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Message-ID: <20120612094957.GR580@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:49:57 +0300
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	qemu-devel <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@...hat.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest panicked

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 04:26:35PM +0800, Wen Congyang wrote:
> At 06/12/2012 03:49 PM, Christian Borntraeger Wrote:
> >>> We have three solutions to implement this feature:
> >>> 1. use vmcall
> >>> 2. use I/O port
> >>> 3. use virtio-serial.
> >>
> >>> We have decided to avoid touching hypervisor. The reason why I choose
> >>> choose the I/O port is:
> >>> 1. it is easier to implememt
> >>> 2. it does not depend any virtual device
> >>> 3. it can work when startint the kernel
> > 
> > Havent looked deeply into that, butz wouldnt kvm_hypercall0 also fulfill all of these
> > points? You just have to define the number for each architecture and then it should be 
> > possible to write a simple panic driver that works on all architectures.
> > 
> >>> --- a/include/linux/kvm_para.h
> >>> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_para.h
> >>> @@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
> >>>  #define KVM_HC_FEATURES			3
> >>>  #define KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE	4
> >>>  
> >>> +#define KVM_PV_PORT	(0x505UL)
> >>> +
> > 
> > ignoring the above, shouldnt a port number go into an architecture specific file?
> 
> I am not sure whether it should be put into an architecture specific file.
> 
Because PIO is x86 thing.

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			Gleb.
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