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2
3menu "UML Character Devices"
4
5config STDERR_CONSOLE
6 bool "stderr console"
7 default y
8 help
9 console driver which dumps all printk messages to stderr.
10
11config SSL
12 bool "Virtual serial line"
13 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000014 The User-Mode Linux environment allows you to create virtual serial
15 lines on the UML that are usually made to show up on the host as
16 ttys or ptys.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000017
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000018 See <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/input.html> for more
19 information and command line examples of how to use this facility.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000020
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000021 Unless you have a specific reason for disabling this, say Y.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000022
23config NULL_CHAN
24 bool "null channel support"
25 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000026 This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial
27 lines to a device similar to /dev/null. Data written to it disappears
28 and there is never any data to be read.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000029
30config PORT_CHAN
31 bool "port channel support"
32 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000033 This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial
34 lines to host portals. They may be accessed with 'telnet <host>
35 <port number>'. Any number of consoles and serial lines may be
36 attached to a single portal, although what UML device you get when
37 you telnet to that portal will be unpredictable.
38 It is safe to say 'Y' here.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000039
40config PTY_CHAN
41 bool "pty channel support"
42 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000043 This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial
44 lines to host pseudo-terminals. Access to both traditional
45 pseudo-terminals (/dev/pty*) and pts pseudo-terminals are controlled
46 with this option. The assignment of UML devices to host devices
47 will be announced in the kernel message log.
48 It is safe to say 'Y' here.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000049
50config TTY_CHAN
51 bool "tty channel support"
52 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000053 This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial
54 lines to host terminals. Access to both virtual consoles
55 (/dev/tty*) and the slave side of pseudo-terminals (/dev/ttyp* and
56 /dev/pts/*) are controlled by this option.
57 It is safe to say 'Y' here.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000058
59config XTERM_CHAN
60 bool "xterm channel support"
61 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000062 This option enables support for attaching UML consoles and serial
63 lines to xterms. Each UML device so assigned will be brought up in
64 its own xterm.
65 It is safe to say 'Y' here.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000066
67config NOCONFIG_CHAN
68 bool
69 default !(XTERM_CHAN && TTY_CHAN && PTY_CHAN && PORT_CHAN && NULL_CHAN)
70
71config CON_ZERO_CHAN
72 string "Default main console channel initialization"
73 default "fd:0,fd:1"
74 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000075 This is the string describing the channel to which the main console
76 will be attached by default. This value can be overridden from the
77 command line. The default value is "fd:0,fd:1", which attaches the
78 main console to stdin and stdout.
79 It is safe to leave this unchanged.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000080
81config CON_CHAN
82 string "Default console channel initialization"
83 default "xterm"
84 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000085 This is the string describing the channel to which all consoles
86 except the main console will be attached by default. This value can
87 be overridden from the command line. The default value is "xterm",
88 which brings them up in xterms.
89 It is safe to leave this unchanged, although you may wish to change
90 this if you expect the UML that you build to be run in environments
91 which don't have X or xterm available.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000092
93config SSL_CHAN
94 string "Default serial line channel initialization"
95 default "pty"
96 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000097 This is the string describing the channel to which the serial lines
98 will be attached by default. This value can be overridden from the
99 command line. The default value is "pty", which attaches them to
100 traditional pseudo-terminals.
101 It is safe to leave this unchanged, although you may wish to change
102 this if you expect the UML that you build to be run in environments
103 which don't have a set of /dev/pty* devices.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000104
105config UML_SOUND
106 tristate "Sound support"
107 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000108 This option enables UML sound support. If enabled, it will pull in
109 soundcore and the UML hostaudio relay, which acts as a intermediary
110 between the host's dsp and mixer devices and the UML sound system.
