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1 | PVPANIC DEVICE |
| 2 | ============== | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | pvpanic device is a simulated ISA device, through which a guest panic | |
| 5 | event is sent to qemu, and a QMP event is generated. This allows | |
| 6 | management apps (e.g. libvirt) to be notified and respond to the event. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | The management app has the option of waiting for GUEST_PANICKED events, | |
| 9 | and/or polling for guest-panicked RunState, to learn when the pvpanic | |
| 10 | device has fired a panic event. | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | ISA Interface | |
| 13 | ------------- | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | pvpanic exposes a single I/O port, by default 0x505. On read, the bits | |
| 16 | recognized by the device are set. Software should ignore bits it doesn't | |
| 17 | recognize. On write, the bits not recognized by the device are ignored. | |
| 18 | Software should set only bits both itself and the device recognize. | |
| 19 | Currently, only bit 0 is recognized, setting it indicates a guest panic | |
| 20 | has happened. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | ACPI Interface | |
| 23 | -------------- | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | pvpanic device is defined with ACPI ID "QEMU0001". Custom methods: | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | RDPT: To determine whether guest panic notification is supported. | |
| 28 | Arguments: None | |
| 29 | Return: Returns a byte, bit 0 set to indicate guest panic | |
| 30 | notification is supported. Other bits are reserved and | |
| 31 | should be ignored. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | WRPT: To send a guest panic event | |
| 34 | Arguments: Arg0 is a byte, with bit 0 set to indicate guest panic has | |
| 35 | happened. Other bits are reserved and should be cleared. | |
| 36 | Return: None | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | The ACPI device will automatically refer to the right port in case it | |
| 39 | is modified. |