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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 7610eaa4d49..7a943c23db1 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ description: Capability: which KVM extension provides this ioctl. Can be 'basic', which means that is will be provided by any kernel that supports - API version 12 (see section 4.1), or a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which + API version 12 (see section 4.1), a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which means availability needs to be checked with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION - (see section 4.4). + (see section 4.4), or 'none' which means that while not all kernels + support this ioctl, there's no capability bit to check its + availability: for kernels that don't support the ioctl, + the ioctl returns -ENOTTY. Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl. x86 includes both i386 and x86_64. @@ -1257,7 +1260,7 @@ The flags bitmap is defined as: 4.48 KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE -Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT +Capability: none Architectures: x86 ia64 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) @@ -1298,10 +1301,16 @@ Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by device assignment. The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device. +Errors: + ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl + + Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or + have their standard meanings. + 4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE -Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT +Capability: none Architectures: x86 ia64 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) @@ -1309,9 +1318,14 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Ends PCI device assignment, releasing all associated resources. -See KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is +See KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is used in kvm_assigned_pci_dev to identify the device. +Errors: + ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl + + Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or + have their standard meanings. 4.50 KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ @@ -1346,6 +1360,12 @@ The following flags are defined: It is not valid to specify multiple types per host or guest IRQ. However, the IRQ type of host and guest can differ or can even be null. +Errors: + ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl + + Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or + have their standard meanings. + 4.51 KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ @@ -1423,7 +1443,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter { 4.53 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR -Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX +Capability: none Architectures: x86 ia64 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in) @@ -1445,7 +1465,7 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr { 4.54 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY -Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX +Capability: none Architectures: x86 ia64 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry (in) @@ -1461,6 +1481,12 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry { __u16 padding[3]; }; +Errors: + ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl + + Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or + have their standard meanings. + 4.55 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ |