Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:59:11 +0100 | From | Thomas Weißschuh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] xen/privcmd: make option visible in Kconfig |
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Thanks!
On 2021-11-16 15:33+0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > This configuration option provides a misc device as an API to userspace. > Make this API usable without having to select the module as a transitive > dependency. > > This also fixes an issue where localyesconfig would select > CONFIG_XEN_PRIVCMD=m because it was not visible and defaulted to > building as module. > > Based-on-patch-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> > --- > drivers/xen/Kconfig | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig > index a1b11c62da9e..a2e91d3ca372 100644 > --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig > @@ -259,9 +259,14 @@ config XEN_SCSI_BACKEND > if guests need generic access to SCSI devices. > > config XEN_PRIVCMD > - tristate > + tristate "Xen hypercall passthrough driver" > depends on XEN > default m > + help > + The hypercall passthrough driver allows user land programs to perform > + Xen hypercalls. This driver is normally required for systems running > + as Dom0 to perform privileged operations, but in some disaggregated > + Xen setups this driver might be needed for other domains, too. > > config XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR > tristate "Xen ACPI processor" > -- > 2.26.2
Reviewed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
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