[Qemu-devel] [PATCH V7 6/6] pvpanic : update pvpanic document

[Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>]

Add mmio support info in docs/specs/pvpanic.txt.

Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
---
 docs/specs/pvpanic.txt | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
index c7bbacc..4e1f69d 100644
--- a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PVPANIC DEVICE
 ==============
 
-pvpanic device is a simulated ISA device, through which a guest panic
+pvpanic device is a simulated device, through which a guest panic
 event is sent to qemu, and a QMP event is generated. This allows
 management apps (e.g. libvirt) to be notified and respond to the event.
 
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ The management app has the option of waiting for GUEST_PANICKED events,
 and/or polling for guest-panicked RunState, to learn when the pvpanic
 device has fired a panic event.
 
+Some architectures do not support ioport, just like arm. So add mmio
+support.
+
+When pvpanic device is implemented as a ISA device, it supports IOPORT
+mode. If pvpanic device supports MMIO mode, it will be implemented as
+a SYSBUS device.
+
 ISA Interface
 -------------
 
@@ -19,6 +26,13 @@ Software should set only bits both itself and the device recognize.
 Currently, only bit 0 is recognized, setting it indicates a guest panic
 has happened.
 
+SYSBUS Interface
+--------------
+
+The SYSBUS interface is similar to the ISA interface except that it uses
+MMIO. Pvpanic exposes a address space region 0x09070000--0x09070001 in 
+arm virt machine. Currently only the first byte is used.
+
 ACPI Interface
 --------------
 
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