features.h revision 288917
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254359Sroberto * features.h
354359Sroberto *
454359Sroberto * Feature flags, reported by XENVER_get_features.
554359Sroberto *
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24285612Sdelphij * Copyright (c) 2006, Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
25285612Sdelphij */
26285612Sdelphij
27285612Sdelphij#ifndef __XEN_PUBLIC_FEATURES_H__
28285612Sdelphij#define __XEN_PUBLIC_FEATURES_H__
29285612Sdelphij
30285612Sdelphij/*
3182498Sroberto * `incontents 200 elfnotes_features XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES
3282498Sroberto *
3382498Sroberto * The list of all the features the guest supports. They are set by
3482498Sroberto * parsing the XEN_ELFNOTE_FEATURES and XEN_ELFNOTE_SUPPORTED_FEATURES
35285612Sdelphij * string. The format is the  feature names (as given here without the
3682498Sroberto * "XENFEAT_" prefix) separated by '|' characters.
3782498Sroberto * If a feature is required for the kernel to function then the feature name
38285612Sdelphij * must be preceded by a '!' character.
39182007Sroberto *
40285612Sdelphij * Note that if XEN_ELFNOTE_SUPPORTED_FEATURES is used, then in the
41285612Sdelphij * XENFEAT_dom0 MUST be set if the guest is to be booted as dom0,
42285612Sdelphij */
43285612Sdelphij
44293650Sglebius/*
4582498Sroberto * If set, the guest does not need to write-protect its pagetables, and can
46132451Sroberto * update them via direct writes.
47132451Sroberto */
48285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_writable_page_tables       0
49132451Sroberto
50285612Sdelphij/*
51132451Sroberto * If set, the guest does not need to write-protect its segment descriptor
52285612Sdelphij * tables, and can update them via direct writes.
53132451Sroberto */
54132451Sroberto#define XENFEAT_writable_descriptor_tables 1
55132451Sroberto
56132451Sroberto/*
57132451Sroberto * If set, translation between the guest's 'pseudo-physical' address space
58285612Sdelphij * and the host's machine address space are handled by the hypervisor. In this
59285612Sdelphij * mode the guest does not need to perform phys-to/from-machine translations
60285612Sdelphij * when performing page table operations.
61285612Sdelphij */
62285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap    2
6354359Sroberto
6454359Sroberto/* If set, the guest is running in supervisor mode (e.g., x86 ring 0). */
65182007Sroberto#define XENFEAT_supervisor_mode_kernel     3
66182007Sroberto
67182007Sroberto/*
68182007Sroberto * If set, the guest does not need to allocate x86 PAE page directories
69182007Sroberto * below 4GB. This flag is usually implied by auto_translated_physmap.
70182007Sroberto */
71182007Sroberto#define XENFEAT_pae_pgdir_above_4gb        4
72182007Sroberto
73182007Sroberto/* x86: Does this Xen host support the MMU_PT_UPDATE_PRESERVE_AD hypercall? */
74285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_mmu_pt_update_preserve_ad  5
75182007Sroberto
76285612Sdelphij/* x86: Does this Xen host support the MMU_{CLEAR,COPY}_PAGE hypercall? */
77285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_highmem_assist             6
78285612Sdelphij
79285612Sdelphij/*
80182007Sroberto * If set, GNTTABOP_map_grant_ref honors flags to be placed into guest kernel
81285612Sdelphij * available pte bits.
82285612Sdelphij */
83285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_gnttab_map_avail_bits      7
84285612Sdelphij
85285612Sdelphij/* x86: Does this Xen host support the HVM callback vector type? */
86285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_hvm_callback_vector        8
87285612Sdelphij
88182007Sroberto/* x86: pvclock algorithm is safe to use on HVM */
89285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_hvm_safe_pvclock           9
90285612Sdelphij
91285612Sdelphij/* x86: pirq can be used by HVM guests */
92285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_hvm_pirqs                 10
93182007Sroberto
94285612Sdelphij/* operation as Dom0 is supported */
95285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_dom0                      11
96285612Sdelphij
97285612Sdelphij/* Xen also maps grant references at pfn = mfn.
98285612Sdelphij * This feature flag is deprecated and should not be used.
99285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_grant_map_identity        12
100285612Sdelphij */
101285612Sdelphij
102182007Sroberto/* Guest can use XENMEMF_vnode to specify virtual node for memory op. */
103285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_memory_op_vnode_supported 13
104285612Sdelphij
105285612Sdelphij#define XENFEAT_NR_SUBMAPS 1
106285612Sdelphij
107285612Sdelphij#endif /* __XEN_PUBLIC_FEATURES_H__ */
108199995Sume
109106163Sroberto/*
110285612Sdelphij * Local variables:
111285612Sdelphij * mode: C
112285612Sdelphij * c-file-style: "BSD"
113285612Sdelphij * c-basic-offset: 4
114285612Sdelphij * tab-width: 4
115285612Sdelphij * indent-tabs-mode: nil
116285612Sdelphij * End:
117285612Sdelphij */
118285612Sdelphij