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authorMichael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2016-10-26 21:20:25 -0500
committerDavid Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>2016-10-28 11:17:35 +1100
commit9f992cca93de808bccbd02e14ce9200e8f25b8eb (patch)
tree7a7aa0d82a8f21db2515048b507cb6d433ef097f /docs
parent6db246f93a7e308ff1d5aecf89d5772e83cafe61 (diff)
spapr: update spapr hotplug documentation
This updates the existing documentation to reflect recent updates to the hotplug event structure, which are in draft form but slated for inclusion in PAPR/LoPAPR. Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
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-rw-r--r--docs/specs/ppc-spapr-hotplug.txt55
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-hotplug.txt b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-hotplug.txt
index 631b0cadae..f57e2a09c6 100644
--- a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-hotplug.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-hotplug.txt
@@ -233,12 +233,27 @@ tools by host-level management such as an HMC. This level of management is not
applicable to PowerKVM, hence the reason for extending the notification
framework to support hotplug events.
-Note that these events are not yet formally part of the PAPR+ specification,
-but support for this format has already been implemented in DR-related
-guest tools such as powerpc-utils/librtas, as well as kernel patches that have
-been submitted to handle in-kernel processing of memory/cpu-related hotplug
-events[1], and is planned for formal inclusion is PAPR+ specification. The
-hotplug-specific payload is QEMU implemented as follows (with all values
+The format for these EPOW-signalled events is described below under
+"hotplug/unplug event structure". Note that these events are not
+formally part of the PAPR+ specification, and have been superseded by a
+newer format, also described below under "hotplug/unplug event structure",
+and so are now deemed a "legacy" format. The formats are similar, but the
+"modern" format contains additional fields/flags, which are denoted for the
+purposes of this documentation with "#ifdef GUEST_SUPPORTS_MODERN" guards.
+
+QEMU should assume support only for "legacy" fields/flags unless the guest
+advertises support for the "modern" format via ibm,client-architecture-support
+hcall by setting byte 5, bit 6 of it's ibm,architecture-vec-5 option vector
+structure (as described by LoPAPR v11, B.6.2.3). As with "legacy" format events,
+"modern" format events are surfaced to the guest via check-exception RTAS calls,
+but use a dedicated event source to signal the guest. This event source is
+advertised to the guest by the addition of a "hot-plug-events" node under
+"/event-sources" node of the guest's device tree using the standard format
+described in LoPAPR v11, B.6.12.1.
+
+== hotplug/unplug event structure ==
+
+The hotplug-specific payload in QEMU is implemented as follows (with all values
encoded in big-endian format):
struct rtas_event_log_v6_hp {
@@ -263,14 +278,23 @@ struct rtas_event_log_v6_hp {
#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ACTION_ADD 1
#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ACTION_REMOVE 2
uint8_t hotplug_action; /* action (add/remove) */
-#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_NAME 1
-#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_INDEX 2
-#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_COUNT 3
+#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_NAME 1
+#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_INDEX 2
+#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_COUNT 3
+#ifdef GUEST_SUPPORTS_MODERN
+#define RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_ID_DRC_COUNT_INDEXED 4
+#endif
uint8_t hotplug_identifier; /* type of the resource identifier,
* which serves as the discriminator
* for the 'drc' union field below
*/
+#ifdef GUEST_SUPPORTS_MODERN
+ uint8_t capabilities; /* capability flags, currently unused
+ * by QEMU
+ */
+#else
uint8_t reserved;
+#endif
union {
uint32_t index; /* DRC index of resource to take action
* on
@@ -278,6 +302,19 @@ struct rtas_event_log_v6_hp {
uint32_t count; /* number of DR resources to take
* action on (guest chooses which)
*/
+#ifdef GUEST_SUPPORTS_MODERN
+ struct {
+ uint32_t count; /* number of DR resources to take
+ * action on
+ */
+ uint32_t index; /* DRC index of first resource to take
+ * action on. guest will take action
+ * on DRC index <index> through
+ * DRC index <index + count - 1> in
+ * sequential order
+ */
+ } count_indexed;
+#endif
char name[1]; /* string representing the name of the
* DRC to take action on
*/