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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2008-08-25 10:51:27 +0200
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-10-23 07:55:23 +0200
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x86, um: get rid of arch/um/Kconfig.arch
Teach scripts/kconfig/Makefile and top-level Makefile that arch/*/Makefile is allowed to say Kconfig := <whatever I want instead of arch/blah/Kconfig>. Rewrite arch/um/Kconfig and arch/um/Kconfig.<subarch> so that the latter would be top-level one (and include the pieces of the former). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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+config STATIC_LINK
+ bool "Force a static link"
+ default n
+ help
+ This option gives you the ability to force a static link of UML.
+ Normally, UML is linked as a shared binary. This is inconvenient for
+ use in a chroot jail. So, if you intend to run UML inside a chroot,
+ you probably want to say Y here.
+ Additionally, this option enables using higher memory spaces (up to
+ 2.75G) for UML.
+
+source "mm/Kconfig"
+source "kernel/time/Kconfig"
+
+config LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on STATIC_LINK
+
+config LD_SCRIPT_DYN
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
+
+source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
+
+config HOSTFS
+ tristate "Host filesystem"
+ help
+ While the User-Mode Linux port uses its own root file system for
+ booting and normal file access, this module lets the UML user
+ access files stored on the host. It does not require any
+ network connection between the Host and UML. An example use of
+ this might be:
+
+ mount none /tmp/fromhost -t hostfs -o /tmp/umlshare
+
+ where /tmp/fromhost is an empty directory inside UML and
+ /tmp/umlshare is a directory on the host with files the UML user
+ wishes to access.
+
+ For more information, see
+ <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/hostfs.html>.
+
+ If you'd like to be able to work with files stored on the host,
+ say Y or M here; otherwise say N.
+
+config HPPFS
+ tristate "HoneyPot ProcFS (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ help
+ hppfs (HoneyPot ProcFS) is a filesystem which allows UML /proc
+ entries to be overridden, removed, or fabricated from the host.
+ Its purpose is to allow a UML to appear to be a physical machine
+ by removing or changing anything in /proc which gives away the
+ identity of a UML.
+
+ See <http://user-mode-linux.sf.net/old/hppfs.html> for more information.
+
+ You only need this if you are setting up a UML honeypot. Otherwise,
+ it is safe to say 'N' here.
+
+config MCONSOLE
+ bool "Management console"
+ default y
+ help
+ The user mode linux management console is a low-level interface to
+ the kernel, somewhat like the i386 SysRq interface. Since there is
+ a full-blown operating system running under every user mode linux
+ instance, there is much greater flexibility possible than with the
+ SysRq mechanism.
+
+ If you answer 'Y' to this option, to use this feature, you need the
+ mconsole client (called uml_mconsole) which is present in CVS in
+ 2.4.5-9um and later (path /tools/mconsole), and is also in the
+ distribution RPM package in 2.4.6 and later.
+
+ It is safe to say 'Y' here.
+
+config MAGIC_SYSRQ
+ bool "Magic SysRq key"
+ depends on MCONSOLE
+ help
+ If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
+ if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
+ will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system
+ immediately or dump some status information). A key for each of the
+ possible requests is provided.
+
+ This is the feature normally accomplished by pressing a key
+ while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen).
+
+ On UML, this is accomplished by sending a "sysrq" command with
+ mconsole, followed by the letter for the requested command.
+
+ The keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
+ unless you really know what this hack does.
+
+config SMP
+ bool "Symmetric multi-processing support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ default n
+ depends on BROKEN
+ help
+ This option enables UML SMP support.
+ It is NOT related to having a real SMP box. Not directly, at least.
+
+ UML implements virtual SMP by allowing as many processes to run
+ simultaneously on the host as there are virtual processors configured.
+
+ Obviously, if the host is a uniprocessor, those processes will
+ timeshare, but, inside UML, will appear to be running simultaneously.
+ If the host is a multiprocessor, then UML processes may run
+ simultaneously, depending on the host scheduler.
+
+ This, however, is supported only in TT mode. So, if you use the SKAS
+ patch on your host, switching to TT mode and enabling SMP usually
+ gives you worse performances.
+ Also, since the support for SMP has been under-developed, there could
+ be some bugs being exposed by enabling SMP.
+
+ If you don't know what to do, say N.
+
+config NR_CPUS
+ int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)"
+ range 2 32
+ depends on SMP
+ default "32"
+
+config HIGHMEM
+ bool "Highmem support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on !64BIT && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
+ help
+ This was used to allow UML to run with big amounts of memory.
+ Currently it is unstable, so if unsure say N.
+
+ To use big amounts of memory, it is recommended enable static
+ linking (i.e. CONFIG_STATIC_LINK) - this should allow the
+ guest to use up to 2.75G of memory.
+
+config KERNEL_STACK_ORDER
+ int "Kernel stack size order"
+ default 1 if 64BIT
+ range 1 10 if 64BIT
+ default 0 if !64BIT
+ help
+ This option determines the size of UML kernel stacks. They will
+ be 1 << order pages. The default is OK unless you're running Valgrind
+ on UML, in which case, set this to 3.