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-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt37
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt17
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
index 433afe9cb590..b4a58f39223c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ to #0.
Main node required properties:
- - compatible : Must be "arm,psci"
+ - compatible : should contain at least one of:
+
+ * "arm,psci" : for implementations complying to PSCI versions prior to
+ 0.2. For these cases function IDs must be provided.
+
+ * "arm,psci-0.2" : for implementations complying to PSCI 0.2. Function
+ IDs are not required and should be ignored by an OS with PSCI 0.2
+ support, but are permitted to be present for compatibility with
+ existing software when "arm,psci" is later in the compatible list.
- method : The method of calling the PSCI firmware. Permitted
values are:
@@ -45,6 +53,8 @@ Main node optional properties:
Example:
+Case 1: PSCI v0.1 only.
+
psci {
compatible = "arm,psci";
method = "smc";
@@ -53,3 +63,28 @@ Example:
cpu_on = <0x95c10002>;
migrate = <0x95c10003>;
};
+
+
+Case 2: PSCI v0.2 only
+
+ psci {
+ compatible = "arm,psci-0.2";
+ method = "smc";
+ };
+
+Case 3: PSCI v0.2 and PSCI v0.1.
+
+ A DTB may provide IDs for use by kernels without PSCI 0.2 support,
+ enabling firmware and hypervisors to support existing and new kernels.
+ These IDs will be ignored by kernels with PSCI 0.2 support, which will
+ use the standard PSCI 0.2 IDs exclusively.
+
+ psci {
+ compatible = "arm,psci-0.2", "arm,psci";
+ method = "hvc";
+
+ cpu_on = < arbitrary value >;
+ cpu_off = < arbitrary value >;
+
+ ...
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 0581f6c40f2b..cac0ba127576 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2378,6 +2378,8 @@ Possible features:
Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI.
- KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT: Starts the CPU in a 32bit mode.
Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT (arm64 only).
+ - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 for the CPU.
+ Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2.
4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET
@@ -2740,6 +2742,21 @@ It gets triggered whenever both KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR are enabled and an
external interrupt has just been delivered into the guest. User space
should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field.
+ /* KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT */
+ struct {
+#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1
+#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2
+ __u32 type;
+ __u64 flags;
+ } system_event;
+
+If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT then the vcpu has triggered
+a system-level event using some architecture specific mechanism (hypercall
+or some special instruction). In case of ARM/ARM64, this is triggered using
+HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. The 'type' field describes
+the system-level event type. The 'flags' field describes architecture
+specific flags for the system-level event.
+
/* Fix the size of the union. */
char padding[256];
};
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