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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aecdc80ddcd8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +PTP_KVM support for arm/arm64 +============================= + +PTP_KVM is used for high precision time sync between host and guests. +It relies on transferring the wall clock and counter value from the +host to the guest using a KVM-specific hypercall. + +* ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID: 0x86000001 + +This hypercall uses the SMC32/HVC32 calling convention: + +ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID + ============== ======== ===================================== + Function ID: (uint32) 0x86000001 + Arguments: (uint32) KVM_PTP_VIRT_COUNTER(0) + KVM_PTP_PHYS_COUNTER(1) + Return Values: (int32) NOT_SUPPORTED(-1) on error, or + (uint32) Upper 32 bits of wall clock time (r0) + (uint32) Lower 32 bits of wall clock time (r1) + (uint32) Upper 32 bits of counter (r2) + (uint32) Lower 32 bits of counter (r3) + Endianness: No Restrictions. + ============== ======== ===================================== |