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[PATCH] xen/privcmd: make option visible in Kconfig



This configuration option provides a misc device as an API to userspace.
Make this API usable without having to select the module as a transitive
dependency.

This also fixes an issue where localyesconfig would select
CONFIG_XEN_PRIVCMD=m because it was not visible and defaulted to
building as module.

Based-on-patch-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/xen/Kconfig | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
index a1b11c62da9e..a2e91d3ca372 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
@@ -259,9 +259,14 @@ config XEN_SCSI_BACKEND
          if guests need generic access to SCSI devices.
 
 config XEN_PRIVCMD
-       tristate
+       tristate "Xen hypercall passthrough driver"
        depends on XEN
        default m
+       help
+         The hypercall passthrough driver allows user land programs to perform
+         Xen hypercalls. This driver is normally required for systems running
+         as Dom0 to perform privileged operations, but in some disaggregated
+         Xen setups this driver might be needed for other domains, too.
 
 config XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR
        tristate "Xen ACPI processor"
-- 
2.26.2




 


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