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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index a1f2200e43d..66b58e49493 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2189,6 +2189,76 @@ header; first `n_valid' valid entries with contents from the data written, then `n_invalid' invalid entries, invalidating any previously valid entries found. +4.79 KVM_CREATE_DEVICE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_create_device (in/out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error +Errors: + ENODEV: The device type is unknown or unsupported + EEXIST: Device already created, and this type of device may not + be instantiated multiple times + + Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or + have their standard meanings. + +Creates an emulated device in the kernel. The file descriptor returned +in fd can be used with KVM_SET/GET/HAS_DEVICE_ATTR. + +If the KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_TEST flag is set, only test whether the +device type is supported (not necessarily whether it can be created +in the current vm). + +Individual devices should not define flags. Attributes should be used +for specifying any behavior that is not implied by the device type +number. + +struct kvm_create_device { + __u32 type; /* in: KVM_DEV_TYPE_xxx */ + __u32 fd; /* out: device handle */ + __u32 flags; /* in: KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_xxx */ +}; + +4.80 KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL +Type: device ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error +Errors: + ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device + EPERM: The attribute cannot (currently) be accessed this way + (e.g. read-only attribute, or attribute that only makes + sense when the device is in a different state) + + Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types. + +Gets/sets a specified piece of device configuration and/or state. The +semantics are device-specific. See individual device documentation in +the "devices" directory. As with ONE_REG, the size of the data +transferred is defined by the particular attribute. + +struct kvm_device_attr { + __u32 flags; /* no flags currently defined */ + __u32 group; /* device-defined */ + __u64 attr; /* group-defined */ + __u64 addr; /* userspace address of attr data */ +}; + +4.81 KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL +Type: device ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error +Errors: + ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device + +Tests whether a device supports a particular attribute. A successful +return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily +indicate that the attribute can be read or written in the device's +current state. "addr" is ignored. 4.77 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT |