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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt index 89182f80cc7f..76e61c883347 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt @@ -1,24 +1,19 @@ -ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller (VGIC) -=============================================== +ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v2 (VGIC) +================================================== Device types supported: KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0 - KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v3.0 - KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS ARM Interrupt Translation Service Controller -Only one VGIC instance of the V2/V3 types above may be instantiated through -either this API or the legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api. The created VGIC will -act as the VM interrupt controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to -inject interrupts to the VGIC instead of directly to CPUs. +Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the +legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP API. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt +controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the +VGIC instead of directly to CPUs. -Creating a guest GICv3 device requires a host GICv3 as well. -GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow a guest GICv2 -as well. +GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow creating a +guest GICv2 through this interface. For information on creating a guest GICv3 +device and guest ITS devices, see arm-vgic-v3.txt. It is not possible to +create both a GICv3 and GICv2 device on the same VM. -Creating a virtual ITS controller requires a host GICv3 (but does not depend -on having physical ITS controllers). -There can be multiple ITS controllers per guest, each of them has to have -a separate, non-overlapping MMIO region. Groups: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR @@ -32,26 +27,13 @@ Groups: Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu interface register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2. This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte. - - KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit) - Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 distributor - register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3. - This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 64 KByte. - - KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_REDIST (rw, 64-bit) - Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 - redistributor register mappings. There are two 64K pages for each - VCPU and all of the redistributor pages are contiguous. - Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3. - This address needs to be 64K aligned. - - KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_ITS (rw, 64-bit) - Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 ITS - control register frame. The ITS allows MSI(-X) interrupts to be - injected into guests. This extension is optional. If the kernel - does not support the ITS, the call returns -ENODEV. - Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS. - This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 128K. + Errors: + -E2BIG: Address outside of addressable IPA range + -EINVAL: Incorrectly aligned address + -EEXIST: Address already configured + -ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device + or hardware support is missing. + -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr. KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS Attributes: |
