| Message ID | 1478172561-12034-1-git-send-email-roger.pau@citrix.com (mailing list archive) |
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>>> On 03.11.16 at 12:29, <roger.pau@citrix.com> wrote: > On PVHv2 guests the local APIC can also be used to start APs if present. > Amend the documentation in order to reflect this. > > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 05:37:22AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 03.11.16 at 12:29, <roger.pau@citrix.com> wrote: > > On PVHv2 guests the local APIC can also be used to start APs if present. > > Amend the documentation in order to reflect this. > > > > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> > > Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> Applied
diff --git a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown index 69d90fe..09051ee 100644 --- a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown +++ b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ as HVM guests, using the hypervisor cpuid leaves and msr ranges. ## AP startup ## -AP startup is performed using hypercalls. The following VCPU operations -are used in order to bring up secondary vCPUs: +AP startup can be performed using hypercalls or the local APIC if present. +The following VCPU hypercalls can be used in order to bring up secondary vCPUs: * `VCPUOP_initialise` is used to set the initial state of the vCPU. The argument passed to the hypercall must be of the type vcpu_hvm_context.
On PVHv2 guests the local APIC can also be used to start APs if present. Amend the documentation in order to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> --- Cc: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> Cc: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com> --- docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)