Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:39:27 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [RFC, PATCH 2/24] i386 Vmi config |
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On Po 13-03-06 10:00:27, Zachary Amsden wrote: > Introduce the basic VMI sub-arch configuration dependencies. VMI kernels only > are designed to run on modern hardware platforms. As such, they require a > working APIC, and do not support some legacy functionality, including APM BIOS, > ISA and MCA bus systems, PCI BIOS interfaces, or PnP BIOS (by implication of > dropping ISA support). They also require a P6 series CPU. > > Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> > > +menu "VMI configurable support" > + depends on X86_VMI > + > +config VMI_REQUIRE_HYPERVISOR > + bool "Require hypervisor" > + default n > + help > + This option forces the kernel to run with a hypervisor present. > + The kernel will panic if booted on native hardware.
This uses spaces instead of tabs...
> @@ -270,7 +295,7 @@ config X86_VISWS_APIC > > config X86_MCE > bool "Machine Check Exception" > - depends on !X86_VOYAGER > + depends on !(X86_VOYAGER) > ---help--- > Machine Check Exception support allows the processor to notify the > kernel if it detects a problem (e.g. overheating, component
And you probalby do not need this change.
> @@ -307,6 +332,7 @@ config X86_MCE_P4THERMAL > > config TOSHIBA > tristate "Toshiba Laptop support" > + depends on !X86_VMI > ---help--- > This adds a driver to safely access the System Management Mode of > the CPU on Toshiba portables with a genuine Toshiba BIOS. It
In the long run, we'd like to support toshiba laptops :-)
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