qemu-e2k/docs
Markus Armbruster 5400c02b90 ivshmem: Split ivshmem-plain, ivshmem-doorbell off ivshmem
ivshmem can be configured with and without interrupt capability
(a.k.a. "doorbell").  The two configurations have largely disjoint
options, which makes for a confusing (and badly checked) user
interface.  Moreover, the device can't tell the guest whether its
doorbell is enabled.

Create two new device models ivshmem-plain and ivshmem-doorbell, and
deprecate the old one.

Changes from ivshmem:

* PCI revision is 1 instead of 0.  The new revision is fully backwards
  compatible for guests.  Guests may elect to require at least
  revision 1 to make sure they're not exposed to the funny "no shared
  memory, yet" state.

* Property "role" replaced by "master".  role=master becomes
  master=on, role=peer becomes master=off.  Default is off instead of
  auto.

* Property "use64" is gone.  The new devices always have 64 bit BARs.

Changes from ivshmem to ivshmem-plain:

* The Interrupt Pin register in PCI config space is zero (does not use
  an interrupt pin) instead of one (uses INTA).

* Property "x-memdev" is renamed to "memdev".

* Properties "shm" and "size" are gone.  Use property "memdev"
  instead.

* Property "msi" is gone.  The new device can't have MSI-X capability.
  It can't interrupt anyway.

* Properties "ioeventfd" and "vectors" are gone.  They're meaningless
  without interrupts anyway.

Changes from ivshmem to ivshmem-doorbell:

* Property "msi" is gone.  The new device always has MSI-X capability.

* Property "ioeventfd" defaults to on instead of off.

* Property "size" is gone.  The new device can only map all the shared
  memory received from the server.

Guests can easily find out whether the device is configured for
interrupts by checking for MSI-X capability.

Note: some code added in sub-optimal places to make the diff easier to
review.  The next commit will move it to more sensible places.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1458066895-20632-37-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com>
2016-03-21 21:29:03 +01:00
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specs ivshmem: Split ivshmem-plain, ivshmem-doorbell off ivshmem 2016-03-21 21:29:03 +01:00
aio_notify_accept.promela AioContext: optimize clearing the EventNotifier 2015-07-22 12:41:40 +01:00
aio_notify_bug.promela AioContext: fix broken placement of event_notifier_test_and_clear 2015-07-22 12:41:40 +01:00
aio_notify.promela AioContext: fix broken ctx->dispatching optimization 2015-07-22 12:41:40 +01:00
atomics.txt docs/atomics.txt: fix two typos 2015-04-30 16:05:48 +03:00
bitmaps.md docs: update bitmaps.md 2015-11-17 18:35:56 +08:00
blkdebug.txt blkdebug: Merge hand-rolled and qapi BlkdebugEvent enum 2015-12-17 08:21:27 +01:00
blkverify.txt blkverify: Add block driver for verifying I/O 2010-09-21 17:00:53 +02:00
bootindex.txt Typo, spelling and grammatical fixes 2013-04-12 14:33:20 +02:00
build-system.txt docs: describe the QEMU build system structure / design 2015-09-25 12:20:18 +02:00
ccid.txt libcacard: improve documentation 2014-06-10 07:44:01 +02:00
ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg usb: update documentation 2011-07-08 11:25:56 +02:00
image-fuzzer.txt docs: List all image elements currently supported by the fuzzer 2014-09-22 11:39:35 +01:00
live-block-ops.txt docs: describe live block operations 2012-01-26 14:49:18 +01:00
memory-hotplug.txt docs: update documentation for memory hot unplug 2015-04-27 21:07:38 +02:00
memory.txt doc/memory.txt: correct description of MemoryRegionOps fields 2016-03-07 13:26:38 +01:00
migration.txt postcopy: Remove the x- 2016-03-11 17:53:59 +05:30
multi-thread-compression.txt docs: Add a doc about multiple thread compression 2015-05-06 17:36:57 +02:00
multiple-iothreads.txt docs/multiple-iothreads.txt: add documentation on IOThread programming 2014-08-15 15:07:13 +02:00
multiseat.txt maint: remove / fix many doubled words 2015-09-11 10:21:38 +03:00
pci_expander_bridge.txt pxb: cleanup 2016-03-11 16:59:12 +02:00
q35-chipset.cfg q35: Add PCIe switch to example q35 configuration 2013-08-21 12:39:15 +03:00
qapi-code-gen.txt qapi: Update docs to match recent generator changes 2016-03-05 10:41:16 +01:00
qcow2-cache.txt docs: document how to configure the qcow2 L2/refcount caches 2015-09-04 21:00:32 +02:00
qdev-device-use.txt docs: Fix qdev-device-use.txt typo in -chardev serial, path=COM<NUM> 2011-09-09 09:43:17 +01:00
qemupciserial.inf Docs: Introduce multiport serial support in qemupciserial.inf. 2014-03-12 10:33:23 +01:00
qmp-events.txt qmp event: Refactor QUORUM_REPORT_BAD 2016-03-14 16:46:43 +01:00
qmp-intro.txt docs: Move files from docs/qmp/ to docs/ 2015-10-12 18:44:53 +02:00
qmp-spec.txt qapi: Update docs to match recent generator changes 2016-03-05 10:41:16 +01:00
rcu.txt doc/rcu: fix g_free_rcu() usage example 2015-10-19 10:13:07 +02:00
rdma.txt rdma: Fix incorrect description in comments 2014-09-20 17:55:53 +04:00
replay.txt icount: decouple warp calls 2016-03-15 18:23:45 +01:00
spice-port-fqdn.txt docs: add spice-port-fqdn.txt 2012-12-17 14:01:41 +01:00
throttle.txt docs: Document the throttling infrastructure 2016-02-22 14:08:07 +01:00
tracing.txt trace: Add 'vcpu' event property to trace guest vCPU 2016-03-01 13:27:10 +00:00
usb2.txt usb: update docs for bus name change 2013-04-03 11:39:43 +02:00
usb-storage.txt Fix typos and misspellings 2013-03-22 13:25:07 +01:00
virtio-balloon-stats.txt virtio-balloon: return empty data when no stats are available 2014-05-25 12:46:58 +03:00
virtio-migration.txt virtio: add some migration doc 2015-10-22 14:34:48 +03:00
vnc-ledstate-Pseudo-encoding.txt doc: document the Pseudo-encoding of LED state 2013-04-29 08:28:51 -05:00
win32-qemu-event.promela qemu-thread: add a fast path to the Win32 QemuEvent 2015-09-24 20:52:28 +02:00
writing-qmp-commands.txt error: More error_setg() usage 2015-11-11 18:56:26 +01:00
xbzrle.txt xbzrle: optimize XBZRLE to decrease the cache misses 2015-01-15 17:49:43 +05:30
xen-save-devices-state.txt Introduce "xen-save-devices-state" 2012-03-19 18:21:00 +00:00