111 It is safe to say 'Y' here.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000112
113config SOUND
114 tristate
115 default UML_SOUND
116
117config SOUND_OSS_CORE
118 bool
119 default UML_SOUND
120
121config HOSTAUDIO
122 tristate
123 default UML_SOUND
124
125endmenu
126
127menu "UML Network Devices"
128 depends on NET
129
130# UML virtual driver
131config UML_NET
132 bool "Virtual network device"
133 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000134 While the User-Mode port cannot directly talk to any physical
135 hardware devices, this choice and the following transport options
136 provide one or more virtual network devices through which the UML
137 kernels can talk to each other, the host, and with the host's help,
138 machines on the outside world.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000139
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000140 For more information, including explanations of the networking and
141 sample configurations, see
142 <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html>.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000143
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000144 If you'd like to be able to enable networking in the User-Mode
145 linux environment, say Y; otherwise say N. Note that you must
146 enable at least one of the following transport options to actually
147 make use of UML networking.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000148
149config UML_NET_ETHERTAP
150 bool "Ethertap transport"
151 depends on UML_NET
152 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000153 The Ethertap User-Mode Linux network transport allows a single
154 running UML to exchange packets with its host over one of the
155 host's Ethertap devices, such as /dev/tap0. Additional running
156 UMLs can use additional Ethertap devices, one per running UML.
157 While the UML believes it's on a (multi-device, broadcast) virtual
158 Ethernet network, it's in fact communicating over a point-to-point
159 link with the host.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000160
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000161 To use this, your host kernel must have support for Ethertap
162 devices. Also, if your host kernel is 2.4.x, it must have
163 CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV configured as Y or M.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000164
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000165 For more information, see
166 <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site
167 has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Ethertap
168 networking.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000169
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000170 If you'd like to set up an IP network with the host and/or the
171 outside world, say Y to this, the Daemon Transport and/or the
172 Slip Transport. You'll need at least one of them, but may choose
173 more than one without conflict. If you don't need UML networking,
174 say N.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000175
176config UML_NET_TUNTAP
177 bool "TUN/TAP transport"
178 depends on UML_NET
179 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000180 The UML TUN/TAP network transport allows a UML instance to exchange
181 packets with the host over a TUN/TAP device. This option will only
182 work with a 2.4 host, unless you've applied the TUN/TAP patch to
183 your 2.2 host kernel.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000184
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000185 To use this transport, your host kernel must have support for TUN/TAP
186 devices, either built-in or as a module.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000187
188config UML_NET_SLIP
189 bool "SLIP transport"
190 depends on UML_NET
191 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000192 The slip User-Mode Linux network transport allows a running UML to
193 network with its host over a point-to-point link. Unlike Ethertap,
194 which can carry any Ethernet frame (and hence even non-IP packets),
195 the slip transport can only carry IP packets.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000196
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000197 To use this, your host must support slip devices.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000198
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000199 For more information, see
200 <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html>.
201 has examples of the UML command line to use to enable slip
202 networking, and details of a few quirks with it.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000203
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000204 The Ethertap Transport is preferred over slip because of its
205 limitations. If you prefer slip, however, say Y here. Otherwise
206 choose the Multicast transport (to network multiple UMLs on
207 multiple hosts), Ethertap (to network with the host and the
208 outside world), and/or the Daemon transport (to network multiple
209 UMLs on a single host). You may choose more than one without
210 conflict. If you don't need UML networking, say N.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000211
212config UML_NET_DAEMON
213 bool "Daemon transport"
214 depends on UML_NET
215 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000216 This User-Mode Linux network transport allows one or more running
217 UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other, but not to
218 the host.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000219
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000220 To use this form of networking, you'll need to run the UML
221 networking daemon on the host.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000222
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000223 For more information, see
224 <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site
225 has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Daemon
226 networking.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000227
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000228 If you'd like to set up a network with other UMLs on a single host,
229 say Y. If you need a network between UMLs on multiple physical
230 hosts, choose the Multicast Transport. To set up a network with
231 the host and/or other IP machines, say Y to the Ethertap or Slip
232 transports. You'll need at least one of them, but may choose
233 more than one without conflict. If you don't need UML networking,
234 say N.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000235
236config UML_NET_VECTOR
237 bool "Vector I/O high performance network devices"
238 depends on UML_NET
239 help
240 This User-Mode Linux network driver uses multi-message send
241 and receive functions. The host running the UML guest must have
242 a linux kernel version above 3.0 and a libc version > 2.13.
