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authorGabriel L. Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu>2016-02-19 13:20:29 -0500
committerGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2016-03-08 12:15:22 +0100
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fw_cfg: document ACPI device node information
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Marc MarĂ­ <markmb@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Message-id: 1455906029-25565-6-git-send-email-somlo@cmu.edu Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ Selector Register address: Base + 8 (2 bytes)
Data Register address: Base + 0 (8 bytes)
DMA Address address: Base + 16 (8 bytes)
+== ACPI Interface ==
+
+The fw_cfg device is defined with ACPI ID "QEMU0002". Since we expect
+ACPI tables to be passed into the guest through the fw_cfg device itself,
+the guest-side firmware can not use ACPI to find fw_cfg. However, once the
+firmware is finished setting up ACPI tables and hands control over to the
+guest kernel, the latter can use the fw_cfg ACPI node for a more accurate
+inventory of in-use IOport or MMIO regions.
+
== Firmware Configuration Items ==
=== Signature (Key 0x0000, FW_CFG_SIGNATURE) ===