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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 9bef4e4cec50..42542eb802ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ Parameters: vcpu id (apic id on x86) Returns: vcpu fd on success, -1 on error This API adds a vcpu to a virtual machine. The vcpu id is a small integer -in the range [0, max_vcpus). +in the range [0, max_vcpus). You can use KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS of the +KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() to determine the value for max_vcpus at run-time. +If the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpus is 4 +cpus max. 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) @@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ See KVM_GET_REGS for the data structure. 4.13 KVM_GET_SREGS Capability: basic -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: x86, ppc Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_sregs (out) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -279,6 +282,8 @@ struct kvm_sregs { __u64 interrupt_bitmap[(KVM_NR_INTERRUPTS + 63) / 64]; }; +/* ppc -- see arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm.h */ + interrupt_bitmap is a bitmap of pending external interrupts. At most one bit may be set. This interrupt has been acknowledged by the APIC but not yet injected into the cpu core. @@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ but not yet injected into the cpu core. 4.14 KVM_SET_SREGS Capability: basic -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: x86, ppc Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_sregs (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1263,6 +1268,29 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry { __u16 padding[3]; }; +4.54 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ + +Capability: KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: virtual tsc_khz +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Specifies the tsc frequency for the virtual machine. The unit of the +frequency is KHz. + +4.55 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ + +Capability: KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: none +Returns: virtual tsc-khz on success, negative value on error + +Returns the tsc frequency of the guest. The unit of the return value is +KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an +error. + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |