linux/net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig
Dexuan Cui ae0078fcf0 hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)
Hyper-V Sockets (hv_sock) supplies a byte-stream based communication
mechanism between the host and the guest. It uses VMBus ringbuffer as the
transportation layer.

With hv_sock, applications between the host (Windows 10, Windows Server
2016 or newer) and the guest can talk with each other using the traditional
socket APIs.

More info about Hyper-V Sockets is available here:

"Make your own integration services":
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/make-integration-service

The patch implements the necessary support in Linux guest by introducing a new
vsock transport for AF_VSOCK.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Cc: Andy King <acking@vmware.com>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
Cc: George Zhang <georgezhang@vmware.com>
Cc: Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
Cc: Reilly Grant <grantr@vmware.com>
Cc: Asias He <asias@redhat.com>
Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: Cathy Avery <cavery@redhat.com>
Cc: Rolf Neugebauer <rolf.neugebauer@docker.com>
Cc: Marcelo Cerri <marcelo.cerri@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-08-28 15:38:18 -07:00

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# Vsock protocol
#
config VSOCKETS
tristate "Virtual Socket protocol"
help
Virtual Socket Protocol is a socket protocol similar to TCP/IP
allowing communication between Virtual Machines and hypervisor
or host.
You should also select one or more hypervisor-specific transports
below.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called vsock. If unsure, say N.
config VMWARE_VMCI_VSOCKETS
tristate "VMware VMCI transport for Virtual Sockets"
depends on VSOCKETS && VMWARE_VMCI
help
This module implements a VMCI transport for Virtual Sockets.
Enable this transport if your Virtual Machine runs on a VMware
hypervisor.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called vmw_vsock_vmci_transport. If unsure, say N.
config VIRTIO_VSOCKETS
tristate "virtio transport for Virtual Sockets"
depends on VSOCKETS && VIRTIO
select VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON
help
This module implements a virtio transport for Virtual Sockets.
Enable this transport if your Virtual Machine host supports Virtual
Sockets over virtio.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called vmw_vsock_virtio_transport. If unsure, say N.
config VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON
tristate
help
This option is selected by any driver which needs to access
the virtio_vsock. The module will be called
vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.
config HYPERV_VSOCKETS
tristate "Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets"
depends on VSOCKETS && HYPERV
help
This module implements a Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets.
Enable this transport if your Virtual Machine host supports Virtual
Sockets over Hyper-V VMBus.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called hv_sock. If unsure, say N.