Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:10:54 -0700 | From | Zachary Amsden <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Move KVM, paravirt, lguest, VMI and Xen under arch-level Virtualization option |
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Rusty Russell wrote: >> Otherwise we end up with $NARCH copies of that Kconfig, each slightly >> different. The top-level entry can be made to depend on the archs that >> actually have some virt capability, so as not to show empty an menu. >> > > I dislike the duplication, too, but > > 1) it's a CPU capability, and that's where it belongs in the menu. > 2) And as you can see from the difference between the x86_64 and i386 > help text, there are real platform differences (and not mentioning > what's under the menu would be kinda cheating). > 3) Virtualization doesn't even make sense as an option for some > platforms where it's always on. >
I'm rather indifferent on the matter, but I think a virtualization menu under UML would be very confusing.
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