xen: introduce a Kconfig option to enable the pvcalls frontend
authorStefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:41:03 +0000 (15:41 -0700)
committerBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:05:53 +0000 (09:05 -0400)
Also add pvcalls-front to the Makefile.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@aporeto.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
CC: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
CC: jgross@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
drivers/xen/Kconfig
drivers/xen/Makefile

index 4545561954ee4fad756cdf38dd55778f91041fe0..d8dd54678ab7100d32435fd68368531d98317375 100644 (file)
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ config XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND
 
          If in doubt, say m.
 
+config XEN_PVCALLS_FRONTEND
+       tristate "XEN PV Calls frontend driver"
+       depends on INET && XEN
+       default n
+       select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
+       help
+         Experimental frontend for the Xen PV Calls protocol
+         (https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/pvcalls.html). It
+         sends a small set of POSIX calls to the backend, which
+         implements them.
+
 config XEN_PVCALLS_BACKEND
        bool "XEN PV Calls backend driver"
        depends on INET && XEN && XEN_BACKEND
index caaa15dc37bc594ec6facb4276d1a543ab7f2de2..82466f265164dc8223464082a0d42236f6f49e1b 100644 (file)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_EFI)                 += efi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_SCSI_BACKEND)         += xen-scsiback.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_AUTO_XLATE)           += xlate_mmu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_PVCALLS_BACKEND)      += pvcalls-back.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_PVCALLS_FRONTEND)     += pvcalls-front.o
 xen-evtchn-y                           := evtchn.o
 xen-gntdev-y                           := gntdev.o
 xen-gntalloc-y                         := gntalloc.o