-config USERMODE
+config DEFCONFIG_LIST
+ string
+ option defconfig_list
+ default "arch/$ARCH/defconfig"
+
+# UML uses the generic IRQ sugsystem
+config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+ bool
+ default y
+
+config UML
bool
default y
-# XXX: does UM have a mmu/swap?
config MMU
bool
default y
config PCI
bool
-config UID16
+config PCMCIA
+ bool
+
+config GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY
bool
default y
-config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
+# Used in kernel/irq/manage.c and include/linux/irq.h
+config IRQ_RELEASE_METHOD
bool
default y
config MODE_TT
bool "Tracing thread support"
- default y
+ default n
help
This option controls whether tracing thread support is compiled
- into UML. Normally, this should be set to Y. If you intend to
- use only skas mode (and the host has the skas patch applied to it),
- then it is OK to say N here.
+ into UML. This option is largely obsolete, given that skas0 provides
+ skas security and performance without needing to patch the host.
+ It is safe to say 'N' here.
config STATIC_LINK
bool "Force a static link"
chroot, and you disable CONFIG_MODE_TT, you probably want to say Y
here.
+config KERNEL_HALF_GIGS
+ int "Kernel address space size (in .5G units)"
+ default "1"
+ depends on MODE_TT
+ help
+ This determines the amount of address space that UML will allocate for
+ its own, measured in half Gigabyte units. The default is 1.
+ Change this only if you need to boot UML with an unusually large amount
+ of physical memory.
+
config MODE_SKAS
- bool "Separate Kernel Address Space support"
+ bool "Separate Kernel Address Space support" if MODE_TT
default y
help
This option controls whether skas (separate kernel address space)
to CONFIG_MODE_TT). Otherwise, it is safe to say Y. Disabling this
option will shrink the UML binary slightly.
+source "arch/um/Kconfig.arch"
+source "mm/Kconfig"
+
+config LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on MODE_TT || STATIC_LINK
+
+config LD_SCRIPT_DYN
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
+
config NET
bool "Networking support"
help
should consider updating your networking tools too because changes
in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are
contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number
- of which are given in Documentation/Changes.
+ of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly
recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from
say Y or M here; otherwise say N.
config HPPFS
- tristate "HoneyPot ProcFS"
+ tristate "HoneyPot ProcFS (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
hppfs (HoneyPot ProcFS) is a filesystem which allows UML /proc
entries to be overridden, removed, or fabricated from the host.
by removing or changing anything in /proc which gives away the
identity of a UML.
- See http://user-mode-linux.sf.net/hppfs.html for more information.
+ See <http://user-mode-linux.sf.net/hppfs.html> for more information.
You only need this if you are setting up a UML honeypot. Otherwise,
it is safe to say 'N' here.
config MCONSOLE
bool "Management console"
+ default y
help
The user mode linux management console is a low-level interface to
the kernel, somewhat like the i386 SysRq interface. Since there is
It is safe to say 'Y' here.
-config HOST_2G_2G
- bool "2G/2G host address space split"
+config MAGIC_SYSRQ
+ bool "Magic SysRq key"
+ depends on MCONSOLE
+ ---help---
+ If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even
+ if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you
+ will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system
+ immediately or dump some status information). A key for each of the
+ possible requests is provided.
+
+ This is the feature normally accomplished by pressing a key
+ while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen).
+
+ On UML, this is accomplished by sending a "sysrq" command with
+ mconsole, followed by the letter for the requested command.
+
+ The keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
+ unless you really know what this hack does.
config SMP
- bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
+ bool "Symmetric multi-processing support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
default n
+ #SMP_BROKEN is for x86_64.
+ depends on MODE_TT && EXPERIMENTAL && (!SMP_BROKEN || (BROKEN && SMP_BROKEN))
help
- This option enables UML SMP support. UML implements virtual SMP by
- allowing as many processes to run simultaneously on the host as
- there are virtual processors configured. Obviously, if the host is
- a uniprocessor, those processes will timeshare, but, inside UML,
- will appear to be running simultaneously. If the host is a
- multiprocessor, then UML processes may run simultaneously, depending
- on the host scheduler.
- It is safe to leave this unchanged.
+ This option enables UML SMP support.
+ It is NOT related to having a real SMP box. Not directly, at least.
+
+ UML implements virtual SMP by allowing as many processes to run
+ simultaneously on the host as there are virtual processors configured.
+
+ Obviously, if the host is a uniprocessor, those processes will
+ timeshare, but, inside UML, will appear to be running simultaneously.
+ If the host is a multiprocessor, then UML processes may run
+ simultaneously, depending on the host scheduler.
+
+ This, however, is supported only in TT mode. So, if you use the SKAS
+ patch on your host, switching to TT mode and enabling SMP usually gives
+ you worse performances.
+ Also, since the support for SMP has been under-developed, there could
+ be some bugs being exposed by enabling SMP.
+
+ If you don't know what to do, say N.
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)"
set to the host's CONFIG_NEST_LEVEL + CONFIG_KERNEL_HALF_GIGS.
Only change this if you are running nested UMLs.
-config KERNEL_HALF_GIGS
- int "Kernel address space size (in .5G units)"
- default "1"
+config HIGHMEM
+ bool "Highmem support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on !64BIT && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
help
- This determines the amount of address space that UML will allocate for
- its own, measured in half Gigabyte units. The default is 1.
- Change this only if you need to boot UML with an unusually large amount
- of physical memory.
+ This was used to allow UML to run with big amounts of memory.
+ Currently it is unstable, so if unsure say N.
-config HIGHMEM
- bool "Highmem support"
- depends on BROKEN
+ To use big amounts of memory, it is recommended to disable TT mode (i.e.
+ CONFIG_MODE_TT) and enable static linking (i.e. CONFIG_STATIC_LINK) -
+ this should allow the guest to use up to 2.75G of memory.
config KERNEL_STACK_ORDER
int "Kernel stack size order"
source "init/Kconfig"
-source "drivers/base/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/block/Kconfig"
-source "arch/um/Kconfig_char"
+source "arch/um/Kconfig.char"
-source "arch/um/Kconfig_block"
+source "drivers/base/Kconfig"
-config NETDEVICES
- bool
- default NET
+source "net/Kconfig"
-source "arch/um/Kconfig_net"
+source "arch/um/Kconfig.net"
-source "net/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/net/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/connector/Kconfig"
source "fs/Kconfig"
depends on SCSI
default y
-source "arch/um/Kconfig_scsi"
+source "arch/um/Kconfig.scsi"
endmenu
source "drivers/mtd/Kconfig"
endif
+#This is just to shut up some Kconfig warnings, so no prompt.
+config INPUT
+ bool
+ default n
+
source "arch/um/Kconfig.debug"
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