From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>,
Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>,
virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Move KVM, paravirt, lguest, VMI and Xen under arch-level Virtualization option
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:22:22 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1184905342.10380.263.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
Any objections?
Rusty.
===
Having KVM appear in the middle of "drivers" is kinda strange, and
having it alone under a menu called "virtualization" doubly so.
1) Move the "Virtualization" menu into the arch-specific i386 and
x86-64 Kconfig.
2) Add a help message to the menu.
3) Move CONFIG_PARAVIRT under CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION
4) Move lguest into same menu.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
diff -r decd4a43335a arch/i386/Kconfig
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 13:49:20 2007 +1000
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 14:05:56 2007 +1000
@@ -210,17 +210,55 @@ config X86_ES7000
endchoice
+config ACPI_SRAT
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on ACPI && NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
+ select ACPI_NUMA
+
+config HAVE_ARCH_PARSE_SRAT
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on ACPI_SRAT
+
+config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
+
+config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH
+
+config ES7000_CLUSTERED_APIC
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on SMP && X86_ES7000 && MPENTIUMIII
+
+source "arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu"
+
+menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
+ bool "Virtualization"
+ default y
+ help
+ Virtualization is a way of running multiple Operating Systems on
+ the same machine. There are several different virtualization
+ technologies in i386 Linux, including KVM, lguest, VMI and Xen.
+ If in doubt say Y and examine the sub-options.
+
+if VIRTUALIZATION
config PARAVIRT
- bool "Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "Paravirtualization support"
depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER)
help
- Paravirtualization is a way of running multiple instances of
- Linux on the same machine, under a hypervisor. This option
- changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
- under a hypervisor, improving performance significantly.
+ Paravirtualization enables Linux to detect when it is running
+ as a guest operating system under a hypervisor: it will
+ modify itself, improving performance significantly.
However, when run without a hypervisor the kernel is
theoretically slower. If in doubt, say N.
+
+source "drivers/kvm/Kconfig"
source "arch/i386/xen/Kconfig"
@@ -233,33 +271,9 @@ config VMI
at the moment), by linking the kernel to a GPL-ed ROM module
provided by the hypervisor.
-config ACPI_SRAT
- bool
- default y
- depends on ACPI && NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
- select ACPI_NUMA
-
-config HAVE_ARCH_PARSE_SRAT
- bool
- default y
- depends on ACPI_SRAT
-
-config X86_SUMMIT_NUMA
- bool
- default y
- depends on NUMA && (X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH)
-
-config X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
- bool
- default y
- depends on X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH
-
-config ES7000_CLUSTERED_APIC
- bool
- default y
- depends on SMP && X86_ES7000 && MPENTIUMIII
-
-source "arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu"
+source "drivers/lguest/Kconfig"
+
+endif # VIRTUALIZATION
config HPET_TIMER
bool "HPET Timer Support"
diff -r decd4a43335a arch/x86_64/Kconfig
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 13:49:20 2007 +1000
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 13:59:08 2007 +1000
@@ -760,6 +760,19 @@ config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
endmenu
+menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
+ bool "Virtualization"
+ default y
+ help
+ Virtualization is a way of running multiple Operating Systems on
+ the same machine. There are several different virtualization
+ technologies in Linux, but currently KVM is the only
+ option for x86_64. If in doubt say Y and examine the sub-options.
+
+if VIRTUALIZATION
+source "drivers/kvm/Kconfig"
+endif #VIRTUALIZATION
+
source "net/Kconfig"
source drivers/Kconfig
diff -r decd4a43335a drivers/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 13:49:20 2007 +1000
+++ b/drivers/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 14:06:03 2007 +1000
@@ -82,9 +82,5 @@ source "drivers/dma/Kconfig"
source "drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig"
-source "drivers/kvm/Kconfig"
-
source "drivers/uio/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/lguest/Kconfig"
endmenu
diff -r decd4a43335a drivers/kvm/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 13:49:20 2007 +1000
+++ b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig Fri Jul 20 13:55:07 2007 +1000
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
#
# KVM configuration
#
-menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
- bool "Virtualization"
- depends on X86
- default y
-
-if VIRTUALIZATION
-
config KVM
tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL
@@ -39,5 +32,3 @@ config KVM_AMD
---help---
Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
(SVM) extensions.
-
-endif # VIRTUALIZATION
next reply other threads:[~2007-07-20 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-20 4:22 Rusty Russell [this message]
2007-07-20 4:31 ` [PATCH] Move KVM, paravirt, lguest, VMI and Xen under arch-level Virtualization option Alexey Eremenko
2007-07-20 5:24 ` Avi Kivity
2007-07-20 6:02 ` Rusty Russell
2007-07-20 6:10 ` Zachary Amsden
2007-07-20 14:09 ` Jeff Dike
2007-07-21 15:49 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-07-23 5:09 ` Rusty Russell
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