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* [PATCH for-4.8] docs: fixup PVHv2 documentation regarding AP startup
@ 2016-11-03 11:29 Roger Pau Monne
  2016-11-03 11:37 ` Jan Beulich
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Roger Pau Monne @ 2016-11-03 11:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xen-devel
  Cc: Stefano Stabellini, Wei Liu, George Dunlap, Andrew Cooper,
	Ian Jackson, Tim Deegan, Jan Beulich, boris.ostrovsky,
	Roger Pau Monne

On PVHv2 guests the local APIC can also be used to start APs if present.
Amend the documentation in order to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
---
Cc: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Cc: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
---
 docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
index 69d90fe..09051ee 100644
--- a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ as HVM guests, using the hypervisor cpuid leaves and msr ranges.
 
 ## AP startup ##
 
-AP startup is performed using hypercalls. The following VCPU operations
-are used in order to bring up secondary vCPUs:
+AP startup can be performed using hypercalls or the local APIC if present.
+The following VCPU hypercalls can be used in order to bring up secondary vCPUs:
 
  * `VCPUOP_initialise` is used to set the initial state of the vCPU. The
    argument passed to the hypercall must be of the type vcpu_hvm_context.
-- 
2.7.4 (Apple Git-66)


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