Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: make Hyper-V support optional
From: Randy Dunlap <hidden>
Date: 2020-12-02 21:59:50
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On 12/2/20 1:19 PM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
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Make it possible to opt-out from Hyper-V support, for minimized kernels that never will by run under Hyper-V. (eg. high-density virtualization or embedded systems) Average distro kernel will leave it on, therefore default to y. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt <info@metux.net> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 ++-- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c | 2 ++ drivers/hv/Kconfig | 2 +- 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index eff12460cb3c..57d20591d6ee 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig@@ -812,6 +812,17 @@ config VMWARE_GUEST density virtualization or embedded systems running (para)virtualized workloads. +config HYPERV_GUEST + bool "Hyper-V Guest support" + default y + help + This option enables several optimizations for running under the + Hyper-V hypervisor. + + Disabling it saves a few kb, for stripped down kernels eg. in high
kB, e.g.
+ density virtualization or embedded systems running (para)virtualized + workloads. + config KVM_GUEST bool "KVM Guest support (including kvmclock)" depends on PARAVIRT
-- ~Randy