1*4882a593Smuzhiyun# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2*4882a593Smuzhiyun# 3*4882a593Smuzhiyun# KVM configuration 4*4882a593Smuzhiyun# 5*4882a593Smuzhiyun 6*4882a593Smuzhiyunsource "virt/kvm/Kconfig" 7*4882a593Smuzhiyun 8*4882a593Smuzhiyunmenuconfig VIRTUALIZATION 9*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "Virtualization" 10*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 11*4882a593Smuzhiyun Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run 12*4882a593Smuzhiyun other operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). 13*4882a593Smuzhiyun This option alone does not add any kernel code. 14*4882a593Smuzhiyun 15*4882a593Smuzhiyun If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and 16*4882a593Smuzhiyun disabled. 17*4882a593Smuzhiyun 18*4882a593Smuzhiyunif VIRTUALIZATION 19*4882a593Smuzhiyun 20*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM 21*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 22*4882a593Smuzhiyun select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS 23*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD 24*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL 25*4882a593Smuzhiyun select SRCU 26*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_VFIO 27*4882a593Smuzhiyun select IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER 28*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS 29*4882a593Smuzhiyun 30*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER 31*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 32*4882a593Smuzhiyun 33*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_32_HANDLER 34*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 35*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER 36*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_MMIO 37*4882a593Smuzhiyun 38*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER 39*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 40*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_HANDLER 41*4882a593Smuzhiyun select PPC_DAWR_FORCE_ENABLE 42*4882a593Smuzhiyun 43*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE 44*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 45*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_MMIO 46*4882a593Smuzhiyun select MMU_NOTIFIER 47*4882a593Smuzhiyun 48*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE 49*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 50*4882a593Smuzhiyun 51*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_32 52*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "KVM support for PowerPC book3s_32 processors" 53*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on PPC_BOOK3S_32 && !SMP && !PTE_64BIT 54*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM 55*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_32_HANDLER 56*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE 57*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 58*4882a593Smuzhiyun Support running unmodified book3s_32 guest kernels 59*4882a593Smuzhiyun in virtual machines on book3s_32 host processors. 60*4882a593Smuzhiyun 61*4882a593Smuzhiyun This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 62*4882a593Smuzhiyun a character device node named /dev/kvm. 63*4882a593Smuzhiyun 64*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 65*4882a593Smuzhiyun 66*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_64 67*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "KVM support for PowerPC book3s_64 processors" 68*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64 69*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER 70*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM 71*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE if !KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE 72*4882a593Smuzhiyun select SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU if IOMMU_SUPPORT && (PPC_PSERIES || PPC_POWERNV) 73*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 74*4882a593Smuzhiyun Support running unmodified book3s_64 and book3s_32 guest kernels 75*4882a593Smuzhiyun in virtual machines on book3s_64 host processors. 76*4882a593Smuzhiyun 77*4882a593Smuzhiyun This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 78*4882a593Smuzhiyun a character device node named /dev/kvm. 79*4882a593Smuzhiyun 80*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 81*4882a593Smuzhiyun 82*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV 83*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "KVM for POWER7 and later using hypervisor mode in host" 84*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64 && PPC_POWERNV 85*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE 86*4882a593Smuzhiyun select MMU_NOTIFIER 87*4882a593Smuzhiyun select CMA 88*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 89*4882a593Smuzhiyun Support running unmodified book3s_64 guest kernels in 90*4882a593Smuzhiyun virtual machines on POWER7 and newer processors that have 91*4882a593Smuzhiyun hypervisor mode available to the host. 92*4882a593Smuzhiyun 93*4882a593Smuzhiyun If you say Y here, KVM will use the hardware virtualization 94*4882a593Smuzhiyun facilities of POWER7 (and later) processors, meaning that 95*4882a593Smuzhiyun guest operating systems will run at full hardware speed 96*4882a593Smuzhiyun using supervisor and user modes. However, this also means 97*4882a593Smuzhiyun that KVM is not usable under PowerVM (pHyp), is only usable 98*4882a593Smuzhiyun on POWER7 or later processors, and cannot emulate a 99*4882a593Smuzhiyun different processor from the host processor. 100*4882a593Smuzhiyun 101*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 102*4882a593Smuzhiyun 103*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_64_PR 104*4882a593Smuzhiyun tristate "KVM support without using hypervisor mode in host" 105*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64 106*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOK3S_PR_POSSIBLE 107*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 108*4882a593Smuzhiyun Support running guest kernels in virtual machines on processors 109*4882a593Smuzhiyun without using hypervisor mode in the host, by running the 110*4882a593Smuzhiyun guest in user mode (problem state) and emulating all 111*4882a593Smuzhiyun privileged instructions and registers. 