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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-01-07 12:44:37 +0000
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-01-07 20:40:51 +0000
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parent928a11ba36f999436915ea2b1eadf54301f93059 (diff)
Merge branch 'samsung/dt' into next/dt
* samsung/dt: (3 commit) Merge branch 'depends/rmk/for-linus' into samsung/dt Merge branch 'depends/rmk/restart' into next/cleanup Merge branch 'next/cleanup' into samsung/dt Conflicts: arch/arm/mach-tegra/board-dt.c arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/entry-macro.S The latest version of the samsung/dt branch resolves all sorts of conflicts with the latest upstream, no functional changes that are not already there. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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@@ -1100,6 +1100,15 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
this function/index combination
+The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned
+as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC
+support. Instead it is reported via
+
+ ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER)
+
+if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the
+feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2.
+
4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO
Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO
@@ -1151,6 +1160,13 @@ following flags are specified:
/* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */
#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0)
+The KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU flag is a mandatory option to ensure
+isolation of the device. Usages not specifying this flag are deprecated.
+
+Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by
+device assignment. The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write
+access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device.
+
4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE
Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT