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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst index 5c081c8c7164..1c6847fff304 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrating and decommissioning. The KVM_SEV_INIT command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform context. In a typical workflow, this command should be the first command issued. +The firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile storage or +the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using the module parameter +``init_ex_path``. The file specified by ``init_ex_path`` must exist. To create +a new NV storage file allocate the file with 32KB bytes of 0xFF as required by +the SEV spec. + Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error 2. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START |