[PATCH v8 8/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Add PPC_UV config option
Bharata B Rao
bharata at linux.ibm.com
Tue Sep 10 18:29:46 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 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index d8dcd8820369..044838794112 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -448,6 +448,23 @@ 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 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). On 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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