From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:31:47 +0100 Subject: Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2788112.C4O6ljO5dG@wuerfel> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sunday 29 November 2015 14:18:24 Peter Crosthwaite wrote: > > I started a small project to test as many QEMU emulated ARM boards > using the multi_v7 defconfig: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-10/msg00755.html > > One thing that came up was we cannot use the virt board as it relies > on virtio hotplug and drivers to get block and network support. The > defconfig is missing the drivers. Should we add the VIRTIO drivers to > the defconfig to bring this into play? Yes, please send a patch, this is definitely useful. We normally ask everyone to use loadable modules for newly enabled device drivers in multi_v7_defconfig, but we might actually use built-in drivers here if that would otherwise be the only module needed for booting. Arnd