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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt deleted file mode 100644 index aafdab887b04..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/arm/psci.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface) -specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset -and power-off to the guest. - -The PSCI specification is regularly updated to provide new features, -and KVM implements these updates if they make sense from a virtualization -point of view. - -This means that a guest booted on two different versions of KVM can -observe two different "firmware" revisions. This could cause issues if -a given guest is tied to a particular PSCI revision (unlikely), or if -a migration causes a different PSCI version to be exposed out of the -blue to an unsuspecting guest. - -In order to remedy this situation, KVM exposes a set of "firmware -pseudo-registers" that can be manipulated using the GET/SET_ONE_REG -interface. These registers can be saved/restored by userspace, and set -to a convenient value if required. - -The following register is defined: - -* KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION: - - - Only valid if the vcpu has the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2 feature set - (and thus has already been initialized) - - Returns the current PSCI version on GET_ONE_REG (defaulting to the - highest PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with v0.2) - - Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with - v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG - - Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu) |