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| author | Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> | 2021-01-04 17:13:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> | 2021-02-01 17:07:34 -0500 |
| commit | dbd730e8598701e11b2fb7aee1704f4ec1787e86 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a940c61f53c86ed01a859edcbe6652f28898cf5 /docs/nvdimm.txt | |
| parent | 86635aa4e9d627d5142b81c57a33dd1f36627d07 (diff) | |
nvdimm: check -object memory-backend-file, readonly=on option
Check that -device nvdimm,unarmed=on is used when -object
memory-backend-file,readonly=on and document that -device
nvdimm,unarmed=on|off controls whether the NVDIMM appears read-only to
the guest.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210104171320.575838-4-stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/nvdimm.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/nvdimm.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt index c2c6e441b3..0aae682be3 100644 --- a/docs/nvdimm.txt +++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ following command line options: -machine pc,nvdimm -m $RAM_SIZE,slots=$N,maxmem=$MAX_SIZE - -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,share=on,mem-path=$PATH,size=$NVDIMM_SIZE - -device nvdimm,id=nvdimm1,memdev=mem1 + -object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,share=on,mem-path=$PATH,size=$NVDIMM_SIZE,readonly=off + -device nvdimm,id=nvdimm1,memdev=mem1,unarmed=off Where, @@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Where, of normal RAM devices and vNVDIMM devices, e.g. $MAX_SIZE should be >= $RAM_SIZE + $NVDIMM_SIZE here. - - "object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,share=on,mem-path=$PATH,size=$NVDIMM_SIZE" - creates a backend storage of size $NVDIMM_SIZE on a file $PATH. All - accesses to the virtual NVDIMM device go to the file $PATH. + - "object memory-backend-file,id=mem1,share=on,mem-path=$PATH, + size=$NVDIMM_SIZE,readonly=off" creates a backend storage of size + $NVDIMM_SIZE on a file $PATH. All accesses to the virtual NVDIMM device go + to the file $PATH. "share=on/off" controls the visibility of guest writes. If "share=on", then guest writes will be applied to the backend @@ -42,8 +43,17 @@ Where, "share=off", then guest writes won't be applied to the backend file and thus will be invisible to other guests. - - "device nvdimm,id=nvdimm1,memdev=mem1" creates a virtual NVDIMM - device whose storage is provided by above memory backend device. + "readonly=on/off" controls whether the file $PATH is opened read-only or + read/write (default). + + - "device nvdimm,id=nvdimm1,memdev=mem1,unarmed=off" creates a read/write + virtual NVDIMM device whose storage is provided by above memory backend + device. + + "unarmed" controls the ACPI NFIT NVDIMM Region Mapping Structure "NVDIMM + State Flags" Bit 3 indicating that the device is "unarmed" and cannot accept + persistent writes. Linux guest drivers set the device to read-only when this + bit is present. Set unarmed to on when the memdev has readonly=on. Multiple vNVDIMM devices can be created if multiple pairs of "-object" and "-device" are provided. |