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| author | Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com> | 2019-07-11 10:28:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> | 2019-07-15 14:22:57 +0200 |
| commit | 127e62174041496b383f82d696e1592ce6838604 (patch) | |
| tree | 81f23c0114c058e72daa733751d41f088644be6c /Documentation/s390 | |
| parent | f4c9939433bd396d0b08e803b2b880a9d02682b9 (diff) | |
| download | linux-0-day-127e62174041496b383f82d696e1592ce6838604.tar.gz linux-0-day-127e62174041496b383f82d696e1592ce6838604.tar.xz | |
vfio-ccw: Update documentation for csch/hsch
We now support CLEAR SUBCHANNEL and HALT SUBCHANNEL
via ccw_cmd_region.
Fixes: d5afd5d135c8 ("vfio-ccw: add handling for async channel instructions")
Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>
Message-Id: <7d977612c3f3152ffb950d77ae11b4b25c1e20c4.1562854091.git.alifm@linux.ibm.com>
[CH: properly mark region as literal block]
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/s390')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst | 31 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst index 1f6d0b56d53ee..be2af10e12b4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst +++ b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ccw.rst @@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ The process of how these work together. add it to an iommu_group and a vfio_group. Then we could pass through the mdev to a guest. + +VFIO-CCW Regions +---------------- + +The vfio-ccw driver exposes MMIO regions to accept requests from and return +results to userspace. + vfio-ccw I/O region ------------------- @@ -205,6 +212,25 @@ irb_area stores the I/O result. ret_code stores a return code for each access of the region. +This region is always available. + +vfio-ccw cmd region +------------------- + +The vfio-ccw cmd region is used to accept asynchronous instructions +from userspace. + +#define VFIO_CCW_ASYNC_CMD_HSCH (1 << 0) +#define VFIO_CCW_ASYNC_CMD_CSCH (1 << 1) +struct ccw_cmd_region { + __u32 command; + __u32 ret_code; +} __packed; + +This region is exposed via region type VFIO_REGION_SUBTYPE_CCW_ASYNC_CMD. + +Currently, CLEAR SUBCHANNEL and HALT SUBCHANNEL use this region. + vfio-ccw operation details -------------------------- @@ -306,9 +332,8 @@ Together with the corresponding work in QEMU, we can bring the passed through DASD/ECKD device online in a guest now and use it as a block device. -While the current code allows the guest to start channel programs via -START SUBCHANNEL, support for HALT SUBCHANNEL or CLEAR SUBCHANNEL is -not yet implemented. +The current code allows the guest to start channel programs via +START SUBCHANNEL, and to issue HALT SUBCHANNEL and CLEAR SUBCHANNEL. vfio-ccw supports classic (command mode) channel I/O only. Transport mode (HPF) is not supported. |