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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-12-30 22:04:14 +0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-12-30 22:04:14 +0400 |
| commit | 7f8e3234c5f7fbdb06be050c8a1907e9c36d7c61 (patch) | |
| tree | d6e9edb2087fa4a97b2cc3d585a0189672a14cf4 /Documentation | |
| parent | 8ade06c616b34b4237c0ed77d1ff0ce04ad7d056 (diff) | |
| parent | 89307babf966165171547f105e2253dec261cfa5 (diff) | |
| download | linux-7f8e3234c5f7fbdb06be050c8a1907e9c36d7c61.tar.xz | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 7945b0bd35e2..e2a4b5287361 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1100,6 +1100,15 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows: eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for this function/index combination +The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned +as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC +support. Instead it is reported via + + ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) + +if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the +feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. + 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO @@ -1151,6 +1160,13 @@ following flags are specified: /* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */ #define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) +The KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU flag is a mandatory option to ensure +isolation of the device. Usages not specifying this flag are deprecated. + +Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by +device assignment. The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write +access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device. + 4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT |