From: Roger Pau Monne Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 11:29:21 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs: fixup PVHv2 documentation regarding AP startup X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/4.8.0-1+rpi1~1^2~127 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/%22bookmarks:///%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22https:/%22bookmarks:/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=33b79dd04445b3ce289aa821eed8d812157478d6;p=xen.git docs: fixup PVHv2 documentation regarding AP startup 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 --- 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.