[PATCH v6 7/7] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Add PPC_UV config option

Bharata B Rao bharata at linux.ibm.com
Fri Aug 9 18:41:08 AEST 2019


From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

CONFIG_PPC_UV adds support for ultravisor.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com>
[ Update config help and commit message ]
Signed-off-by: Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index d8dcd8820369..8b36ca5ed3b0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -448,6 +448,24 @@ config PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 	help
 	  Support user-mode Transactional Memory on POWERPC.
 
+config PPC_UV
+	bool "Ultravisor support"
+	depends on KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
+	select ZONE_DEVICE
+	select MIGRATE_VMA_HELPER
+	select DEV_PAGEMAP_OPS
+	select DEVICE_PRIVATE
+	select MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+	select MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option paravirtualizes the kernel to run in POWER platforms that
+	  supports the Protected Execution Facility (PEF). In such platforms,
+	  the ultravisor firmware runs at a privilege level above the
+	  hypervisor.
+
+	  If unsure, say "N".
+
 config LD_HEAD_STUB_CATCH
 	bool "Reserve 256 bytes to cope with linker stubs in HEAD text" if EXPERT
 	depends on PPC64
-- 
2.21.0



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