Re: [PATCH 2/3] Consolidate host virtualization support underVirtualization menu

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Sep 14 2007 - 15:36:31 EST


On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:18:44 +1000 Rusty Russell wrote:

> We turn "Virtualization" into a menu, not a config option, since it's
> actually only used as a menu. Then we move lguest under that menu.

so you want to revert the 2007-july-16 merge that changes
menu -> menuconfig and makes most of the menus consistent in
presentation. I'd rather not, but I don't own it.

And Yes, lguest does need to be moved into a better location.


> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff -r c2893801de2a drivers/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/Kconfig Fri Sep 14 13:24:46 2007 +1000
> +++ b/drivers/Kconfig Fri Sep 14 13:24:49 2007 +1000
> @@ -87,6 +87,4 @@ source "drivers/kvm/Kconfig"
> source "drivers/kvm/Kconfig"
>
> source "drivers/uio/Kconfig"
> -
> -source "drivers/lguest/Kconfig"
> endmenu
> diff -r c2893801de2a drivers/kvm/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig Fri Sep 14 13:24:46 2007 +1000
> +++ b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig Fri Sep 14 13:32:22 2007 +1000
> @@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
> #
> # KVM configuration
> #
> -menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
> - bool "Virtualization"
> +menu "Virtualization"
> depends on X86
> - default y
> - ---help---
> - Say Y here to get to see options for virtualization guest drivers.
> - This option alone does not add any kernel code.
> -
> - If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
> -
> -if VIRTUALIZATION
>
> config KVM
> tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support"
> - depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL
> + depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> select ANON_INODES
> ---help---
> Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
> @@ -45,4 +36,8 @@ config KVM_AMD
> Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V
> (SVM) extensions.
>
> -endif # VIRTUALIZATION
> +# OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under
> +# the virtualization menu.
> +source drivers/lguest/Kconfig
> +
> +endmenu


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~Randy
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