[PATCH 2/4] kvmppc: add hypercall infrastructure - guest part

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Friday 22 August 2008 05:38:54 Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:36 AM, ehrhardt at linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> > From: Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
> > This adds the guest portion of the hypercall infrastructure,  
> > basically an
> > illegal instruction with a defined layout.
> > See http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/PowerPC_Hypercall_ABI for more  
> > detail
> > on the hypercall ABI for powerpc.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >
> > [diffstat]
> > kvm_para.h |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> >
> > [diff]
> 
> Can we make this more generic (naming) and location.  I believe there  
> is some interesting in using the same ABI on the Freescale HV so it  
> seems like have the wrappers be a bit more generic saves us.

Agreed. Maybe something like epapr_hcalls.h .

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Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center