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authorAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-04-01 14:39:21 +0300
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-05-17 12:17:22 +0300
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KVM: Document replacements for KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
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--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -974,7 +974,9 @@ pending operations.
__u32 pad;
} hypercall;
-Unused.
+Unused. This was once used for 'hypercall to userspace'. To implement
+such functionality, use KVM_EXIT_IO (x86) or KVM_EXIT_MMIO (all except s390).
+Note KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO.
/* KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS */
struct {
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