On 03.07.2013, at 00:13, Scott Wood wrote:
> On 07/02/2013 05:08:02 PM, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> KVM_EXIT_EPAPR_HCALL exit definition
>> /* KVM_EXIT_EPAPR_HCALL */
>> struct {
>> __u64 nr;
>> __u64 ret;
>> __u64 args[8];
>> } epapr_hcall;
>> This is used on Power/PowerPC platforms that support ePAPR hcalls.
Just call it "PowerPC". That should be good enough for every platform. No need to mention POWER separately.
>> It occurs when a guest does a hypercall (as defined
>> in the ePAPR 1.1) and the hcall is not handled by the kernel.
>> The 'nr' field contains the hypercall number (from the guest R11),
>> and 'args' contains the arguments (from the guest R3 - R10).
>> Userspace should put the return code in 'ret' and any extra returned
>> values in args[]. As per the ePAPR hcall ABI, the return value
>> should be returned to the guest in R3 and output return values
>> in R4 - R10.
>
> Should we specify that KVM fills in upper half of each value with zero if the target is not in 64-bit mode?
Yeah, better to be precise.
Alex
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