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Subject[PATCH V3 2/2] kvm/x86 : add document for coalesced pio
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Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
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Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX | 2 ++
Documentation/virtual/kvm/coalesced-pio.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/virtual/kvm/coalesced-pio.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX
index 3492458..3d68164 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ cpuid.txt
- KVM-specific cpuid leaves (x86).
devices/
- KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL userspace API.
+coalesced-pio.txt
+ - KVM_CAP_COALESCED_PIO
halt-polling.txt
- notes on halt-polling
hypercalls.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/coalesced-pio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/coalesced-pio.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..932d5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/coalesced-pio.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Linux KVM Coalesced PIO:
+========================
+Coalesced pio is base on coalesced mmio. When the write access to a port
+of a device does a simple work (just like setting a register ID or address
+index), then we can use coalesced pio.
+
+Setting a port as coalesced pio, the write access to the port don't need to
+exit to userspace, and just record the value in shared coalesced ring in kernel.
+Then following access to another port of the same device which relys on the first
+port's setting or a read access to the first port will set the previous write
+value of the first port firstly in usersapce according to the shared coalesced ring.
+
+Coalesced pio can be used for rtc 0x70 port, pci-host config port, virtio-pci config
+port and so on.
--
1.8.3.1
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