From 33b79dd04445b3ce289aa821eed8d812157478d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Pau Monne Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 12:29:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: fixup PVHv2 documentation regarding AP startup MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On PVHv2 guests the local APIC can also be used to start APs if present. Amend the documentation in order to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné Acked-by: Jan Beulich Release-acked-by: Wei Liu --- docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown index 69d90fed1a..09051ee2f0 100644 --- a/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown +++ b/docs/misc/hvmlite.markdown @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ as HVM guests, using the hypervisor cpuid leaves and msr ranges. ## AP startup ## -AP startup is performed using hypercalls. The following VCPU operations -are used in order to bring up secondary vCPUs: +AP startup can be performed using hypercalls or the local APIC if present. +The following VCPU hypercalls can be used in order to bring up secondary vCPUs: * `VCPUOP_initialise` is used to set the initial state of the vCPU. The argument passed to the hypercall must be of the type vcpu_hvm_context. -- 2.30.2