112*4882a593Smuzhiyun 113*4882a593Smuzhiyun This is not as fast as using hypervisor mode, but works on 114*4882a593Smuzhiyun machines where hypervisor mode is not available or not usable, 115*4882a593Smuzhiyun and can emulate processors that are different from the host 116*4882a593Smuzhiyun processor, including emulating 32-bit processors on a 64-bit 117*4882a593Smuzhiyun host. 118*4882a593Smuzhiyun 119*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOK3S_HV_EXIT_TIMING 120*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "Detailed timing for hypervisor real-mode code" 121*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE && DEBUG_FS 122*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 123*4882a593Smuzhiyun Calculate time taken for each vcpu in the real-mode guest entry, 124*4882a593Smuzhiyun exit, and interrupt handling code, plus time spent in the guest 125*4882a593Smuzhiyun and in nap mode due to idle (cede) while other threads are still 126*4882a593Smuzhiyun in the guest. The total, minimum and maximum times in nanoseconds 127*4882a593Smuzhiyun together with the number of executions are reported in debugfs in 128*4882a593Smuzhiyun kvm/vm#/vcpu#/timings. The overhead is of the order of 30 - 40 129*4882a593Smuzhiyun ns per exit on POWER8. 130*4882a593Smuzhiyun 131*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 132*4882a593Smuzhiyun 133*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_BOOKE_HV 134*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 135*4882a593Smuzhiyun 136*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_EXIT_TIMING 137*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "Detailed exit timing" 138*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM_E500V2 || KVM_E500MC 139*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 140*4882a593Smuzhiyun Calculate elapsed time for every exit/enter cycle. A per-vcpu 141*4882a593Smuzhiyun report is available in debugfs kvm/vm#_vcpu#_timing. 142*4882a593Smuzhiyun The overhead is relatively small, however it is not recommended for 143*4882a593Smuzhiyun production environments. 144*4882a593Smuzhiyun 145*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 146*4882a593Smuzhiyun 147*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_E500V2 148*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "KVM support for PowerPC E500v2 processors" 149*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on E500 && !PPC_E500MC 150*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM 151*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_MMIO 152*4882a593Smuzhiyun select MMU_NOTIFIER 153*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 154*4882a593Smuzhiyun Support running unmodified E500 guest kernels in virtual machines on 155*4882a593Smuzhiyun E500v2 host processors. 156*4882a593Smuzhiyun 157*4882a593Smuzhiyun This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 158*4882a593Smuzhiyun a character device node named /dev/kvm. 159*4882a593Smuzhiyun 160*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 161*4882a593Smuzhiyun 162*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_E500MC 163*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "KVM support for PowerPC E500MC/E5500/E6500 processors" 164*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on PPC_E500MC 165*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM 166*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_MMIO 167*4882a593Smuzhiyun select KVM_BOOKE_HV 168*4882a593Smuzhiyun select MMU_NOTIFIER 169*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 170*4882a593Smuzhiyun Support running unmodified E500MC/E5500/E6500 guest kernels in 171*4882a593Smuzhiyun virtual machines on E500MC/E5500/E6500 host processors. 172*4882a593Smuzhiyun 173*4882a593Smuzhiyun This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through 174*4882a593Smuzhiyun a character device node named /dev/kvm. 175*4882a593Smuzhiyun 176*4882a593Smuzhiyun If unsure, say N. 177*4882a593Smuzhiyun 178*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_MPIC 179*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "KVM in-kernel MPIC emulation" 180*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM && E500 181*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP 182*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD 183*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING 184*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_MSI 185*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 186*4882a593Smuzhiyun Enable support for emulating MPIC devices inside the 187*4882a593Smuzhiyun host kernel, rather than relying on userspace to emulate. 188*4882a593Smuzhiyun Currently, support is limited to certain versions of 189*4882a593Smuzhiyun Freescale's MPIC implementation. 190*4882a593Smuzhiyun 191*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_XICS 192*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "KVM in-kernel XICS emulation" 193*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM_BOOK3S_64 && !KVM_MPIC 194*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP 195*4882a593Smuzhiyun select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD 196*4882a593Smuzhiyun default y 197*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 198*4882a593Smuzhiyun Include support for the XICS (eXternal Interrupt Controller 199*4882a593Smuzhiyun Specification) interrupt controller architecture used on 200*4882a593Smuzhiyun IBM POWER (pSeries) servers. 201*4882a593Smuzhiyun 202*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig KVM_XIVE 203*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool 204*4882a593Smuzhiyun default y 205*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on KVM_XICS && PPC_XIVE_NATIVE && KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE 206*4882a593Smuzhiyun 207*4882a593Smuzhiyunendif # VIRTUALIZATION 208