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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index a4df5535996..4237c27ea61 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ kvm_run' (see below). 4.11 KVM_GET_REGS Capability: basic -Architectures: all +Architectures: all except ARM Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_regs (out) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ struct kvm_regs { 4.12 KVM_SET_REGS Capability: basic -Architectures: all +Architectures: all except ARM Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_regs (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu { 4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP -Architectures: x86, ia64 +Architectures: x86, ia64, ARM Type: vm ioctl Parameters: none Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel. On x86, creates a virtual ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up future vcpus to have a local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 -only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created. +only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created. On ARM, a GIC is +created. 4.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE @@ -1775,6 +1776,14 @@ registers, find a list below: PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_DTL | 128 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPCR | 32 +ARM registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that +is the register group type, or coprocessor number: + +ARM core registers have the following id bit patterns: + 0x4002 0000 0010 <index into the kvm_regs struct:16> + + + 4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG @@ -2127,6 +2136,46 @@ written, then `n_invalid' invalid entries, invalidating any previously valid entries found. +4.77 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT + +Capability: basic +Architectures: arm +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct struct kvm_vcpu_init (in) +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error +Errors: + EINVAL: the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. + ENOENT: a features bit specified is unknown. + +This tells KVM what type of CPU to present to the guest, and what +optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu +registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will +return ENOEXEC for that vcpu. + +Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus +should be created before this ioctl is invoked. + + +4.78 KVM_GET_REG_LIST + +Capability: basic +Architectures: arm +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_reg_list (in/out) +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error +Errors: + E2BIG: the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by + the user (the number required will be written into n). + +struct kvm_reg_list { + __u64 n; /* number of registers in reg[] */ + __u64 reg[0]; +}; + +This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the +KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls. + + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ |