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-rw-r--r--docs/devel/clocks.rst16
-rw-r--r--docs/specs/pci-ids.txt1
-rw-r--r--docs/specs/pvpanic.txt13
-rw-r--r--docs/system/arm/virt.rst2
4 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/clocks.rst b/docs/devel/clocks.rst
index 2548d84232..c54bbb8240 100644
--- a/docs/devel/clocks.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/clocks.rst
@@ -235,6 +235,22 @@ object during device instance init. For example:
/* set initial value to 10ns / 100MHz */
clock_set_ns(clk, 10);
+To enforce that the clock is wired up by the board code, you can
+call ``clock_has_source()`` in your device's realize method:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ if (!clock_has_source(s->clk)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "MyDevice: clk input must be connected");
+ return;
+ }
+
+Note that this only checks that the clock has been wired up; it is
+still possible that the output clock connected to it is disabled
+or has not yet been configured, in which case the period will be
+zero. You should use the clock callback to find out when the clock
+period changes.
+
Fetching clock frequency/period
-------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/specs/pci-ids.txt b/docs/specs/pci-ids.txt
index abbdbca6be..5e407a6f32 100644
--- a/docs/specs/pci-ids.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/pci-ids.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ PCI devices (other than virtio):
1b36:000d PCI xhci usb host adapter
1b36:000f mdpy (mdev sample device), linux/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
1b36:0010 PCIe NVMe device (-device nvme)
+1b36:0011 PCI PVPanic device (-device pvpanic-pci)
All these devices are documented in docs/specs.
diff --git a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
index a90fbca72b..8afcde11cc 100644
--- a/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
PVPANIC DEVICE
==============
-pvpanic device is a simulated ISA device, through which a guest panic
+pvpanic device is a simulated device, through which a guest panic
event is sent to qemu, and a QMP event is generated. This allows
management apps (e.g. libvirt) to be notified and respond to the event.
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ The management app has the option of waiting for GUEST_PANICKED events,
and/or polling for guest-panicked RunState, to learn when the pvpanic
device has fired a panic event.
+The pvpanic device can be implemented as an ISA device (using IOPORT) or as a
+PCI device.
+
ISA Interface
-------------
@@ -24,6 +27,14 @@ bit 1: a guest panic has happened and will be handled by the guest;
the host should record it or report it, but should not affect
the execution of the guest.
+PCI Interface
+-------------
+
+The PCI interface is similar to the ISA interface except that it uses an MMIO
+address space provided by its BAR0, 1 byte long. Any machine with a PCI bus
+can enable a pvpanic device by adding '-device pvpanic-pci' to the command
+line.
+
ACPI Interface
--------------
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/virt.rst b/docs/system/arm/virt.rst
index 32dc5eb22e..27652adfae 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/virt.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/virt.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ The virt board supports:
- Secure-World-only devices if the CPU has TrustZone:
- A second PL011 UART
+ - A second PL061 GPIO controller, with GPIO lines for triggering
+ a system reset or system poweroff
- A secure flash memory
- 16MB of secure RAM