This option gives you the ability to force a static link of UML. Normally, UML is linked as a shared binary. This is inconvenient for use in a chroot jail. So, if you intend to run UML inside a chroot, you probably want to say Y here. Additionally, this option enables using higher memory spaces (up to 2.75G) for UML. NOTE: This option is incompatible with some networking features which depend on features that require being dynamically loaded (like NSS).
While the User-Mode Linux port uses its own root file system for booting and normal file access, this module lets the UML user access files stored on the host. It does not require any network connection between the Host and UML. An example use of this might be: mount none /tmp/fromhost -t hostfs -o /tmp/umlshare where /tmp/fromhost is an empty directory inside UML and /tmp/umlshare is a directory on the host with files the UML user wishes to access. For more information, see <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/hostfs.html>. If you'd like to be able to work with files stored on the host, say Y or M here; otherwise say N.
The user mode linux management console is a low-level interface to the kernel, somewhat like the i386 SysRq interface. Since there is a full-blown operating system running under every user mode linux instance, there is much greater flexibility possible than with the SysRq mechanism. If you answer 'Y' to this option, to use this feature, you need the mconsole client (called uml_mconsole) which is present in CVS in 2.4.5-9um and later (path /tools/mconsole), and is also in the distribution RPM package in 2.4.6 and later. It is safe to say 'Y' here.
If you say Y here, you will have some control over the system even if the system crashes for example during kernel debugging (e.g., you will be able to flush the buffer cache to disk, reboot the system immediately or dump some status information). A key for each of the possible requests is provided. This is the feature normally accomplished by pressing a key while holding SysRq (Alt+PrintScreen). On UML, this is accomplished by sending a "sysrq" command with mconsole, followed by the letter for the requested command. The keys are documented in <file:Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst>. Don't say Y unless you really know what this hack does.
This option determines the size of UML kernel stacks. They will be 1 << order pages. The default is OK unless you're running Valgrind on UML, in which case, set this to 3. It is possible to reduce the stack to 1 for 64BIT and 0 for 32BIT on older (pre-2017) CPUs. It is not recommended on newer CPUs due to the increase in the size of the state which needs to be saved when handling signals.
This driver allows a host file to be used as emulated IO memory inside UML.
Enable this option to support time travel inside the UML instance. After enabling this option, two modes are accessible at runtime (selected by the kernel command line), see the kernel's command- line help for more details. It is safe to say Y, but you probably don't need this.