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| author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2020-01-30 16:19:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2020-01-30 16:19:04 +0000 |
| commit | 928173659d6e5dc368284f73f90ea1d129e1f57d (patch) | |
| tree | a7c20f44a7f47478a8b475fb42609af5d2977f64 /docs/arm-cpu-features.rst | |
| parent | 204aa60b37c23a89e690d418f49787d274303ca7 (diff) | |
| parent | dea101a1ae9968c9fec6ab0291489dad7c49f36f (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/pmaydell/tags/pull-target-arm-20200130' into staging
target-arm queue: * hw/core/or-irq: Fix incorrect assert forbidding num-lines == MAX_OR_LINES * target/arm/arm-semi: Don't let the guest close stdin/stdout/stderr * aspeed: some minor bugfixes * aspeed: add eMMC controller model for AST2600 SoC * hw/arm/raspi: Remove obsolete use of -smp to set the soc 'enabled-cpus' * New 3-phase reset API for device models * hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm: Stop wrongly programming GICR_PENDBASER.PTZ bit * Arm KVM: stop/restart the guest counter when the VM is stopped and started # gpg: Signature made Thu 30 Jan 2020 16:14:45 GMT # gpg: using RSA key E1A5C593CD419DE28E8315CF3C2525ED14360CDE # gpg: issuer "peter.maydell@linaro.org" # gpg: Good signature from "Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>" [ultimate] # gpg: aka "Peter Maydell <pmaydell@gmail.com>" [ultimate] # gpg: aka "Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>" [ultimate] # Primary key fingerprint: E1A5 C593 CD41 9DE2 8E83 15CF 3C25 25ED 1436 0CDE * remotes/pmaydell/tags/pull-target-arm-20200130: (26 commits) target/arm/cpu: Add the kvm-no-adjvtime CPU property target/arm/kvm: Implement virtual time adjustment tests/arm-cpu-features: Check feature default values target/arm/kvm64: kvm64 cpus have timer registers hw/arm/virt: Add missing 5.0 options call to 4.2 options target/arm/kvm: trivial: Clean up header documentation hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm: Stop wrongly programming GICR_PENDBASER.PTZ bit hw/s390x/ipl: replace deprecated qdev_reset_all registration vl: replace deprecated qbus_reset_all registration docs/devel/reset.rst: add doc about Resettable interface hw/core: deprecate old reset functions and introduce new ones hw/core/qdev: update hotplug reset regarding resettable hw/core/qdev: handle parent bus change regarding resettable hw/core/resettable: add support for changing parent hw/core: add Resettable support to BusClass and DeviceClass hw/core: create Resettable QOM interface hw/core/qdev: add trace events to help with resettable transition add device_legacy_reset function to prepare for reset api change hw/arm/raspi: Remove obsolete use of -smp to set the soc 'enabled-cpus' misc/pca9552: Add qom set and get ... Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/docs/arm-cpu-features.rst b/docs/arm-cpu-features.rst index 9b537a75e6..dbf3b7cf42 100644 --- a/docs/arm-cpu-features.rst +++ b/docs/arm-cpu-features.rst @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ supporting the feature or only supporting the feature under certain configurations. For example, the `aarch64` CPU feature, which, when disabled, enables the optional AArch32 CPU feature, is only supported when using the KVM accelerator and when running on a host CPU type that -supports the feature. +supports the feature. While `aarch64` currently only works with KVM, +it could work with TCG. CPU features that are specific to KVM are +prefixed with "kvm-" and are described in "KVM VCPU Features". CPU Feature Probing =================== @@ -171,6 +173,39 @@ disabling many SVE vector lengths would be quite verbose, the `sve<N>` CPU properties have special semantics (see "SVE CPU Property Parsing Semantics"). +KVM VCPU Features +================= + +KVM VCPU features are CPU features that are specific to KVM, such as +paravirt features or features that enable CPU virtualization extensions. +The features' CPU properties are only available when KVM is enabled and +are named with the prefix "kvm-". KVM VCPU features may be probed, +enabled, and disabled in the same way as other CPU features. Below is +the list of KVM VCPU features and their descriptions. + + kvm-no-adjvtime By default kvm-no-adjvtime is disabled. This + means that by default the virtual time + adjustment is enabled (vtime is *not not* + adjusted). + + When virtual time adjustment is enabled each + time the VM transitions back to running state + the VCPU's virtual counter is updated to ensure + stopped time is not counted. This avoids time + jumps surprising guest OSes and applications, + as long as they use the virtual counter for + timekeeping. However it has the side effect of + the virtual and physical counters diverging. + All timekeeping based on the virtual counter + will appear to lag behind any timekeeping that + does not subtract VM stopped time. The guest + may resynchronize its virtual counter with + other time sources as needed. + + Enable kvm-no-adjvtime to disable virtual time + adjustment, also restoring the legacy (pre-5.0) + behavior. + SVE CPU Properties ================== |