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@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
third (operating system) and the fourth (user level) are exposed the
guest.
+ 2. Event State Buffer (ESB)
+
+ Each source is associated with an Event State Buffer (ESB) with
+ either a pair of even/odd pair of pages which provides commands to
+ manage the source: to trigger, to EOI, to turn off the source for
+ instance.
+
* Groups:
1. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_CTRL