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| author | Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> | 2011-01-11 14:20:38 -0200 |
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| committer | Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> | 2011-01-17 17:29:42 +0200 |
| commit | 9c046d96d4d0d1fef89a30b1491775492082da9d (patch) | |
| tree | 5b94325a6c690c1a9c22dbf80e5e2a56e2a1769c /docs | |
| parent | a01a9cb821a29852abb142ec52b26c8488ced6e8 (diff) | |
document QEMU<->ACPIBIOS PCI hotplug interface
Document how QEMU communicates with ACPI BIOS for PCI hotplug.
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/specs/acpi_pci_hotplug.txt | 37 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/acpi_pci_hotplug.txt b/docs/specs/acpi_pci_hotplug.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f0f74a7c7c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/specs/acpi_pci_hotplug.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +QEMU<->ACPI BIOS PCI hotplug interface +-------------------------------------- + +QEMU supports PCI hotplug via ACPI, for PCI bus 0. This document +describes the interface between QEMU and the ACPI BIOS. + +ACPI GPE block (IO ports 0xafe0-0xafe3, byte access): +----------------------------------------- + +Generic ACPI GPE block. Bit 1 (GPE.1) used to notify PCI hotplug/eject +event to ACPI BIOS, via SCI interrupt. + +PCI slot injection notification pending (IO port 0xae00-0xae03, 4-byte access): +--------------------------------------------------------------- +Slot injection notification pending. One bit per slot. + +Read by ACPI BIOS GPE.1 handler to notify OS of injection +events. + +PCI slot removal notification (IO port 0xae04-0xae07, 4-byte access): +----------------------------------------------------- +Slot removal notification pending. One bit per slot. + +Read by ACPI BIOS GPE.1 handler to notify OS of removal +events. + +PCI device eject (IO port 0xae08-0xae0b, 4-byte access): +---------------------------------------- + +Used by ACPI BIOS _EJ0 method to request device removal. One bit per slot. +Reads return 0. + +PCI removability status (IO port 0xae0c-0xae0f, 4-byte access): +----------------------------------------------- + +Used by ACPI BIOS _RMV method to indicate removability status to OS. One +bit per slot. |