From: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@metux.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, derek.kiernan@xilinx.com,
dragan.cvetic@xilinx.com, richardcochran@gmail.com,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:17:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0c0480af-bcf5-d7ba-9e76-d511e60f76ec@metux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201117203155.GO5719@zn.tnic>
On 17.11.20 21:31, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 09:23:07PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
>> Make it possible to opt-out from vmware support
>
> Why?
Reducing the kernel size. Think of very high density virtualization
(w/ specially stripped-down workloads) or embedded systems.
For example, I'm running bare minimum kernels w/ only kvm and virtio
(not even pci, etc) in such scenarios.
Of course, that's nothing for an average distro, therefore leaving
default y.
--mtx
>
> I can think of a couple of reasons but maybe yours might not be the one
> I'm thinking of.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 +++-
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c | 2 ++
>> drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> drivers/ptp/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> index f6946b81f74a..c227c1fa0091 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> @@ -801,6 +801,13 @@ config X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
>>
>> source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
>>
>> +config VMWARE_GUEST
>> + bool "Vmware Guest support"
>> + default y
>
> depends on HYPERVISOR_GUEST. The hyperv one too.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-02 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-17 20:23 [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2020-11-17 20:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: make hyperv " Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2020-11-18 9:23 ` Wei Liu
2020-11-17 20:31 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware " Borislav Petkov
2020-12-02 19:17 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult [this message]
2020-12-02 19:22 ` Borislav Petkov
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2020-11-17 20:21 Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
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