menu "Target Configuration"
+
+choice
+ prompt "Target Host OS"
+ default KITTEN
+
+config KITTEN
+ bool "Kitten OS"
+ select BUILT_IN_STDLIB
+ select BUILT_IN_STRCASECMP
+ select BUILT_IN_ATOI
+ select ALIGNED_PG_ALLOC
+ select MULTITHREAD_OS
+ help
+ This enables the necesary options to compile Palacios with Kitten
+
+config LINUX
+ bool "Linux 2.6"
+ select BUILT_IN_STDLIB
+ select BUILT_IN_ATOI
+ select FILE
+ help
+ This enables the necessary options to compile Palacios with Linux 2.6
+ Currently, this is in development, and only 2.6.32 is verified to work
+
+config MINIX
+ bool "MINIX 3"
+ help
+ This enables the necesary options to compile Palacios with Kitten
+
+config OTHER_OS
+ bool "Other OS"
+ help
+ Choose this to compile Palacios for a Generic Host OS
+ (Formerly GeekOS)
+
+endchoice
+
config CRAY_XT
bool "Red Storm (Cray XT3/XT4)"
help
Compile with support for Intel VMX
-config SOCKET
- bool "Include Network Socket Support"
- default y
- help
- Enable networking support in Palacios
-
+config DEBUG_INFO
+ bool "Compile with Debug Information"
+ default n
+ help
+ Compiles the Palacios library with debugging symbols
-config PROFILE_VMM
- bool "Enable VMM profiling support"
+menu "Supported host OS features"
+
+config MULTITHREAD_OS
+ bool "Host support for multiple threads"
default y
help
- Enable the profiling framework in Palacios
- -----
- This is a framwork that allows components of palacios to record
- information that is periodically reported to the log file
+ Select this if your OS supports multiple threads of execution. This will enable features in Palacios
+ to require the creation of additional execution threads.
-config INSTRUMENT_VMM
- bool "Enable VMM instrumentation"
- default n
- help
- Enable the instrumentation framework
- --------
- This is much heavier weight than profiling
-config EXPERIMENTAL
- bool "Enable Experimental options"
+config ALIGNED_PG_ALLOC
+ bool "Host support for aligned page allocations"
default n
help
- This allows the selection of experimental features. This includes incomplete or unreviewed code.
- Only enable this feature if you are working on the features in question.
- IMPORTANT: Non-experimental code MUST NOT use, require, or rely on experimental features.
- Any code that violates this will be immediately deleted without warning.
- --
- The purpose of this option is to allow features under development to be committed to the mainline
- to more easily track changes and provide access to multiple developers
+ Select this if your OS supports allocating memory pages using an alignment. This is required
+ if you want Palacios to run with large page table pages.
-config BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- bool "Enable Built in versions of stdlib functions"
- default n
+config MAX_CPUS
+ int "Maximum number of cpus"
+ range 1 255
+ default "16"
help
- Not all host OSes provide link targets for stdlib functions
- Palacios provides internal implementations of these functions, that you can select from this list
+ Specifies the maximum number of hardware CPUs supported by the OS
+ For uniprocessor environments, set this to 1
-config BUILT_IN_MEMSET
- bool "memset()"
+config FILE
+ bool "Host Support for file operations"
default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of memset
+ help
+ Select this if your host OS supports file operatoins and you want Palacios to be able to use them.
-config BUILT_IN_MEMCPY
- bool "memcpy()"
+config CONSOLE
+ bool "Host Support for VM console"
default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of memcpy
+ Select this if you want to forward a guest console interface to some host OS service
-config BUILT_IN_MEMCMP
- bool "memcmp()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of memcmp
+config SOCKET
+ bool "Host support for Network Sockets"
+ default y
+ help
+ Select this if you host OS implements a socket API that is available to Palacios. This is required
+ to support the internal networking features of Palacios.
