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Subject[PATCH 1/2] Allow enabling PARAVIRT without any guest implementation

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 <ehabkost@redhat.com>
---
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


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