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authorMatthew Fioravante <matthew.fioravante@jhuapl.edu>2012-10-05 15:12:04 +0100
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xl/libxl: add iomem support
This patch adds a new option for xen config files for directly mapping hardware io memory into a vm. Signed-off-by: Matthew Fioravante <matthew.fioravante@jhuapl.edu> Reviewed-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Committed-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
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diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5
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@@ -496,6 +496,17 @@ is given in hexadecimal and may either a span e.g. C<2f8-2ff>
It is recommended to use this option only for trusted VMs under
administrator control.
+=item B<iomem=[ "IOMEM_START,NUM_PAGES", "IOMEM_START,NUM_PAGES", ... ]>
+
+Allow guest to access specific hardware I/O memory pages. B<IOMEM_START>
+is a physical page number. B<NUM_PAGES> is the number
+of pages beginning with B<START_PAGE> to allow access. Both values
+must be given in hexadecimal.
+
+It is recommended to use this option only for trusted VMs under
+administrator control.
+
+
=item B<irqs=[ NUMBER, NUMBER, ... ]>
Allow a guest to access specific physical IRQs.