From 8e4bff4cab0ddac6060645b0715210484d02ff40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:25:59 +0000 Subject: Initial file dump from open source release --- Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ef51740c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +VFIO virtual device +=================== + +Device types supported: + KVM_DEV_TYPE_VFIO + +Only one VFIO instance may be created per VM. The created device +tracks VFIO groups in use by the VM and features of those groups +important to the correctness and acceleration of the VM. As groups +are enabled and disabled for use by the VM, KVM should be updated +about their presence. When registered with KVM, a reference to the +VFIO-group is held by KVM. + +Groups: + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP + +KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes: + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL: Remove a VFIO group from VFIO-KVM device tracking + +For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor +for the VFIO group. -- cgit v1.3.1