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" 22268fe02aSAvi Kivity depends on HAVE_KVM 23edf88417SAvi Kivity select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS 24*cddb8a5cSAndrea Arcangeli select MMU_NOTIFIER 25edf88417SAvi Kivity select ANON_INODES 26edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 27edf88417SAvi Kivity Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware 28edf88417SAvi Kivity virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent 29edf88417SAvi Kivity processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also 30edf88417SAvi Kivity need to select one or more of the processor modules below. 31edf88417SAvi Kivity 32edf88417SAvi Kivity This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 33edf88417SAvi Kivity a character device node named /dev/kvm. 34edf88417SAvi Kivity 35edf88417SAvi Kivity To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 36edf88417SAvi Kivity will be called kvm. 37edf88417SAvi Kivity 38edf88417SAvi Kivity If unsure, say N. 39edf88417SAvi Kivity 40edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_INTEL 41edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "KVM for Intel processors support" 42edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on KVM 43edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 44edf88417SAvi Kivity Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT 45edf88417SAvi Kivity extensions. 46edf88417SAvi Kivity 47edf88417SAvi Kivityconfig KVM_AMD 48edf88417SAvi Kivity tristate "KVM for AMD processors support" 49edf88417SAvi Kivity depends on KVM 50edf88417SAvi Kivity ---help--- 51edf88417SAvi Kivity Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V 52edf88417SAvi Kivity (SVM) extensions. 53edf88417SAvi Kivity 54d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liuconfig KVM_TRACE 55d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu bool "KVM trace support" 56d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu depends on KVM && MARKERS && SYSFS 57d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu select RELAY 58d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu select DEBUG_FS 59d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu default n 60d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu ---help--- 61d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu This option allows reading a trace of kvm-related events through 62d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu relayfs. Note the ABI is not considered stable and will be 63d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu modified in future updates. 64d4c9ff2dSFeng(Eric) Liu 65edf88417SAvi Kivity# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under 66edf88417SAvi Kivity# the virtualization menu. 67edf88417SAvi Kivitysource drivers/lguest/Kconfig 680ad07ec1SAnthony Liguorisource drivers/virtio/Kconfig 69edf88417SAvi Kivity 70edf88417SAvi Kivityendif # VIRTUALIZATION 71