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| From | Peter Crosthwaite <crosthwaitepeter@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig |
| Date | 2015-11-30 00:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qAj6N-3DZ-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qAiu5-3rA-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <qAiNr-3xK-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > On Sunday 29 November 2015 14:18:24 Peter Crosthwaite wrote: >> >> I started a small project to test as many QEMU emulated ARM boards >> using the multi_v7 defconfig: >> >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-10/msg00755.html >> >> One thing that came up was we cannot use the virt board as it relies >> on virtio hotplug and drivers to get block and network support. The >> defconfig is missing the drivers. Should we add the VIRTIO drivers to >> the defconfig to bring this into play? > > Yes, please send a patch, this is definitely useful. We normally ask > everyone to use loadable modules for newly enabled device drivers > in multi_v7_defconfig, but we might actually use built-in drivers > here if that would otherwise be the only module needed for booting. > So minimally I am looking for: CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y" CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y" CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y" As that gets you booted with network without needing initrd. I guess the rest of VIRTIO makes more sense as modules as follow up work? Regards, Peter > Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig Peter Crosthwaite <crosthwaitepeter@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 23:20 +0100
Re: Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-29 23:40 +0100
Re: Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig Peter Crosthwaite <crosthwaitepeter@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 00:00 +0100
Re: Adding VIRTIO to the multi_v7_defconfig Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-30 00:20 +0100
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