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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:17:23 +0100 From: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net> To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, derek.kiernan@...inx.com, dragan.cvetic@...inx.com, richardcochran@...il.com, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional On 17.11.20 21:31, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 09:23:07PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: >> Make it possible to opt-out from vmware support > > Why? Reducing the kernel size. Think of very high density virtualization (w/ specially stripped-down workloads) or embedded systems. For example, I'm running bare minimum kernels w/ only kvm and virtio (not even pci, etc) in such scenarios. Of course, that's nothing for an average distro, therefore leaving default y. --mtx > > I can think of a couple of reasons but maybe yours might not be the one > I'm thinking of. > >> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@...ux.net> >> --- >> arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++++++ >> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 +++- >> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c | 2 ++ >> drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig | 2 +- >> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 2 +- >> drivers/ptp/Kconfig | 2 +- >> 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig >> index f6946b81f74a..c227c1fa0091 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig >> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig >> @@ -801,6 +801,13 @@ config X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR >> >> source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig" >> >> +config VMWARE_GUEST >> + bool "Vmware Guest support" >> + default y > > depends on HYPERVISOR_GUEST. The hyperv one too. > -- --- Hinweis: unverschlüsselte E-Mails können leicht abgehört und manipuliert werden ! Für eine vertrauliche Kommunikation senden Sie bitte ihren GPG/PGP-Schlüssel zu. --- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult Free software and Linux embedded engineering info@...ux.net -- +49-151-27565287
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