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authorZhu Guihua <zhugh.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>2015-04-27 16:47:21 +0800
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2015-04-27 21:09:07 +0200
commitc06b2ffb02bfcc642c67300d2c4dffd5aa54932b (patch)
tree92df290e7b207f928e8e50cf298be347a391294e /docs
parent660e8ec70065c8b1fd68b2cb137de16d831959f4 (diff)
acpi: add hardware implementation for memory hot unplug
- implements QEMU hardware part of memory hot unplug protocol described at "docs/spec/acpi_mem_hotplug.txt" - handles memory remove notification event - handles device eject notification Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Zhu Guihua <zhugh.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/specs/acpi_mem_hotplug.txt11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/acpi_mem_hotplug.txt b/docs/specs/acpi_mem_hotplug.txt
index 68daa14764..3df3620ce4 100644
--- a/docs/specs/acpi_mem_hotplug.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/acpi_mem_hotplug.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Memory hot-plug interface (IO port 0xa00-0xa17, 1-4 byte access):
1: Device insert event, used to distinguish device for which
no device check event to OSPM was issued.
It's valid only when bit 1 is set.
- 2-7: reserved and should be ignored by OSPM
+ 2: Device remove event, used to distinguish device for which
+ no device eject request to OSPM was issued.
+ 3-7: reserved and should be ignored by OSPM
[0x15-0x17] reserved
write access:
@@ -38,7 +40,12 @@ Memory hot-plug interface (IO port 0xa00-0xa17, 1-4 byte access):
1: if set to 1 clears device insert event, set by OSPM
after it has emitted device check event for the
selected memory device
- 2-7: reserved, OSPM must clear them before writing to register
+ 2: if set to 1 clears device remove event, set by OSPM
+ after it has emitted device eject request for the
+ selected memory device
+ 3: if set to 1 initiates device eject, set by OSPM when it
+ triggers memory device removal and calls _EJ0 method
+ 4-7: reserved, OSPM must clear them before writing to register
Selecting memory device slot beyond present range has no effect on platform:
- write accesses to memory hot-plug registers not documented above are