243 This driver provides tap, raw, gre and l2tpv3 network transports
244 with up to 4 times higher network throughput than the UML network
245 drivers.
246
247config UML_NET_VDE
248 bool "VDE transport"
249 depends on UML_NET
250 help
251 This User-Mode Linux network transport allows one or more running
252 UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other and also
253 with the rest of the world using Virtual Distributed Ethernet,
254 an improved fork of uml_switch.
255
256 You must have libvdeplug installed in order to build the vde
257 transport into UML.
258
259 To use this form of networking, you will need to run vde_switch
260 on the host.
261
262 For more information, see <http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/>
263 That site has a good overview of what VDE is and also examples
264 of the UML command line to use to enable VDE networking.
265
266 If you need UML networking with VDE,
267 say Y.
268
269config UML_NET_MCAST
270 bool "Multicast transport"
271 depends on UML_NET
272 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000273 This Multicast User-Mode Linux network transport allows multiple
274 UMLs (even ones running on different host machines!) to talk to
275 each other over a virtual ethernet network. However, it requires
276 at least one UML with one of the other transports to act as a
277 bridge if any of them need to be able to talk to their hosts or any
278 other IP machines.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000279
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000280 To use this, your host kernel(s) must support IP Multicasting.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000281
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000282 For more information, see
283 <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site
284 has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Multicast
285 networking, and notes about the security of this approach.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000286
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000287 If you need UMLs on multiple physical hosts to communicate as if
288 they shared an Ethernet network, say Y. If you need to communicate
289 with other IP machines, make sure you select one of the other
290 transports (possibly in addition to Multicast; they're not
291 exclusive). If you don't need to network UMLs say N to each of
292 the transports.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000293
294config UML_NET_PCAP
295 bool "pcap transport"
296 depends on UML_NET
297 help
298 The pcap transport makes a pcap packet stream on the host look
299 like an ethernet device inside UML. This is useful for making
300 UML act as a network monitor for the host. You must have libcap
301 installed in order to build the pcap transport into UML.
302
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000303 For more information, see
304 <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site
305 has examples of the UML command line to use to enable this option.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000306
307 If you intend to use UML as a network monitor for the host, say
308 Y here. Otherwise, say N.
309
310config UML_NET_SLIRP
311 bool "SLiRP transport"
312 depends on UML_NET
313 help
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000314 The SLiRP User-Mode Linux network transport allows a running UML
315 to network by invoking a program that can handle SLIP encapsulated
316 packets. This is commonly (but not limited to) the application
317 known as SLiRP, a program that can re-socket IP packets back onto
318 he host on which it is run. Only IP packets are supported,
319 unlike other network transports that can handle all Ethernet
320 frames. In general, slirp allows the UML the same IP connectivity
321 to the outside world that the host user is permitted, and unlike
322 other transports, SLiRP works without the need of root level
323 privleges, setuid binaries, or SLIP devices on the host. This
324 also means not every type of connection is possible, but most
325 situations can be accommodated with carefully crafted slirp
326 commands that can be passed along as part of the network device's
327 setup string. The effect of this transport on the UML is similar
328 that of a host behind a firewall that masquerades all network
329 connections passing through it (but is less secure).
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000330
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000331 To use this you should first have slirp compiled somewhere
332 accessible on the host, and have read its documentation. If you
333 don't need UML networking, say N.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000334
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000335 Startup example: "eth0=slirp,FE:FD:01:02:03:04,/usr/local/bin/slirp"
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000336
337endmenu
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000338
339config VIRTIO_UML
340 tristate "UML driver for virtio devices"
341 select VIRTIO
342 help
343 This driver provides support for virtio based paravirtual device
344 drivers over vhost-user sockets.