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diff --git a/docs/system/s390x/pcidevices.rst b/docs/system/s390x/pcidevices.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..628effa2f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/s390x/pcidevices.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +PCI devices on s390x +==================== + +PCI devices on s390x work differently than on other architectures and need to +be configured in a slightly different way. + +Every PCI device is linked with an additional ``zpci`` device. +While the ``zpci`` device will be autogenerated if not specified, it is +recommended to specify it explicitly so that you can pass s390-specific +PCI configuration. + +For example, in order to pass a PCI device ``0000:00:00.0`` through to the +guest, you would specify:: + + qemu-system-s390x ... \ + -device zpci,uid=1,fid=0,target=hostdev0,id=zpci1 \ + -device vfio-pci,host=0000:00:00.0,id=hostdev0 + +Here, the zpci device is joined with the PCI device via the ``target`` property. + +Note that we don't set bus, slot or function here for the guest as is common in +other PCI implementations. Topology information is not available on s390x, and +the guest will not see any of the bus, slot or function information specified +on the command line. + +Instead, ``uid`` and ``fid`` determine how the device is presented to the guest +operating system. + +In case of Linux, ``uid`` will be used in the ``domain`` part of the PCI +identifier, and ``fid`` identifies the physical slot, i.e.:: + + qemu-system-s390x ... \ + -device zpci,uid=7,fid=8,target=hostdev0,id=zpci1 \ + ... + +will be presented in the guest as:: + + # lspci -v + 0007:00:00.0 ... + Physical Slot: 00000008 + ... diff --git a/docs/system/target-s390x.rst b/docs/system/target-s390x.rst index c636f64113..f6f11433c7 100644 --- a/docs/system/target-s390x.rst +++ b/docs/system/target-s390x.rst @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ or vfio-ap is also available. s390x/css s390x/3270 s390x/vfio-ccw + s390x/pcidevices Architectural features ====================== |