Re: [RFC, PATCH 2/24] i386 Vmi config

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Mar 15 2006 - 17:37:05 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> +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 :-)

Pavel
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