7 menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
9 depends on HAVE_KVM || X86
12 Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
13 operating systems inside virtual machines (guests).
14 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
16 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
21 tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
23 # for device assignment:
25 select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
29 Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
30 virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent
31 processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also
32 need to select one or more of the processor modules below.
34 This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through
35 a character device node named /dev/kvm.
37 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
43 tristate "KVM for Intel processors support"
46 Provides support for KVM on Intel processors equipped with the VT
50 tristate "KVM for AMD processors support"
53 Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
57 bool "KVM trace support"
58 depends on KVM && MARKERS && SYSFS
63 This option allows reading a trace of kvm-related events through
64 relayfs. Note the ABI is not considered stable and will be
65 modified in future updates.
67 # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under
68 # the virtualization menu.
69 source drivers/lguest/Kconfig
70 source drivers/virtio/Kconfig
72 endif # VIRTUALIZATION