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[PULL 20/46] pvpanic : update pvpanic spec document
From: |
Peter Maydell |
Subject: |
[PULL 20/46] pvpanic : update pvpanic spec document |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:59:46 +0000 |
From: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Add pvpanic PCI device support details in docs/specs/pvpanic.txt.
Signed-off-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
docs/specs/pvpanic.txt | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
index a90fbca72b7..8afcde11cc8 100644
--- a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
PVPANIC DEVICE
==============
-pvpanic device is a simulated ISA device, through which a guest panic
+pvpanic device is a simulated device, through which a guest panic
event is sent to qemu, and a QMP event is generated. This allows
management apps (e.g. libvirt) to be notified and respond to the event.
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ The management app has the option of waiting for GUEST_PANICKED
events,
and/or polling for guest-panicked RunState, to learn when the pvpanic
device has fired a panic event.
+The pvpanic device can be implemented as an ISA device (using IOPORT) or as a
+PCI device.
+
ISA Interface
-------------
@@ -24,6 +27,14 @@ bit 1: a guest panic has happened and will be handled by the
guest;
the host should record it or report it, but should not affect
the execution of the guest.
+PCI Interface
+-------------
+
+The PCI interface is similar to the ISA interface except that it uses an MMIO
+address space provided by its BAR0, 1 byte long. Any machine with a PCI bus
+can enable a pvpanic device by adding '-device pvpanic-pci' to the command
+line.
+
ACPI Interface
--------------
--
2.20.1
- [PULL 14/46] configure: cross compile should use x86_64 cpu_family, (continued)
- [PULL 14/46] configure: cross compile should use x86_64 cpu_family, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 16/46] darwin: remove 64-bit build detection on 32-bit OS, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 19/46] hw/misc/pvpanic: add PCI interface support, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 18/46] hw/misc/pvpanic: split-out generic and bus dependent code, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 15/46] darwin: detect CoreAudio for build, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 17/46] hvf: Add hypervisor entitlement to output binaries, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 21/46] tests/qtest: add a test case for pvpanic-pci, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 22/46] ptimer: Add new ptimer_set_period_from_clock() function, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 27/46] hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-timer: Rename CMSDKAPBTIMER struct to CMSDKAPBTimer, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 29/46] hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer: Add Clock input, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 20/46] pvpanic : update pvpanic spec document,
Peter Maydell <=
- [PULL 24/46] tests: Add a simple test of the CMSDK APB timer, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 23/46] clock: Add new clock_has_source() function, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 26/46] tests: Add a simple test of the CMSDK APB dual timer, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 25/46] tests: Add a simple test of the CMSDK APB watchdog, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 32/46] hw/arm/armsse: Wire up clocks, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 33/46] hw/arm/mps2: Inline CMSDK_APB_TIMER creation, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 34/46] hw/arm/mps2: Create and connect SYSCLK Clock, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 38/46] hw/arm/stellaris: Create Clock input for watchdog, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 36/46] hw/arm/musca: Create and connect ARMSSE Clocks, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29
- [PULL 30/46] hw/watchdog/cmsdk-apb-watchdog: Add Clock input, Peter Maydell, 2021/01/29