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authorAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2009-08-23 17:08:04 +0300
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KVM: Document KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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@@ -517,6 +517,82 @@ struct kvm_fpu {
__u32 pad2;
};
+4.23 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
+Architectures: x86, ia64
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: none
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel. On x86, creates a virtual
+ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up future vcpus to have a
+local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23
+only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created.
+
+4.24 KVM_IRQ_LINE
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
+Architectures: x86, ia64
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_irq_level
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Sets the level of a GSI input to the interrupt controller model in the kernel.
+Requires that an interrupt controller model has been previously created with
+KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Note that edge-triggered interrupts require the level
+to be set to 1 and then back to 0.
+
+struct kvm_irq_level {
+ union {
+ __u32 irq; /* GSI */
+ __s32 status; /* not used for KVM_IRQ_LEVEL */
+ };
+ __u32 level; /* 0 or 1 */
+};
+
+4.25 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
+Architectures: x86, ia64
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in/out)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Reads the state of a kernel interrupt controller created with
+KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP into a buffer provided by the caller.
+
+struct kvm_irqchip {
+ __u32 chip_id; /* 0 = PIC1, 1 = PIC2, 2 = IOAPIC */
+ __u32 pad;
+ union {
+ char dummy[512]; /* reserving space */
+ struct kvm_pic_state pic;
+ struct kvm_ioapic_state ioapic;
+ } chip;
+};
+
+4.26 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
+Architectures: x86, ia64
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Sets the state of a kernel interrupt controller created with
+KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP from a buffer provided by the caller.
+
+struct kvm_irqchip {
+ __u32 chip_id; /* 0 = PIC1, 1 = PIC2, 2 = IOAPIC */
+ __u32 pad;
+ union {
+ char dummy[512]; /* reserving space */
+ struct kvm_pic_state pic;
+ struct kvm_ioapic_state ioapic;
+ } chip;
+};
+
5. The kvm_run structure
Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by