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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index e1d94bf4056..579d40b26a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ described as 'basic' will be available. Capability: basic Architectures: all Type: system ioctl -Parameters: none +Parameters: machine type identifier (KVM_VM_*) Returns: a VM fd that can be used to control the new virtual machine. The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory. An mmap() of a VM fd @@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ will access the virtual machine's physical address space; offset zero corresponds to guest physical address zero. Use of mmap() on a VM fd is discouraged if userspace memory allocation (KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY) is available. +You most certainly want to use 0 as machine type. + +In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check +KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as +privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN). 4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST |