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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt | 30 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 1c7958b57fe9..758bf403a169 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1960,6 +1960,9 @@ ARM 32-bit VFP control registers have the following id bit patterns: ARM 64-bit FP registers have the following id bit patterns: 0x4030 0000 0012 0 <regno:12> +ARM firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern: + 0x4030 0000 0014 <regno:16> + arm64 registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that is the register group type, or coprocessor number: @@ -1976,6 +1979,9 @@ arm64 CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value: arm64 system registers have the following id bit patterns: 0x6030 0000 0013 <op0:2> <op1:3> <crn:4> <crm:4> <op2:3> +arm64 firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern: + 0x6030 0000 0014 <regno:16> + MIPS registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that is the register group type: @@ -2510,7 +2516,8 @@ Possible features: and execute guest code when KVM_RUN is called. - KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT: Starts the CPU in a 32bit mode. Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT (arm64 only). - - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 for the CPU. + - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 (or a future revision + backward compatible with v0.2) for the CPU. Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2. - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3: Emulate PMUv3 for the CPU. Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aafdab887b04 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface) +specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset +and power-off to the guest. + +The PSCI specification is regularly updated to provide new features, +and KVM implements these updates if they make sense from a virtualization +point of view. + +This means that a guest booted on two different versions of KVM can +observe two different "firmware" revisions. This could cause issues if +a given guest is tied to a particular PSCI revision (unlikely), or if +a migration causes a different PSCI version to be exposed out of the +blue to an unsuspecting guest. + +In order to remedy this situation, KVM exposes a set of "firmware +pseudo-registers" that can be manipulated using the GET/SET_ONE_REG +interface. These registers can be saved/restored by userspace, and set +to a convenient value if required. + +The following register is defined: + +* KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION: + + - Only valid if the vcpu has the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2 feature set + (and thus has already been initialized) + - Returns the current PSCI version on GET_ONE_REG (defaulting to the + highest PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with v0.2) + - Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with + v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG + - Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu) |