X-Git-Url: http://v3vee.org/palacios/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Kconfig;h=8ab4403a9ddd52c0f5ca06cf6e4dfb784aa17f72;hb=b25296b8b79d1964be81a4ebfa8262d4ca36a63f;hp=c94fcb03ec65a5aa35d8bf50fcf9ca8ea3767fe9;hpb=8300df0450154d7a2db08a7afbd2aca32ce38f70;p=palacios.git

diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index c94fcb0..8ab4403 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ config KITTEN
 	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
 
@@ -54,38 +56,54 @@ config VMX
 	  Compile with support for Intel VMX
 
 
+menu "Supported host OS features"
+      
 config MULTITHREAD_OS
-	bool "Compile for a multi threaded OS"
+	bool "Host support for  multiple threads"
 	default y
 	help 
-	  This allows Palacios to use OS thread mechanisms
+	  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 ALIGNED_PG_ALLOC
+	bool "Host support for aligned page allocations"
+	default n
+	help 
+	  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 MAX_CPUS
 	int "Maximum number of cpus"
 	range 1 255
 	default "16"
 	help 
-	  Specifies the maximum number of hardware cpus Palacios can support
-
+	  Specifies the maximum number of hardware CPUs supported by the OS
 	  For uniprocessor environments, set this to 1
 
+config FILE
+	bool "Host Support for file operations"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Select this if your host OS supports file operatoins and you want Palacios to be able to use them.
+
 
 config CONSOLE
-	bool "Include Console Support"
+	bool "Host Support for VM console"
 	default n
 	help 
-	  Enable console support in Palacios
-
+	  Select this if you want to forward a guest console interface to some host OS service
 
 
 
 config SOCKET
-	bool "Include Network Socket Support"
+	bool "Host support for Network Sockets"
 	default y
 	help 
-	  Enable networking support in Palacios
+	  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.
 
+endmenu
 
 
 
@@ -259,6 +277,21 @@ config DEBUG_ON
 	  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