[PATCH v6 1/7] Documentation/powerpc: Ultravisor API
Michael Ellerman
patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Mon Sep 2 13:06:14 AEST 2019
On Thu, 2019-08-22 at 03:48:32 UTC, Claudio Carvalho wrote:
> From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.ibm.com>
>
> Protected Execution Facility (PEF) is an architectural change for
> POWER 9 that enables Secure Virtual Machines (SVMs). When enabled,
> PEF adds a new higher privileged mode, called Ultravisor mode, to POWER
> architecture. Along with the new mode there is new firmware called the
> Protected Execution Ultravisor (or Ultravisor for short).
>
> POWER 9 DD2.3 chips (PVR=0x004e1203) or greater will be PEF-capable.
>
> Attached documentation provides an overview of PEF and defines the API
> for various interfaces that must be implemented in the Ultravisor
> firmware as well as in the KVM Hypervisor.
>
> Based on input from Mike Anderson, Thiago Bauermann, Claudio Carvalho,
> Ben Herrenschmidt, Guerney Hunt, Paul Mackerras.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guerney Hunt <gdhh at linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio at linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Anderson <andmike at linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Thiago Bauermann <bauerman at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio at linux.ibm.com>
Series applied to powerpc topic/ppc-kvm, thanks.
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/250c6c31228d49f3b96855ec387cf37bbe7cb6a7
cheers
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