[Android-virt] [PATCH v3 1/8] ARM: KVM: Initial skeleton to compile KVM support

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On 05.06.2011, at 18:03, Christoffer Dall wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Avi Kivity <avi at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 06/03/2011 06:03 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> 

[...]

>> 
>>> +if VIRTUALIZATION
>>> +
>>> +config KVM
>>> +       bool "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
>>> +       select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
>>> +       select ANON_INODES
>>> +       select KVM_ARM_HOST
>>> +       select KVM_MMIO
>>> +       ---help---
>>> +         Support hosting virtualized guest machines. You will also
>>> +         need to select one or more of the processor modules below.
>>> +
>>> +         This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
>>> +         a character device node named /dev/kvm.
>>> +
>>> +         If unsure, say N.
>> 
>> I see you can't support a modular build, which is a pity.
>> 
> 
> My concern is that I map in code that needs to be in place for running
> in Hyp mode. Of course I just need to pin these, so it should be
> possible. I'll look into this as well.

We have similar requirements for PPC, so feel free to check how we did it there :). On =M we still include reasonably small parts of the code in the kernel as =Y, but keep the big chunks outside as module.


Alex

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