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Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH -rc][RESEND] KVM: Fix virtualization menu help text

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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <kvm-devel@...>, Avi Kivity <avi@...>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...>
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 8:43 am

What guest drivers?

Cc: Jan Engelhardt &lt;jengelh@computergmbh.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity &lt;avi@qumranet.com&gt;
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An August 18 patch from Jan Engelhardt (06bfb7e) added help text for the virtualization menu.
Unfortunately the text is misleading, as "guest drivers" are usually interpreted to
mean "drivers running inside the guest", which is not the case for kvm.

Linus, please apply.

 drivers/kvm/Kconfig |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
index 9b72f33..8749fa4 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION
 	depends on X86
 	default y
 	---help---
-	  Say Y here to get to see options for virtualization guest drivers.
+	  Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other
+	  operating systems inside virtual machines (guests).
 	  This option alone does not add any kernel code.
 
 	  If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
-- 
1.5.3

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To: Avi Kivity <avi@...>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, <kvm-devel@...>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 12:37 am

Yes, agreed.

Rusty.


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