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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 12/13] target-ppc: Add helper for KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEF


From: Alexey Kardashevskiy
Subject: Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 12/13] target-ppc: Add helper for KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEFINE_TOKEN
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:59:00 +1000
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On 05.06.2013 20:02, David Gibson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 10:21:04PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>> From: David Gibson <address@hidden>
>>
>> Recent PowerKVM allows the kernel to intercept some RTAS calls from the
>> guest directly.  This is used to implement the more efficient in-kernel
>> XICS for example.  qemu is still responsible for assigning the RTAS token
>> numbers however, and needs to tell the kernel which RTAS function name is
>> assigned to a given token value.  This patch adds a convenience wrapper for
>> the KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEFINE_TOKEN ioctl() which is used for this purpose.
> 
> Um.. have you actually compiled this on ppc.  AFAICT, the necessary
> ioctl constant isn't yet imported into the mainline qemu tree.

Agrh. Yes, it compiles but headers need an update I suppose. I use the
ones from v3.10-rc2. I'll post headers update request tomorrow.


-- 
With best regards

Alexey Kardashevskiy -- icq: 52150396



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