linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1305021104440.2493@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 2 May 2013 11:06:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	hpa@...ux.intel.com
cc:	mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	penberg@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de, levinsasha928@...il.com,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...e.de,
	fengguang.wu@...el.com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig:  Add a Kconfig shortcut for building
 working KVM guest kernels

On Thu, 2 May 2013, tip-bot for Borislav Petkov wrote:

> Commit-ID:  7e0320e733eec67e40d2b53e438d9971f079862d
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/7e0320e733eec67e40d2b53e438d9971f079862d
> Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:51:40 +0200
> Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
> CommitDate: Thu, 2 May 2013 10:13:07 -0700
> 
> x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for building working KVM guest kernels
> 
> This is pretty useful for the case where people want to boot the
> resulting kernel in qemu/kvm or lkvm. Instead of going and
> searching for each required option through the Kconfig maze,
> this single option should simply enable everything required/good
> to have to boot the resulting kernel in the guest.
> 
> Patch has been adapted from a version in the external lkvm tree.
> 
> [ hpa: rebased to resolve a merge conflict ]
> 
> Originally-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
> Originally-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
> Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
> Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130426095140.GA15361@pd.tnic
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>

Hi Peter,

You'll also need http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=136744052328802 when 
Borislav signs it off as it fixes one of the dependencies.  Still waiting 
on how X86_IO_APIC, X86_LOCAL_APIC, and NET_CORE will be resolved.
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