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authorAlexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>2010-08-30 22:25:39 -0400
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-10-24 04:52:22 -0400
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KVM: PPC: Add documentation for magic page enhancements
This documents how to detect additional features inside the magic page when a guest maps it. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
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102Additions to the page must only occur at the end. Struct fields are always 32 102Additions to the page must only occur at the end. Struct fields are always 32
103or 64 bit aligned, depending on them being 32 or 64 bit wide respectively. 103or 64 bit aligned, depending on them being 32 or 64 bit wide respectively.
104 104
105Magic page features
106===================
107
108When mapping the magic page using the KVM hypercall KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE,
109a second return value is passed to the guest. This second return value contains
110a bitmap of available features inside the magic page.
111
112The following enhancements to the magic page are currently available:
113
114 KVM_MAGIC_FEAT_SR Maps SR registers r/w in the magic page
115
116For enhanced features in the magic page, please check for the existence of the
117feature before using them!
118
105MSR bits 119MSR bits
106======== 120========
107 121