177b455f1SChristian Borntraeger# 277b455f1SChristian Borntraeger# KVM configuration 377b455f1SChristian Borntraeger# 40ba12d10SAvi Kivitysource "virt/kvm/Kconfig" 55d9b8e30SAvi Kivity 677b455f1SChristian Borntraegermenuconfig VIRTUALIZATION 7*6f9a3c33SMartin Schwidefsky def_bool y 8*6f9a3c33SMartin Schwidefsky prompt "Virtualization" 977b455f1SChristian Borntraeger ---help--- 1077b455f1SChristian Borntraeger Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other 1177b455f1SChristian Borntraeger operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). 1277b455f1SChristian Borntraeger This option alone does not add any kernel code. 1377b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 1477b455f1SChristian Borntraeger If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 1577b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 1677b455f1SChristian Borntraegerif VIRTUALIZATION 1777b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 1877b455f1SChristian Borntraegerconfig KVM 19*6f9a3c33SMartin Schwidefsky def_tristate y 20*6f9a3c33SMartin Schwidefsky prompt "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" 2177b455f1SChristian Borntraeger depends on HAVE_KVM && EXPERIMENTAL 2277b455f1SChristian Borntraeger select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS 2377b455f1SChristian Borntraeger select ANON_INODES 2477b455f1SChristian Borntraeger ---help--- 2577b455f1SChristian Borntraeger Support hosting paravirtualized guest machines using the SIE 2677b455f1SChristian Borntraeger virtualization capability on the mainframe. This should work 2777b455f1SChristian Borntraeger on any 64bit machine. 2877b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 2977b455f1SChristian Borntraeger This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 3077b455f1SChristian Borntraeger a character device node named /dev/kvm. 3177b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 3277b455f1SChristian Borntraeger To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 3377b455f1SChristian Borntraeger will be called kvm. 3477b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 3577b455f1SChristian Borntraeger If unsure, say N. 3677b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 3777b455f1SChristian Borntraeger# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under 3877b455f1SChristian Borntraeger# the virtualization menu. 393a4d5c94SMichael S. Tsirkinsource drivers/vhost/Kconfig 4077b455f1SChristian Borntraegersource drivers/virtio/Kconfig 4177b455f1SChristian Borntraeger 4277b455f1SChristian Borntraegerendif # VIRTUALIZATION 43