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author | Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu> | 2021-03-12 22:41:44 +0100 |
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committer | Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu> | 2021-03-15 21:02:57 +0100 |
commit | 0791bc02b8fbf9d55626b57f45255ba1b6ea83d5 (patch) | |
tree | ac7d6fdf6f66a3843ffbb057c7facc08554cbe3a /docs | |
parent | 2fde99ee3120416251922282c364833473135765 (diff) |
m68k: add a system controller
Add a system controller for the m68k-virt machine.
This controller allows the kernel to power off or reset the machine.
Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Message-Id: <20210312214145.2936082-5-laurent@vivier.eu>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/specs/virt-ctlr.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/virt-ctlr.txt b/docs/specs/virt-ctlr.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..24d38084f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/specs/virt-ctlr.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Virtual System Controller +========================= + +This device is a simple interface defined for the pure virtual machine with no +hardware reference implementation to allow the guest kernel to send command +to the host hypervisor. + +The specification can evolve, the current state is defined as below. + +This is a MMIO mapped device using 256 bytes. + +Two 32bit registers are defined: + +1- the features register (read-only, address 0x00) + + This register allows the device to report features supported by the + controller. + The only feature supported for the moment is power control (0x01). + +2- the command register (write-only, address 0x04) + + This register allows the kernel to send the commands to the hypervisor. + The implemented commands are part of the power control feature and + are reset (1), halt (2) and panic (3). + A basic command, no-op (0), is always present and can be used to test the + register access. This command has no effect. |