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CONFIG_IVSHMEM

Inter-VM shared memory device (ivshmem)

Type: bool

Help

This will enable support of qemu's ivshmem device, which is also
present in ACRN hypervizor, and lets VM sharing memory with each
other.

Direct dependencies

PCIE && VIRTUALIZATION

(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)

Defaults

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

Kconfig definition

At drivers/virtualization/Kconfig:15

Included via Kconfig:8 → Kconfig.zephyr:42 → drivers/Kconfig:108

Menu path: (Top) → Device Drivers → Virtualization guests drivers

config IVSHMEM
    bool "Inter-VM shared memory device (ivshmem)"
    depends on PCIE && VIRTUALIZATION
    help
      This will enable support of qemu's ivshmem device, which is also
      present in ACRN hypervizor, and lets VM sharing memory with each
      other.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)