# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 # # KVM configuration # source "virt/kvm/Kconfig" menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION bool "Virtualization" depends on HAVE_KVM || X86 default y help Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other operating systems inside virtual machines (guests). This option alone does not add any kernel code. If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. if VIRTUALIZATION config KVM tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" depends on HAVE_KVM depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS select MMU_NOTIFIER select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP select HAVE_KVM_PFNCACHE select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_TSO select HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING_ACQ_REL select IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_BYPASS select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD select KVM_ASYNC_PF select USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER select KVM_MMIO select SCHED_INFO select PERF_EVENTS select GUEST_PERF_EVENTS select HAVE_KVM_MSI select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT select HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL select KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK select KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT select KVM_VFIO select INTERVAL_TREE select HAVE_KVM_PM_NOTIFIER if PM select KVM_GENERIC_HARDWARE_ENABLING help Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware virtualization extensions. You will need a fairly recent processor equipped with virtualization extensions. You will also need to select one or more of the processor modules below. This module provides access to the hardware capabilities through a character device node named /dev/kvm. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called kvm. If unsure, say N. config KVM_WERROR bool "Compile KVM with -Werror" # KASAN may cause the build to fail due to larger frames default y if X86_64 && !KASAN # We use the dependency on !COMPILE_TEST to not be enabled # blindly in allmodconfig or allyesconfig configurations depends on KVM depends on (X86_64 && !KASAN) || !COMPILE_TEST depends on EXPERT help Add -Werror to the build flags for KVM. If in doubt, say "N". config KVM_INTEL tristate "KVM for Intel (and compatible) processors support" depends on KVM && IA32_FEAT_CTL help Provides support for KVM on processors equipped with Intel's VT extensions, a.k.a. Virtual Machine Extensions (VMX). To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called kvm-intel. config X86_SGX_KVM bool "Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) Virtualization" depends on X86_SGX && KVM_INTEL help Enables KVM guests to create SGX enclaves. This includes support to expose "raw" unreclaimable enclave memory to guests via a device node, e.g. /dev/sgx_vepc. If unsure, say N. config KVM_AMD tristate "KVM for AMD processors support" depends on KVM && (CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_HYGON) help Provides support for KVM on AMD processors equipped with the AMD-V (SVM) extensions. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called kvm-amd. config KVM_AMD_SEV def_bool y bool "AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) support" depends on KVM_AMD && X86_64 depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP && !(KVM_AMD=y && CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DD=m) help Provides support for launching Encrypted VMs (SEV) and Encrypted VMs with Encrypted State (SEV-ES) on AMD processors. config KVM_SMM bool "System Management Mode emulation" default y depends on KVM help Provides support for KVM to emulate System Management Mode (SMM) in virtual machines. This can be used by the virtual machine firmware to implement UEFI secure boot. If unsure, say Y. config KVM_XEN bool "Support for Xen hypercall interface" depends on KVM help Provides KVM support for the hosting Xen HVM guests and passing Xen hypercalls to userspace. If in doubt, say "N". config KVM_PROVE_MMU bool "Prove KVM MMU correctness" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on KVM depends on EXPERT help Enables runtime assertions in KVM's MMU that are too costly to enable in anything remotely resembling a production environment, e.g. this gates code that verifies a to-be-freed page table doesn't have any present SPTEs. If in doubt, say "N". config KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING bool config KVM_MAX_NR_VCPUS int "Maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest" depends on KVM range 1024 4096 default 4096 if MAXSMP default 1024 help Set the maximum number of vCPUs per KVM guest. Larger values will increase the memory footprint of each KVM guest, regardless of how many vCPUs are created for a given VM. endif # VIRTUALIZATION