linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] Put the virtio under the virtualization menu

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Date:	Wed,  7 Nov 2007 20:46:31 -0600
From:	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...ycorp.com.au>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Put the virtio under the virtualization menu

This patch moves virtio under the virtualization menu and changes virtio
devices to not claim to only be for lguest.

Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>

diff --git a/drivers/Kconfig b/drivers/Kconfig
index f4076d9..d945ffc 100644
--- a/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -93,6 +93,4 @@ source "drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/kvm/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/uio/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/virtio/Kconfig"
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 4d0119e..be4b224 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ config VIRTIO_BLK
 	tristate "Virtio block driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
 	---help---
-	  This is the virtual block driver for lguest.  Say Y or M.
+	  This is the virtual block driver for virtio.  It can be used with
+          lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
 
 endif # BLK_DEV
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
index 6569206..ac4bcdf 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ config KVM_AMD
 # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under
 # the virtualization menu.
 source drivers/lguest/Kconfig
+source drivers/virtio/Kconfig
 
 endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 86b8641..e66aec4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -3107,6 +3107,7 @@ config VIRTIO_NET
 	tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
 	---help---
-	  This is the virtual network driver for lguest.  Say Y or M.
+	  This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
+          lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
 
 endif # NETDEVICES
-
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