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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 87e3da7b0439..8c3032a96caf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ source "virt/kvm/Kconfig"
menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
bool "Virtualization"
- depends on HAVE_KVM || X86
default y
help
Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ if VIRTUALIZATION
config KVM
tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
- depends on HAVE_KVM
depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS
depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC
select KVM_COMMON
@@ -29,9 +27,9 @@ config KVM
select HAVE_KVM_PFNCACHE
select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_TSO
select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_ACQ_REL
- select IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER
select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS
select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING
+ select HAVE_KVM_READONLY_MEM
select KVM_ASYNC_PF
select USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
select KVM_MMIO
@@ -80,9 +78,10 @@ config KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM
depends on KVM && X86_64
select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM
help
- Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs. Currently "protected"
- means the VM can be backed with memory provided by
- KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD.
+ Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs. Currently, software-
+ protected VMs are purely a development and testing vehicle for
+ KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD. Attempting to run a "real" VM workload as a
+ software-protected VM will fail miserably.
If unsure, say "N".