KVM_GUEST adds a 1 MB array to the kernel (kvm_tmp) which grew my kernel enough to cause it to fail to boot.
Dynamically allocating or reducing the size of this array is a good idea, but in the meantime I think it makes sense to make KVM_GUEST default to n in order to minimise surprises. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <an...@samba.org> --- Index: linux-powerpc/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux-powerpc.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig 2011-08-01 17:33:46.120121554 +1000 +++ linux-powerpc/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig 2011-08-01 17:35:06.921772044 +1000 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/platforms/wsp/Kconf config KVM_GUEST bool "KVM Guest support" - default y + default n ---help--- This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM hypervisor. Overhead for the kernel when not running inside KVM should _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev