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| author | Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> | 2010-03-25 11:27:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> | 2010-05-17 11:16:47 +0200 |
| commit | 8a5416db832895b84b85ad0bcbb11d1cce0d3d37 (patch) | |
| tree | 84d7f8e03d5d76cffe69caa5c08d32f242f51417 /Documentation/kvm/api.txt | |
| parent | KVM: Document KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION (diff) | |
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KVM: Document KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index 9d6e64753d29..2cc0120ccdb5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -795,6 +795,24 @@ It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl. The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory allocation and is deprecated. +4.35 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR + +Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_TSS_ADDR +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: unsigned long tss_address (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +This ioctl defines the physical address of a three-page region in the guest +physical address space. The region must be within the first 4GB of the +guest physical address space and must not conflict with any memory slot +or any mmio address. The guest may malfunction if it accesses this memory +region. + +This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware +because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals +documentation when it pops into existence). + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |