
Thu Jul 4 08:11:17 EDT 2013
On 4 July 2013 13:02, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
> Finally plug KVM/arm64 into the config system, making it possible
> to enable KVM support on AArch64 CPUs.
>
> +config KVM
> + bool "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
> + select MMU_NOTIFIER
> + select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
> + select ANON_INODES
> + select KVM_MMIO
> + select KVM_ARM_HOST
> + select KVM_ARM_VGIC
> + select KVM_ARM_TIMER
> + ---help---
> + Support hosting virtualized guest machines.
> +
> + This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
> + a character device node named /dev/kvm.
"This module" ? I didn't think we supported KVM-as-a-module on ARM...
> +
> + If unsure, say N.
> +
> +config KVM_ARM_HOST
> + bool
> + ---help---
> + Provides host support for ARM processors.
> +
> +config KVM_ARM_VGIC
> + bool
> + depends on KVM_ARM_HOST && OF
> + select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
> + ---help---
> + Adds support for a hardware assisted, in-kernel GIC emulation.
> +
> +config KVM_ARM_TIMER
> + bool
> + depends on KVM_ARM_VGIC
> + ---help---
> + Adds support for the Architected Timers in virtual machines
Trailing '.' would be consistent with the other config options.
thanks
-- PMM
More information about the linux-arm-kernel
mailing list