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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 12 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX b/Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX deleted file mode 100644 index af0d23968ee7..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -Virtualization support in the Linux kernel. - -00-INDEX - - this file. - -paravirt_ops.txt - - Describes the Linux kernel pv_ops to support different hypervisors -kvm/ - - Kernel Virtual Machine. See also http://linux-kvm.org -uml/ - - User Mode Linux, builds/runs Linux kernel as a userspace program. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX deleted file mode 100644 index 3492458a4ae8..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -00-INDEX - - this file. -amd-memory-encryption.rst - - notes on AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature and SEV firmware - command description -api.txt - - KVM userspace API. -arm - - internal ABI between the kernel and HYP (for arm/arm64) -cpuid.txt - - KVM-specific cpuid leaves (x86). -devices/ - - KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL userspace API. -halt-polling.txt - - notes on halt-polling -hypercalls.txt - - KVM hypercalls. -locking.txt - - notes on KVM locks. -mmu.txt - - the x86 kvm shadow mmu. -msr.txt - - KVM-specific MSRs (x86). -nested-vmx.txt - - notes on nested virtualization for Intel x86 processors. -ppc-pv.txt - - the paravirtualization interface on PowerPC. -review-checklist.txt - - review checklist for KVM patches. -s390-diag.txt - - Diagnose hypercall description (for IBM S/390) -timekeeping.txt - - timekeeping virtualization for x86-based architectures. -vcpu-requests.rst - - internal VCPU request API diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index c664064f76fb..647f94128a85 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -4510,7 +4510,8 @@ Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits. Architectures: s390 Parameters: none Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if hpage module parameter was not set - or cmma is enabled + or cmma is enabled, or the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL + flag set With this capability the KVM support for memory backing with 1m pages through hugetlbfs can be enabled for a VM. After the capability is @@ -4521,6 +4522,15 @@ hpage module parameter is not set to 1, -EINVAL is returned. While it is generally possible to create a huge page backed VM without this capability, the VM will not be able to run. +7.14 KVM_CAP_MSR_PLATFORM_INFO + +Architectures: x86 +Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not + +With this capability, a guest may read the MSR_PLATFORM_INFO MSR. Otherwise, +a #GP would be raised when the guest tries to access. Currently, this +capability does not enable write permissions of this MSR for the guest. + 8. Other capabilities. ---------------------- |