From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, X86 <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/ppc: Add ppc hypercall documentation
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:10:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120807074026.20169.93816.sendpatchset@codeblue.in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120807073946.20169.72958.sendpatchset@codeblue.in.ibm.com>
From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
index 4911cf9..4cd076f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
@@ -174,3 +174,25 @@ following:
That way we can inject an arbitrary amount of code as replacement for a single
instruction. This allows us to check for pending interrupts when setting EE=1
for example.
+
+Hypercall ABIs in KVM on PowerPC
+=================================
+1) KVM hypercalls (ePAPR)
+
+These are ePAPR compliant hypercall implementation (mentioned above). Even
+generic hypercalls are implemented here, like the ePAPR idle hcall. These are
+available on all targets.
+
+2) PAPR hypercalls
+
+PAPR hypercalls are needed to run server PowerPC PAPR guests (-M pseries in QEMU).
+These are the same hypercalls that pHyp, the POWER hypervisor implements. Some of
+them are handled in the kernel, some are handled in user space. This is only
+available on book3s_64.
+
+3) OSI hypercalls
+
+Mac-on-Linux is another user of KVM on PowerPC, which has its own hypercall (long
+before KVM). This is supported to maintain compatibility. All these hypercalls get
+forwarded to user space. This is only useful on book3s_32, but can be used with
+book3s_64 as well.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-07 7:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-07 7:39 [PATCH 0/3] Documentation : hypercalls Raghavendra K T
2012-08-07 7:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on hypercalls Raghavendra K T
2012-08-07 7:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/header : Correct vmrun to vmcall typo Raghavendra K T
2012-08-07 7:40 ` Raghavendra K T [this message]
2012-08-07 7:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation/ppc: Add ppc hypercall documentation Raghavendra K T
2012-08-07 7:52 ` [PATCH 0/3] Documentation : hypercalls Raghavendra K T
2012-08-09 18:31 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-08-11 9:59 ` Raghavendra K T
2012-08-13 20:40 ` Marcelo Tosatti
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