Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755723AbYAVSz2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:55:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752297AbYAVSzT (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:55:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:57120 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752115AbYAVSzS (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:55:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:50:18 -0200 From: Eduardo Pereira Habkost To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, glommer@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de, avi@qumranet.com, anthony@codemonkey.ws, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, ak@suse.de, chrisw@sous-sol.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, hpa@zytor.com, zach@vmware.com, roland@redhat.com, mtosatti@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow enabling PARAVIRT without any guest implementation Message-ID: <20080122185018.GY7338@blackpad> References: <1200952133-31581-1-git-send-email-ehabkost@redhat.com> <20080122120207.GA30271@elte.hu> <20080122123450.GU7338@blackpad> <47962E1D.2090308@goop.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47962E1D.2090308@goop.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2020 Lines: 65 On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:55:41AM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Eduardo Pereira Habkost wrote: > >If this is desirable for broader testing, we can make config PARAVIRT > >visible and selectable on menuconfig, even when there is no guest > >implementation being enabled. Should I do it? > > > > Yes please. > This will allow people to enable the paravirt_ops code even when no guest support is enabled, for broader testing of the paravirt_ops code. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 4e910d8..715bbcd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -325,15 +325,6 @@ config SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER If in doubt, say "Y". -config PARAVIRT - bool - depends on X86_32 && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) - help - This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run - under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly - over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor - the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger. - menuconfig PARAVIRT_GUEST bool "Paravirtualized guest support" depends on X86_32 @@ -359,6 +350,15 @@ config VMI source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig" +config PARAVIRT + bool "Enable paravirtualization code" + depends on X86_32 && !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) + help + This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run + under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly + over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor + the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger. + endif config ACPI_SRAT -- 1.5.3.4 -- Eduardo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/