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Virtual System Controller
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Virtual System Controller
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-This device is a simple interface defined for the pure virtual machine with no
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-hardware reference implementation to allow the guest kernel to send command
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-to the host hypervisor.
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+The ``virt-ctrl`` device is a simple interface defined for the pure
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+virtual machine with no hardware reference implementation to allow the
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+guest kernel to send command to the host hypervisor.
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The specification can evolve, the current state is defined as below.
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The specification can evolve, the current state is defined as below.
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@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ This is a MMIO mapped device using 256 bytes.
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Two 32bit registers are defined:
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Two 32bit registers are defined:
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-1- the features register (read-only, address 0x00)
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+the features register (read-only, address 0x00)
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This register allows the device to report features supported by the
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This register allows the device to report features supported by the
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controller.
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controller.
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The only feature supported for the moment is power control (0x01).
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The only feature supported for the moment is power control (0x01).
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-2- the command register (write-only, address 0x04)
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+the command register (write-only, address 0x04)
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This register allows the kernel to send the commands to the hypervisor.
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This register allows the kernel to send the commands to the hypervisor.
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The implemented commands are part of the power control feature and
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The implemented commands are part of the power control feature and
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are reset (1), halt (2) and panic (3).
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are reset (1), halt (2) and panic (3).
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