* Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:24:34 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add a Kconfig shortcut for kvm guest kernel > > This is pretty useful for the case where people want to boot the > resulting kernel in qemu/kvm. Instead of going and searching for each > required option through the Kconfig maze, this single option should > simply enable everything required/good to have to boot the resulting > kernel in the guest. Please mention: ' This patch is based on a similar utility patch of the external lkvm tree. ' > > Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> > Originally-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> > Originally-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> > --- > > > Here's v2 which should be addressing all review comments so far. > > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index 5651374d179f..76a95ffa959a 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -680,6 +680,44 @@ config KVM_GUEST > underlying device model, the host provides the guest with > timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time > > +config KVM_GUEST_COMMODITY_OPTIONS Call this KVM_GUEST_COMMON_OPTIONS? > + bool "Enable commodity options for a standalone KVM guest" > + depends on KVM_GUEST > + select NET > + select NETDEVICES > + select BLOCK > + select BLK_DEV > + select NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS > + select INET > + select EXPERIMENTAL > + select TTY > + select SERIAL_8250 > + select SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE > + select IP_PNP > + select IP_PNP_DHCP > + select BINFMT_ELF > + select PCI_MSI > + select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB > + select DEBUG_KERNEL > + select KGDB > + select KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE > + select VIRTUALIZATION > + select VIRTIO > + select VIRTIO_RING > + select VIRTIO_PCI > + select VIRTIO_BLK > + select VIRTIO_CONSOLE > + select VIRTIO_NET > + select 9P_FS > + select NET_9P > + select NET_9P_VIRTIO > + ---help--- > + Select guest kernel functionality which facilitates booting the > + kernel as a guest in qemu/kvm. This entails basic stuff like s/qemu/qemu or lkvm > + serial support, kgdb, virtio and other so that you can be able to > + have commodity functionality like serial output from the guest, > + networking, etc. And seemless host file system integration into guest context. (that is what the 9P options are about) Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
