summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/drivers/xen/Kconfig
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorDaniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>2011-02-07 17:23:05 -0500
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2011-02-14 14:16:17 -0500
commitdd3140588d9551235ebc2a0dacdca098e7677573 (patch)
treee9d7c229121b6bd00627b8e6f45235ea6b8ec790 /drivers/xen/Kconfig
parentaab8f11a6b4641fcb8c139420f2eae879b5d1698 (diff)
downloadop-kernel-dev-dd3140588d9551235ebc2a0dacdca098e7677573.zip
op-kernel-dev-dd3140588d9551235ebc2a0dacdca098e7677573.tar.gz
xen-gntalloc: Userspace grant allocation driver
This allows a userspace application to allocate a shared page for implementing inter-domain communication or device drivers. These shared pages can be mapped using the gntdev device or by the kernel in another domain. Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/xen/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--drivers/xen/Kconfig8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
index 07bec09..a3d7afb 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ config XEN_GNTDEV
help
Allows userspace processes to use grants.
+config XEN_GRANT_DEV_ALLOC
+ tristate "User-space grant reference allocator driver"
+ depends on XEN
+ help
+ Allows userspace processes to create pages with access granted
+ to other domains. This can be used to implement frontend drivers
+ or as part of an inter-domain shared memory channel.
+
config XEN_PLATFORM_PCI
tristate "xen platform pci device driver"
depends on XEN_PVHVM && PCI
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud