diff options
author | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2012-10-09 18:03:21 +0400 |
---|---|---|
committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2012-10-09 18:04:25 +0400 |
commit | ffe315012510165ce82e4dd4767f0a5dba9edbf7 (patch) | |
tree | f601cd980af9d0ced5ca9aedecef4fa0d2ca0e15 /Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt | |
parent | e2d3a35ee427aaba99b6c68a56609ce276c51270 (diff) | |
parent | 4a8e43feeac7996b8de2d5b2823e316917493df4 (diff) | |
download | linux-ffe315012510165ce82e4dd4767f0a5dba9edbf7.tar.xz |
Merge tag 'disintegrate-mtd-20121009' of git://git.infradead.org/users/dhowells/linux-headers
UAPI Disintegration 2012-10-09
Conflicts:
MAINTAINERS
arch/arm/configs/bcmring_defconfig
arch/arm/mach-imx/clk-imx51-imx53.c
drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
drivers/mtd/nand/bcm_umi_nand.c
drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bcm_umi.h
drivers/mtd/nand/orion_nand.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt index 4911cf95c67e..4cd076febb02 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt @@ -174,3 +174,25 @@ following: That way we can inject an arbitrary amount of code as replacement for a single instruction. This allows us to check for pending interrupts when setting EE=1 for example. + +Hypercall ABIs in KVM on PowerPC +================================= +1) KVM hypercalls (ePAPR) + +These are ePAPR compliant hypercall implementation (mentioned above). Even +generic hypercalls are implemented here, like the ePAPR idle hcall. These are +available on all targets. + +2) PAPR hypercalls + +PAPR hypercalls are needed to run server PowerPC PAPR guests (-M pseries in QEMU). +These are the same hypercalls that pHyp, the POWER hypervisor implements. Some of +them are handled in the kernel, some are handled in user space. This is only +available on book3s_64. + +3) OSI hypercalls + +Mac-on-Linux is another user of KVM on PowerPC, which has its own hypercall (long +before KVM). This is supported to maintain compatibility. All these hypercalls get +forwarded to user space. This is only useful on book3s_32, but can be used with +book3s_64 as well. |