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diff --git a/drivers/hv/Kconfig b/drivers/hv/Kconfig index 94982f08b661..00242107d62e 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hv/Kconfig @@ -13,6 +13,30 @@ config HYPERV Select this option to run Linux as a Hyper-V client operating system. +config HYPERV_VTL_MODE + bool "Enable Linux to boot in VTL context" + depends on X86_64 && HYPERV + default n + help + Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) is a set of hypervisor capabilities and + enlightenments offered to host and guest partitions which enables + the creation and management of new security boundaries within + operating system software. + + VSM achieves and maintains isolation through Virtual Trust Levels + (VTLs). Virtual Trust Levels are hierarchical, with higher levels + being more privileged than lower levels. VTL0 is the least privileged + level, and currently only other level supported is VTL2. + + Select this option to build a Linux kernel to run at a VTL other than + the normal VTL0, which currently is only VTL2. This option + initializes the x86 platform for VTL2, and adds the ability to boot + secondary CPUs directly into 64-bit context as required for VTLs other + than 0. A kernel built with this option must run at VTL2, and will + not run as a normal guest. + + If unsure, say N + config HYPERV_TIMER def_bool HYPERV && X86 |