1edf88417SAvi Kivity# 2edf88417SAvi Kivity# KVM configuration 3edf88417SAvi Kivity# 4edf88417SAvi Kivity 50ba12d10SAvi Kivitysource "virt/kvm/Kconfig" 65d9b8e30SAvi 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" 22268fe02aSAvi Kivity depends on HAVE_KVM 23ca93e992SAvi Kivity # for device assignment: 24ca93e992SAvi Kivity depends on PCI 25edf88417SAvi Kivity select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS 26cddb8a5cSAndrea Arcangeli select MMU_NOTIFIER 27edf88417SAvi Kivity select ANON_INODES 280ba12d10SAvi Kivity select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP 29*721eecbfSGregory Haskins select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD 30edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 31edf88417SAvi Kivity Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware 32edf88417SAvi Kivity virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent 33edf88417SAvi Kivity processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also 34edf88417SAvi Kivity need to select one or more of the processor modules below. 35edf88417SAvi Kivity 36edf88417SAvi Kivity This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 37edf88417SAvi Kivity a character device node named /dev/kvm. 38edf88417SAvi Kivity 39edf88417SAvi Kivity To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 40edf88417SAvi Kivity will be called kvm. 41edf88417SAvi Kivity 42edf88417SAvi Kivity If unsure, say N. 43edf88417SAvi Kivity 44edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_INTEL 45edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "KVM for Intel processors support" 46edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on KVM 47edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 48edf88417SAvi Kivity Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT 49edf88417SAvi Kivity extensions. 50edf88417SAvi Kivity 5158f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 5258f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day will be called kvm-intel. 5358f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day 54edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_AMD 55edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "KVM for AMD processors support" 56edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on KVM 57edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 58edf88417SAvi Kivity Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V 59edf88417SAvi Kivity (SVM) extensions. 60edf88417SAvi Kivity 6158f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 6258f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day will be called kvm-amd. 6358f8ac27SRobert P. J. Day 64d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liuconfig KVM_TRACE 65d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu bool "KVM trace support" 66b6ab4afeSIngo Molnar depends on KVM && SYSFS 67b6ab4afeSIngo Molnar select MARKERS 68d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu select RELAY 69d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu select DEBUG_FS 70d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu default n 71d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu ---help--- 72d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu This option allows reading a trace of kvm-related events through 73d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu relayfs. Note the ABI is not considered stable and will be 74d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu modified in future updates. 75d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu 76edf88417SAvi Kivity# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under 77edf88417SAvi Kivity# the virtualization menu. 78edf88417SAvi Kivitysource drivers/lguest/Kconfig 790ad07ec1SAnthony Liguorisource drivers/virtio/Kconfig 80edf88417SAvi Kivity 81edf88417SAvi Kivityendif # VIRTUALIZATION 82