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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/mpic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/mpic.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ce98e3264fa8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/mpic.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +MPIC interrupt controller +========================= + +Device types supported: + KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_20 Freescale MPIC v2.0 + KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_42 Freescale MPIC v4.2 + +Only one MPIC instance, of any type, may be instantiated. The created +MPIC will act as the system interrupt controller, connecting to each +vcpu's interrupt inputs. + +Groups: + KVM_DEV_MPIC_GRP_MISC + Attributes: + KVM_DEV_MPIC_BASE_ADDR (rw, 64-bit) + Base address of the 256 KiB MPIC register space. Must be + naturally aligned. A value of zero disables the mapping. + Reset value is zero. + + KVM_DEV_MPIC_GRP_REGISTER (rw, 32-bit) + Access an MPIC register, as if the access were made from the guest. + "attr" is the byte offset into the MPIC register space. Accesses + must be 4-byte aligned. + + MSIs may be signaled by using this attribute group to write + to the relevant MSIIR. + + KVM_DEV_MPIC_GRP_IRQ_ACTIVE (rw, 32-bit) + IRQ input line for each standard openpic source. 0 is inactive and 1 + is active, regardless of interrupt sense. + + For edge-triggered interrupts: Writing 1 is considered an activating + edge, and writing 0 is ignored. Reading returns 1 if a previously + signaled edge has not been acknowledged, and 0 otherwise. + + "attr" is the IRQ number. IRQ numbers for standard sources are the + byte offset of the relevant IVPR from EIVPR0, divided by 32. |