| 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 | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | 	---help--- | 
 | 25 | 	  Support hosting paravirtualized guest machines using the SIE | 
 | 26 | 	  virtualization capability on the mainframe. This should work | 
 | 27 | 	  on any 64bit machine. | 
 | 28 |  | 
 | 29 | 	  This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through | 
 | 30 | 	  a character device node named /dev/kvm. | 
 | 31 |  | 
 | 32 | 	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module | 
 | 33 | 	  will be called kvm. | 
 | 34 |  | 
 | 35 | 	  If unsure, say N. | 
 | 36 |  | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under | 
 | 38 | # the virtualization menu. | 
| Michael S. Tsirkin | 3a4d5c9 | 2010-01-14 06:17:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | source drivers/vhost/Kconfig | 
| Christian Borntraeger | 77b455f | 2008-03-25 18:47:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | source drivers/virtio/Kconfig | 
 | 41 |  | 
 | 42 | endif # VIRTUALIZATION |