CONFIG_VHOST_NET: Host kernel accelerator for virtio net

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_VHOST_NET has multiple definitions:

Host kernel accelerator for virtio net found in drivers/vhost/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_VHOST_NET:

• prompt: Host kernel accelerator for virtio net
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_NET && CONFIG_EVENTFD && ( CONFIG_TUN || ! CONFIG_TUN ) && ( CONFIG_TAP || ! CONFIG_TAP )
• defined in drivers/vhost/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.9–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.13
• modules built: vhost_net

Help text

This kernel module can be loaded in host kernel to accelerate guest networking with virtio_net. Not to be confused with virtio_net module itself which needs to be loaded in guest kernel.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called vhost_net.

Host kernel accelerator for virtio net (EXPERIMENTAL) found in drivers/vhost/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_VHOST_NET:

• prompt: Host kernel accelerator for virtio net (EXPERIMENTAL)
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_NET && CONFIG_EVENTFD && ( CONFIG_TUN || ! CONFIG_TUN ) && ( CONFIG_MACVTAP || ! CONFIG_MACVTAP ) && CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
• defined in drivers/vhost/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.34–2.6.39, 3.0–3.8
• modules built: vhost_net

Help text

This kernel module can be loaded in host kernel to accelerate guest networking with virtio_net. Not to be confused with virtio_net module itself which needs to be loaded in guest kernel.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called vhost_net.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module vhost_net CONFIG_VHOST_NET : drivers/vhost/Kconfig : "Host kernel accelerator for virtio net" # in 2.6.34–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.13

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