[PATCH] i386: vMI backend for paravirt-ops

Fairly straightforward implementation of VMI backend for paravirt-ops.

[Adrian Bunk: some cleanups]

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 63d5e841caf5..a3b3f6ee3642 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ config PARAVIRT
           However, when run without a hypervisor the kernel is
           theoretically slower.  If in doubt, say N.
 
+config VMI
+        bool "VMI Paravirt-ops support"
+        depends on PARAVIRT
+        default y
+        help
+          VMI provides a paravirtualized interface to multiple hypervisors
+          include VMware ESX server and Xen by connecting to a ROM module
+          provided by the hypervisor.
+
 config ACPI_SRAT
         bool
         default y