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authorAlexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>2010-08-31 02:03:32 +0200
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-10-24 10:52:20 +0200
commit6f7a2bd41fa8d52cbf5f32fdf8ba659d4ce4ae59 (patch)
tree6615affe7c3561b08967cb9cf055e00dd1e3efd5 /Documentation/kvm
parentc5335f17651de5075313524ccc3881527268966f (diff)
KVM: PPC: Document KVM_INTERRUPT ioctl
This adds some documentation for the KVM_INTERRUPT special cases that PowerPC now implements. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kvm')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kvm/api.txt33
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
index 44d9893f9db1..24d634128746 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ struct kvm_translation {
4.15 KVM_INTERRUPT
Capability: basic
-Architectures: x86
+Architectures: x86, ppc
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_interrupt (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected. This is only
-useful if in-kernel local APIC is not used.
+useful if in-kernel local APIC or equivalent is not used.
/* for KVM_INTERRUPT */
struct kvm_interrupt {
@@ -334,8 +334,37 @@ struct kvm_interrupt {
__u32 irq;
};
+X86:
+
Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line.
+PPC:
+
+Queues an external interrupt to be injected. This ioctl is overleaded
+with 3 different irq values:
+
+a) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET
+
+ This injects an edge type external interrupt into the guest once it's ready
+ to receive interrupts. When injected, the interrupt is done.
+
+b) KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET
+
+ This unsets any pending interrupt.
+
+ Only available with KVM_CAP_PPC_UNSET_IRQ.
+
+c) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET_LEVEL
+
+ This injects a level type external interrupt into the guest context. The
+ interrupt stays pending until a specific ioctl with KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET
+ is triggered.
+
+ Only available with KVM_CAP_PPC_IRQ_LEVEL.
+
+Note that any value for 'irq' other than the ones stated above is invalid
+and incurs unexpected behavior.
+
4.16 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST
Capability: basic