-config BUILT_IN_STRLEN
- bool "strlen()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strlen
-config BUILT_IN_STRNLEN
- bool "strnlen()"
+config PACKET
+ bool "Host support for Raw Packet Transmision"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strnlen
+ Select this if you host OS implements a raw packet network API that is available to Palacios. This is required
+ to support the internal networking features of Palacios.
+endmenu
-config BUILT_IN_STRCMP
- bool "strcmp()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strcmp
-config BUILT_IN_STRNCMP
- bool "strncmp()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strncmp
-config BUILT_IN_STRCAT
- bool "strcat()"
+config TELEMETRY
+ bool "Enable VMM telemetry support"
default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strcat
+ Enable the telemetry framework in Palacios
+ -----
+ This is a framwork that allows components of palacios to record
+ information that is periodically reported to the log output.
+ Telemetry is automatically collected for vmexits. Subsystem telemetry
+ is configured separately
-config BUILT_IN_STRNCAT
- bool "strncat()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strncat
-config BUILT_IN_STRCPY
- bool "strcpy()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strcpy
+config SHADOW_PAGING_TELEMETRY
+ bool "Enable Shadow Paging Telemetry"
+ default y
+ depends on TELEMETRY
+ help
+ Enable telemetry information for shadow paging
+
-config BUILT_IN_STRNCPY
- bool "strncpy()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strncpy
-config BUILT_IN_STRDUP
- bool "strdup()"
+config EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "Enable Experimental options"
default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strdup
+ This allows the selection of experimental features. This includes incomplete or unreviewed code.
+ Only enable this feature if you are working on the features in question.
+ IMPORTANT: Non-experimental code MUST NOT use, require, or rely on experimental features.
+ Any code that violates this will be immediately deleted without warning.
+ --
+ The purpose of this option is to allow features under development to be committed to the mainline
+ to more easily track changes and provide access to multiple developers
+config VNET
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "Enable Vnet in Palacios"
+ default n
+ help
+ Enable the Vnet in Palacios
-config BUILT_IN_ATOI
- bool "atoi()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of atoi
+config DEBUG_VNET
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VNET
+ bool "Enable Vnet Debug in Palacios"
+ default n
+ help
+ Enable the Vnet debug in Palacios
-config BUILT_IN_STRCHR
- bool "strchr()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strchr
+config LINUX_VIRTIO_VNET
+ bool "Enable Virtio VNET interface"
+ default n
+ depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && VNET
+ help
+ Enable the Virtio VNET interface
-config BUILT_IN_STRRCHR
- bool "strrchr()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strrchr
+config DEBUG_LINUX_VIRTIO_VNET
+ bool "Virtio VNET Interface Debugging"
+ default n
+ depends on LINUX_VIRTIO_VNET && DEBUG_ON
+ help
+ Enable debugging for the VNET Virtio interface
-config BUILT_IN_STRPBRK
- bool "strpbrk()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDLIB
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of strpbrk
+endmenu
-config BUILT_IN_STDIO
- bool "Enable Built in versions of stdio functions"
- default n
- help
- Not all host OSes provide link targets for stdio functions
- Palacios provides internal implementations of these functions, that you can select from this list
+source "Kconfig.stdlibs"
+menu "Virtual Paging"
-config BUILT_IN_SPRINTF
- bool "sprintf()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDIO
+config SHADOW_PAGING
+ bool "Enable shadow paging"
+ default y
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of sprintf
+ Enables shadow paging for virtual machines
-config BUILT_IN_SNPRINTF
- bool "snprintf()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDIO
+config SHADOW_PAGING_VTLB
+ bool "Virtual TLB"
+ default y
+ depends on SHADOW_PAGING
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of snprintf
+ Enables Virtual TLB implemenation for shadow paging
-config BUILT_IN_VSPRINTF
- bool "vsprintf()"
+config DEBUG_SHDW_PG_VTLB
+ bool "Enable VTLB debugging"
default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDIO
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of vsprintf
+ depends on SHADOW_PAGING_VTLB
+ help
+ Enables debugging messages for VTLB implementation
-config BUILT_IN_VSNPRINTF
- bool "vsnprintf()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDIO
+config SHADOW_PAGING_CACHE1
+ bool "Shadow Page Cache (1)"
+ default y
+ depends on SHADOW_PAGING
help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of vsnprintf
+ Enables caching implemenation for shadow paging
-config BUILT_IN_VSNRPRINTF
- bool "vsnrprintf()"
- default n
- depends on BUILT_IN_STDIO
- help
- This enables Palacios' internal implementation of vsnrprintf
endmenu
+menu "Time Management"
+config TIME_HIDE_VM_COST
+ bool "Hide VMM Run Cost"
+ default n
+ help
+ Offset guest time from host time sufficiently to hide the cost of
+ running in the virtual machine. This can aid the consistency of
+ time between multiple timers, but can cause the guest to run
+ slightly slower than the host.
