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authorAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-09-12 10:39:11 -0400
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-10-24 04:52:48 -0400
commitc39cbd2a0012334714409eec1e9cf4d542e359e9 (patch)
treee94140969bb45a0f8e861aabcba69661eda94287 /Documentation
parent4c62a2dc92518c5adf434df8e5c2283c6762672a (diff)
KVM: Document that KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID may return emulated values
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kvm/api.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
index 24d634128746..b336266bea5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1042,8 +1042,9 @@ number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted to the number of valid
1042entries in the 'entries' array, which is then filled. 1042entries in the 'entries' array, which is then filled.
1043 1043
1044The entries returned are the host cpuid as returned by the cpuid instruction, 1044The entries returned are the host cpuid as returned by the cpuid instruction,
1045with unknown or unsupported features masked out. The fields in each entry 1045with unknown or unsupported features masked out. Some features (for example,
1046are defined as follows: 1046x2apic), may not be present in the host cpu, but are exposed by kvm if it can
1047emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
1047 1048
1048 function: the eax value used to obtain the entry 1049 function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
1049 index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are 1050 index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are