1edf88417SAvi Kivity# 2edf88417SAvi Kivity# KVM configuration 3edf88417SAvi Kivity# 4edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig HAVE_KVM 5edf88417SAvi Kivity bool 6edf88417SAvi Kivity 7edf88417SAvi Kivitymenuconfig VIRTUALIZATION 8edf88417SAvi Kivity bool "Virtualization" 9edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on HAVE_KVM || X86 10edf88417SAvi Kivity default y 11edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 12edf88417SAvi Kivity Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other 13edf88417SAvi Kivity operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). 14edf88417SAvi Kivity This option alone does not add any kernel code. 15edf88417SAvi Kivity 16edf88417SAvi Kivity If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 17edf88417SAvi Kivity 18edf88417SAvi Kivityif VIRTUALIZATION 19edf88417SAvi Kivity 20edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM 21edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" 22*268fe02aSAvi Kivity depends on HAVE_KVM 23edf88417SAvi Kivity select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS 24edf88417SAvi Kivity select ANON_INODES 25edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 26edf88417SAvi Kivity Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware 27edf88417SAvi Kivity virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent 28edf88417SAvi Kivity processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also 29edf88417SAvi Kivity need to select one or more of the processor modules below. 30edf88417SAvi Kivity 31edf88417SAvi Kivity This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 32edf88417SAvi Kivity a character device node named /dev/kvm. 33edf88417SAvi Kivity 34edf88417SAvi Kivity To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 35edf88417SAvi Kivity will be called kvm. 36edf88417SAvi Kivity 37edf88417SAvi Kivity If unsure, say N. 38edf88417SAvi Kivity 39edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_INTEL 40edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "KVM for Intel processors support" 41edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on KVM 42edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 43edf88417SAvi Kivity Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT 44edf88417SAvi Kivity extensions. 45edf88417SAvi Kivity 46edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_AMD 47edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "KVM for AMD processors support" 48edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on KVM 49edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 50edf88417SAvi Kivity Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V 51edf88417SAvi Kivity (SVM) extensions. 52edf88417SAvi Kivity 53edf88417SAvi Kivity# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under 54edf88417SAvi Kivity# the virtualization menu. 55edf88417SAvi Kivitysource drivers/lguest/Kconfig 560ad07ec1SAnthony Liguorisource drivers/virtio/Kconfig 57edf88417SAvi Kivity 58edf88417SAvi Kivityendif # VIRTUALIZATION 59