Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/kconfig: Add a Kconfig shortcut for buildingworking KVM guest kernels

[David Rientjes]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:51:40 +0200
> Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Originally-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130426095140.GA15361@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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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