Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # KVM configuration |
| 3 | # |
Avi Kivity | 0ba12d1 | 2009-05-21 16:45:19 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | source "virt/kvm/Kconfig" |
Avi Kivity | 5d9b8e3 | 2009-01-04 18:04:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION |
Martin Schwidefsky | 6f9a3c3 | 2011-01-05 12:47:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | def_bool y |
| 8 | prompt "Virtualization" |
Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | ---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 | |
| 16 | if VIRTUALIZATION |
| 17 | |
| 18 | config KVM |
Martin Schwidefsky | 6f9a3c3 | 2011-01-05 12:47:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | def_tristate y |
| 20 | prompt "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" |
Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | depends on HAVE_KVM && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 22 | select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS |
| 23 | select ANON_INODES |
Raghavendra K T | f2a7434 | 2012-07-18 19:07:32 +0530 | [diff] [blame^] | 24 | select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT |
Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | ---help--- |
| 26 | Support hosting paravirtualized guest machines using the SIE |
| 27 | virtualization capability on the mainframe. This should work |
| 28 | on any 64bit machine. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through |
| 31 | a character device node named /dev/kvm. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 34 | will be called kvm. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | If unsure, say N. |
| 37 | |
Carsten Otte | e08b963 | 2012-01-04 10:25:20 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | config KVM_S390_UCONTROL |
| 39 | bool "Userspace controlled virtual machines" |
| 40 | depends on KVM |
| 41 | ---help--- |
| 42 | Allow CAP_SYS_ADMIN users to create KVM virtual machines that are |
| 43 | controlled by userspace. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | If unsure, say N. |
| 46 | |
Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under |
| 48 | # the virtualization menu. |
Michael S. Tsirkin | 3a4d5c9 | 2010-01-14 06:17:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | source drivers/vhost/Kconfig |
Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | |
| 51 | endif # VIRTUALIZATION |