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Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -05001#
2# KVM configuration
3#
4
Avi Kivity0ba12d12009-05-21 16:45:19 +03005source "virt/kvm/Kconfig"
Avi Kivity5d9b8e32009-01-04 18:04:18 +02006
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -05007menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
8 bool "Virtualization"
9 ---help---
10 Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run
11 other 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
15 disabled.
16
17if VIRTUALIZATION
18
19config KVM
Hollis Blanchard74ef7402008-11-07 13:15:13 -060020 bool
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -050021 select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
22 select ANON_INODES
Alexander Graf0e673fb2012-10-09 00:06:20 +020023 select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
Pranith Kumar83fe27e2014-12-05 11:24:45 -050024 select SRCU
Paul Mackerras4b3d1732016-08-18 16:04:41 +100025 select KVM_VFIO
Hollis Blanchard74ef7402008-11-07 13:15:13 -060026
Alexander Grafc14dea02010-04-16 00:11:41 +020027config KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER
28 bool
29
Alexander Graf4f841392010-04-16 00:11:58 +020030config KVM_BOOK3S_32_HANDLER
31 bool
32 select KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000033 select KVM_MMIO
Alexander Graf4f841392010-04-16 00:11:58 +020034
Alexander Grafc4f9c772009-10-30 05:47:24 +000035config KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER
36 bool
Alexander Grafc14dea02010-04-16 00:11:41 +020037 select KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER
Alexander Grafc4f9c772009-10-30 05:47:24 +000038
Aneesh Kumar K.V7aa79932013-10-07 22:17:51 +053039config KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000040 bool
41 select KVM_MMIO
Alexander Graf9b0cb3c2012-08-10 13:23:55 +020042 select MMU_NOTIFIER
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000043
Aneesh Kumar K.V9975f5e2013-10-07 22:17:52 +053044config KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
45 bool
46
Alexander Graf4f841392010-04-16 00:11:58 +020047config KVM_BOOK3S_32
48 tristate "KVM support for PowerPC book3s_32 processors"
Kees Cook07ff8b52013-01-16 18:53:22 -080049 depends on PPC_BOOK3S_32 && !SMP && !PTE_64BIT
Alexander Graf4f841392010-04-16 00:11:58 +020050 select KVM
51 select KVM_BOOK3S_32_HANDLER
Aneesh Kumar K.V7aa79932013-10-07 22:17:51 +053052 select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE
Alexander Graf4f841392010-04-16 00:11:58 +020053 ---help---
54 Support running unmodified book3s_32 guest kernels
55 in virtual machines on book3s_32 host processors.
56
57 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
58 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
59
60 If unsure, say N.
61
Alexander Grafc4f9c772009-10-30 05:47:24 +000062config KVM_BOOK3S_64
63 tristate "KVM support for PowerPC book3s_64 processors"
Kees Cook07ff8b52013-01-16 18:53:22 -080064 depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
Alexander Grafc4f9c772009-10-30 05:47:24 +000065 select KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000066 select KVM
Aneesh Kumar K.V9975f5e2013-10-07 22:17:52 +053067 select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE if !KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
Alexander Grafc4f9c772009-10-30 05:47:24 +000068 ---help---
69 Support running unmodified book3s_64 and book3s_32 guest kernels
70 in virtual machines on book3s_64 host processors.
71
72 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
73 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
74
75 If unsure, say N.
76
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000077config KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV
Thomas Huth129fd422015-05-22 11:41:01 +020078 tristate "KVM for POWER7 and later using hypervisor mode in host"
Shreyas B. Prabhua7e73e72015-04-16 16:28:09 +053079 depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64 && PPC_POWERNV
Aneesh Kumar K.V9975f5e2013-10-07 22:17:52 +053080 select KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
Paul Mackerras342d3db2011-12-12 12:38:05 +000081 select MMU_NOTIFIER
Aneesh Kumar K.Vfa61a4e32013-07-02 11:15:16 +053082 select CMA
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000083 ---help---
84 Support running unmodified book3s_64 guest kernels in
Thomas Huth129fd422015-05-22 11:41:01 +020085 virtual machines on POWER7 and newer processors that have
Paul Mackerras9e368f22011-06-29 00:40:08 +000086 hypervisor mode available to the host.
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000087
88 If you say Y here, KVM will use the hardware virtualization
89 facilities of POWER7 (and later) processors, meaning that
90 guest operating systems will run at full hardware speed
91 using supervisor and user modes. However, this also means
92 that KVM is not usable under PowerVM (pHyp), is only usable
Thomas Huth129fd422015-05-22 11:41:01 +020093 on POWER7 or later processors, and cannot emulate a
94 different processor from the host processor.
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +000095
96 If unsure, say N.
97
98config KVM_BOOK3S_64_PR
Aneesh Kumar K.V2ba9f0d2013-10-07 22:17:59 +053099 tristate "KVM support without using hypervisor mode in host"
100 depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64
Aneesh Kumar K.V7aa79932013-10-07 22:17:51 +0530101 select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE
Aneesh Kumar K.V9975f5e2013-10-07 22:17:52 +0530102 ---help---
103 Support running guest kernels in virtual machines on processors
104 without using hypervisor mode in the host, by running the
105 guest in user mode (problem state) and emulating all
106 privileged instructions and registers.
