[PATCH] powerpc: Add KVM guest defconfig

Breno Leitao leitao at debian.org
Fri Nov 9 23:30:36 AEDT 2018


hi Satheesh,

On 11/09/2018 07:59 AM, Satheesh Rajendran wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:23:07PM -0200, Breno Leitao wrote:
>> hi Satheesh,
>>
>> On 11/08/2018 03:08 AM, sathnaga at linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/guest.config
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
>>> +CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
>>> +CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK_SCSI=y
>>> +CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y
>>> +CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
>>> +CONFIG_NET_FAILOVER=y
>>> +CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
>>> +CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
>>> +CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
>>> +CONFIG_KVM_GUEST=y
>>> +CONFIG_EPAPR_PARAVIRT=y
>>> +CONFIG_XFS_FS=y
>>
>> Why a guest kernel needs to have XFS integrated in the core image? I am
>> wondering if it is a requirement from another CONFIG_ option.
> 
> Idea is to have a working config which would boot guest without initramfs,
> other FS(like EXT4) is already integrated in the core image, 
> thought this would be helpful for distributions, which default XFS as root disk.

Nice! That makes sense and it is a good idea.

Thanks!


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