+
+config TIME_HIDE_EXIT_COST
+ bool "Hide VMM Exit Cost"
+ default n
+ depends on TIME_HIDE_VM_COST
+ help
+ Add additional TSC offset to hide VMM exit costs from the guest.
+
+config TIME_EXIT_COST_ADJUST
+ int "Exit cost adjustment for hiding VM exits"
+ default 2000
+ depends on TIME_HIDE_EXIT_COST
+ help
+ Amount to adjust the time to hide the exit cost of fully virtualizing
+ the timestamp counter. Used to hide the cost of fully virtualizing
+ the TSC for OSes that assume that reading the TSC is inexpensive
+ (e.g. Linux TSC-based timer calibration).
+
+config TIME_VIRTUALIZE_TSC
+ bool "Fully virtualize guest TSC"
+ default n
+ help
+ Virtualize the processor time stamp counter in the guest,
+ generally increasing consistency between various time sources
+ but also potentially making guest time run slower than real time.
+
+endmenu
menu "Symbiotic Functions"
bool "Enable Symbiotic Functionality"
default n
help
- Enable Symbiotic components of the VMM
+ Enable Symbiotic components of the VMM.
+ This includes the SymSpy interface.
-
-config SYMBIOTIC_SWAP
- bool "Symbiotic Swap"
+config SYMCALL
+ bool "Symbiotic upcalls"
default n
depends on SYMBIOTIC && EXPERIMENTAL
+ help
+ Enables the Symbiotic upcall interface
+
+config SWAPBYPASS
+ bool "SwapBypass"
+ default n
+ depends on SYMBIOTIC && SYMCALL && EXPERIMENTAL
help
- This enables the symbiotic swap architecture
+ This enables the SwapBypass architecture
+
+config SWAPBYPASS_TELEMETRY
+ bool "Enable SwapBypass Telemetry"
+ default n
+ depends on TELEMETRY && SWAPBYPASS
+ help
+ Enable the telemetry information for the SwapBypass subsystem
+
+menuconfig SYMMOD
+ bool "Symbiotic Modules"
+ default n
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+# depends on SYMBIOTIC
+ help
+ Enable Symbiotic module loading
+
endmenu
This turns on debugging support
+config DEBUG_SVM
+ bool "AMD SVM"
+ default n
+ depends on DEBUG_ON
+ help
+ This turns on debugging for the AMD SVM-specific code
+
+config DEBUG_VMX
+ bool "Intel VT"
+ default n
+ depends on DEBUG_ON
+ help
+ This turns on debugging for the Intel VT-specific code
+
+
config DEBUG_SHADOW_PAGING
bool "Shadow paging"
default n
help
This turns on debugging for the interrupt system
-
+config DEBUG_TIME
+ bool "Timing"
+ default n
+ depends on DEBUG_ON
+ help
+ This turns on debugging of system time virtualization
config DEBUG_IO
bool "IO"
