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@@ -1792,6 +1792,23 @@ registers, find a list below:
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TSR | 32
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_OR_TSR | 32
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CLEAR_TSR | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS0 | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS1 | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS2 | 64
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS7_3 | 64
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS4 | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS6 | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMUCFG | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB0CFG | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB1CFG | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB2CFG | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB3CFG | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB0PS | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB1PS | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB2PS | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB3PS | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPTCFG | 32
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ICP_STATE | 64
ARM registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that
is the register group type, or coprocessor number:
@@ -2173,6 +2190,76 @@ header; first `n_valid' valid entries with contents from the data
written, then `n_invalid' invalid entries, invalidating any previously
valid entries found.
+4.79 KVM_CREATE_DEVICE
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_create_device (in/out)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+Errors:
+ ENODEV: The device type is unknown or unsupported
+ EEXIST: Device already created, and this type of device may not
+ be instantiated multiple times
+
+ Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or
+ have their standard meanings.
+
+Creates an emulated device in the kernel. The file descriptor returned
+in fd can be used with KVM_SET/GET/HAS_DEVICE_ATTR.
+
+If the KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_TEST flag is set, only test whether the
+device type is supported (not necessarily whether it can be created
+in the current vm).
+
+Individual devices should not define flags. Attributes should be used
+for specifying any behavior that is not implied by the device type
+number.
+
+struct kvm_create_device {
+ __u32 type; /* in: KVM_DEV_TYPE_xxx */
+ __u32 fd; /* out: device handle */
+ __u32 flags; /* in: KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_xxx */
+};
+
+4.80 KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL
+Type: device ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+Errors:
+ ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
+ EPERM: The attribute cannot (currently) be accessed this way
+ (e.g. read-only attribute, or attribute that only makes
+ sense when the device is in a different state)
+
+ Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types.
+
+Gets/sets a specified piece of device configuration and/or state. The
+semantics are device-specific. See individual device documentation in
+the "devices" directory. As with ONE_REG, the size of the data
+transferred is defined by the particular attribute.
+
+struct kvm_device_attr {
+ __u32 flags; /* no flags currently defined */
+ __u32 group; /* device-defined */
+ __u64 attr; /* group-defined */
+ __u64 addr; /* userspace address of attr data */
+};
+
+4.81 KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL
+Type: device ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+Errors:
+ ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
+
+Tests whether a device supports a particular attribute. A successful
+return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily
+indicate that the attribute can be read or written in the device's
+current state. "addr" is ignored.
4.77 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT
@@ -2255,6 +2342,25 @@ and distributor interface, the ioctl must be called after calling
KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, but before calling KVM_RUN on any of the VCPUs. Calling
this ioctl twice for any of the base addresses will return -EEXIST.
+4.82 KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEFINE_TOKEN
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RTAS
+Architectures: ppc
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_rtas_token_args
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Defines a token value for a RTAS (Run Time Abstraction Services)
+service in order to allow it to be handled in the kernel. The
+argument struct gives the name of the service, which must be the name
+of a service that has a kernel-side implementation. If the token
+value is non-zero, it will be associated with that service, and
+subsequent RTAS calls by the guest specifying that token will be
+handled by the kernel. If the token value is 0, then any token
+associated with the service will be forgotten, and subsequent RTAS
+calls by the guest for that service will be passed to userspace to be
+handled.
+
5. The kvm_run structure
------------------------
@@ -2658,3 +2764,11 @@ to receive the topmost interrupt vector.
When disabled (args[0] == 0), behavior is as if this facility is unsupported.
When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_EPR can occur.
+
+6.6 KVM_CAP_IRQ_MPIC
+
+Architectures: ppc
+Parameters: args[0] is the MPIC device fd
+ args[1] is the MPIC CPU number for this vcpu
+
+This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel MPIC device.