Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional

2020-12-02 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:17:23PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > Reducing the kernel size. Think of very high density virtualization > (w/ specially stripped-down workloads) or embedded systems. > > For example, I'm running bare minimum kernels w/ only kvm and virtio > (not eve

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional

2020-12-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 17.11.20 21:31, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 09:23:07PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > wrote: >> Make it possible to opt-out from vmware support > > Why? Reducing the kernel size. Think of very high density virtualization (w/ specially stripped-down workloads) o

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional

2020-11-17 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 09:23:07PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > Make it possible to opt-out from vmware support Why? I can think of a couple of reasons but maybe yours might not be the one I'm thinking of. > Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > --- > arch/x86/

[PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional

2020-11-17 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Make it possible to opt-out from vmware support Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 +++- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c | 2 ++ drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/misc/Kconfig

[PATCH 1/2] x86: make vmware support optional

2020-11-17 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
--- arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 +++- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c | 2 ++ drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/misc/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/ptp/Kconfig | 2 +- 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 dele