107
108 This is not as fast as using hypervisor mode, but works on
109 machines where hypervisor mode is not available or not usable,
110 and can emulate processors that are different from the host
111 processor, including emulating 32-bit processors on a 64-bit
112 host.
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +0000113
Paul Mackerrasb6c295d2015-03-28 14:21:02 +1100114config KVM_BOOK3S_HV_EXIT_TIMING
115 bool "Detailed timing for hypervisor real-mode code"
116 depends on KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE && DEBUG_FS
117 ---help---
118 Calculate time taken for each vcpu in the real-mode guest entry,
119 exit, and interrupt handling code, plus time spent in the guest
120 and in nap mode due to idle (cede) while other threads are still
121 in the guest. The total, minimum and maximum times in nanoseconds
122 together with the number of executions are reported in debugfs in
123 kvm/vm#/vcpu#/timings. The overhead is of the order of 30 - 40
124 ns per exit on POWER8.
125
126 If unsure, say N.
127
Scott Woodd30f6e42011-12-20 15:34:43 +0000128config KVM_BOOKE_HV
129 bool
130
Hollis Blanchard73e75b42008-12-02 15:51:57 -0600131config KVM_EXIT_TIMING
132 bool "Detailed exit timing"
Alexander Grafb2677b82014-07-25 10:38:59 +0200133 depends on KVM_E500V2 || KVM_E500MC
Hollis Blanchard73e75b42008-12-02 15:51:57 -0600134 ---help---
135 Calculate elapsed time for every exit/enter cycle. A per-vcpu
136 report is available in debugfs kvm/vm#_vcpu#_timing.
137 The overhead is relatively small, however it is not recommended for
138 production environments.
139
140 If unsure, say N.
141
Alexander Grafbf7ca4b2012-02-15 23:40:00 +0000142config KVM_E500V2
143 bool "KVM support for PowerPC E500v2 processors"
Kees Cook07ff8b52013-01-16 18:53:22 -0800144 depends on E500 && !PPC_E500MC
Hollis Blanchardbc8080c2009-01-03 16:23:10 -0600145 select KVM
Paul Mackerrasde56a942011-06-29 00:21:34 +0000146 select KVM_MMIO
Alexander Graf862d31f2012-07-31 00:19:50 +0200147 select MMU_NOTIFIER
Hollis Blanchardbc8080c2009-01-03 16:23:10 -0600148 ---help---
149 Support running unmodified E500 guest kernels in virtual machines on
Alexander Grafbf7ca4b2012-02-15 23:40:00 +0000150 E500v2 host processors.
Hollis Blanchardbc8080c2009-01-03 16:23:10 -0600151
152 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
153 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
154
155 If unsure, say N.
156
Scott Wood73196cd32011-12-20 15:34:47 +0000157config KVM_E500MC
Mihai Caramand9ce6042013-04-11 00:03:14 +0000158 bool "KVM support for PowerPC E500MC/E5500/E6500 processors"
Kees Cook07ff8b52013-01-16 18:53:22 -0800159 depends on PPC_E500MC
Scott Wood73196cd32011-12-20 15:34:47 +0000160 select KVM
161 select KVM_MMIO
162 select KVM_BOOKE_HV
Alexander Graf862d31f2012-07-31 00:19:50 +0200163 select MMU_NOTIFIER
Scott Wood73196cd32011-12-20 15:34:47 +0000164 ---help---
Mihai Caramand9ce6042013-04-11 00:03:14 +0000165 Support running unmodified E500MC/E5500/E6500 guest kernels in
166 virtual machines on E500MC/E5500/E6500 host processors.
Scott Wood73196cd32011-12-20 15:34:47 +0000167
168 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
169 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
170
171 If unsure, say N.
172
Scott Wood5df554ad2013-04-12 14:08:46 +0000173config KVM_MPIC
174 bool "KVM in-kernel MPIC emulation"
Alexander Graf447a03c2013-04-17 01:54:26 +0200175 depends on KVM && E500
Alexander Grafde9ba2f2013-04-16 17:42:19 +0200176 select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
Paul Mackerras297e2102014-06-30 20:51:13 +1000177 select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD
Alexander Grafde9ba2f2013-04-16 17:42:19 +0200178 select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING
179 select HAVE_KVM_MSI
Scott Wood5df554ad2013-04-12 14:08:46 +0000180 help
181 Enable support for emulating MPIC devices inside the
182 host kernel, rather than relying on userspace to emulate.
183 Currently, support is limited to certain versions of
184 Freescale's MPIC implementation.
185
Benjamin Herrenschmidtbc5ad3f2013-04-17 20:30:26 +0000186config KVM_XICS
187 bool "KVM in-kernel XICS emulation"
188 depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64 && !KVM_MPIC
Paul Mackerras25a2150b2014-06-30 20:51:14 +1000189 select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
190 select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD
Anton Blanchard476ce5ef02014-12-03 13:30:42 +1100191 default y
Benjamin Herrenschmidtbc5ad3f2013-04-17 20:30:26 +0000192 ---help---
193 Include support for the XICS (eXternal Interrupt Controller
194 Specification) interrupt controller architecture used on
195 IBM POWER (pSeries) servers.
196
Michael S. Tsirkin3a4d5c92010-01-14 06:17:27 +0000197source drivers/vhost/Kconfig
Hollis Blanchardbbf45ba2008-04-16 23:28:09 -0500198
199endif # VIRTUALIZATION