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Re: [PATCH 3/4] pvpanic : update pvpanic spec document


From: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] pvpanic : update pvpanic spec document
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:32:06 +0100
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On 1/15/21 7:34 PM, Mihai Carabas wrote:
> Add pvpanic PCI device support details in docs/specs/pvpanic.txt.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
> ---
>  docs/specs/pvpanic.txt | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
> index a90fbca..974aafd 100644
> --- a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
> +++ b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  PVPANIC DEVICE
>  ==============
>  
> -pvpanic device is a simulated ISA device, through which a guest panic
> +pvpanic device is a simulated device, through which a guest panic
>  event is sent to qemu, and a QMP event is generated. This allows
>  management apps (e.g. libvirt) to be notified and respond to the event.
>  
> @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ The management app has the option of waiting for 
> GUEST_PANICKED events,
>  and/or polling for guest-panicked RunState, to learn when the pvpanic
>  device has fired a panic event.
>  
> +The pvpanic device can be implemented as an ISA device (using IOPORT) or as a
> +PCI device.
> +
>  ISA Interface
>  -------------
>  
> @@ -24,6 +27,14 @@ bit 1: a guest panic has happened and will be handled by 
> the guest;
>         the host should record it or report it, but should not affect
>         the execution of the guest.
>  
> +PCI Interface
> +-------------
> +
> +The PCI interface is similar to the ISA interface except that it uses an MMIO
> +address space provided by its BAR0, 1 byte long. Any machine with a PCI 
> device

"device" -> "bus"?

> +can enable a pvpanic device by adding '-device pvpanic-pci' to the command
> +line.
> +
>  ACPI Interface
>  --------------
>  
> 




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