[PATCH 6/7] ARM: virt: Add CONFIG_ARM_VIRT_EXT option

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From: Dave Martin <dave.martin@xxxxxxxxxx>

It is now possible to enable the virtualization extention support.

Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm/mm/Kconfig |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 101b968..c9a4963 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -624,6 +624,23 @@ config ARM_THUMBEE
 	  Say Y here if you have a CPU with the ThumbEE extension and code to
 	  make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE.
 
+config ARM_VIRT_EXT
+	bool "Native support for the ARM Virtualization Extensions"
+	depends on MMU && CPU_V7
+	help
+	  Enable the kernel to make use of the ARM Virtualization
+	  Extensions to install hypervisors without run-time firmware
+	  assistance.
+
+	  A compliant bootloader is required in order to make maximum
+	  use of this feature.  Refer to Documentation/arm/Booting for
+	  details.
+
+	  It is safe to enable this option even if the kernel may not be
+	  booted in HYP mode, may not have support for the
+	  virtualization extensions, or may be booted with a
+	  non-compliant bootloader.
+
 config SWP_EMULATE
 	bool "Emulate SWP/SWPB instructions"
 	depends on !CPU_USE_DOMAINS && CPU_V7
-- 
1.7.8.6

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