Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:25:07 -0300 | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Add a Kconfig shortcut for a kvm-bootable kernel |
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 06:18:52PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 01:03:20PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 12:31:12PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > > I obviously support having something like this in mainline. I wonder > > > though if we could just call this "default standalone KVM guest > > > config" instead of emphasizing testing angle. > > > > /me nods agreeingly... > > > > And it should be unter HYPERVISOR_GUEST where the rest of this stuff > > resides. Good point. > > Sanity check question: > > Why not add the select stuff, i.e. this: > > select NET > select NETDEVICES > select PCI > select BLOCK > select BLK_DEV > select NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS > select INET > select EXPERIMENTAL > select TTY > select SERIAL_8250 > select SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE > select IP_PNP > select IP_PNP_DHCP > select BINFMT_ELF > select PCI_MSI > select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB > select DEBUG_KERNEL > select KGDB > select KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE > select VIRTUALIZATION > select VIRTIO > select VIRTIO_RING > select VIRTIO_PCI > select VIRTIO_BLK > select VIRTIO_CONSOLE > select VIRTIO_NET > select 9P_FS > select NET_9P > select NET_9P_VIRTIO > > to the option below which we already have. It is in the same sense a KVM > guest support deal. > > Hmm. > > KVM people, any objections?
None, but please don't mix it with 'KVM_GUEST' flag below.
Actually, what about adding kvm variants of the two files at arch/x86/configs/ ?
> config KVM_GUEST > bool "KVM Guest support (including kvmclock)" > depends on PARAVIRT > select PARAVIRT_CLOCK > default y > ---help--- > This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM > hypervisor. It includes a paravirtualized clock, so that instead > of relying on a PIT (or probably other) emulation by the > underlying device model, the host provides the guest with > timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time
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