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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-xen b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-xen new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..53b7b2ea7515 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor-xen @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +What: /sys/hypervisor/guest_type +Date: June 2017 +KernelVersion: 4.13 +Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org +Description: If running under Xen: + Type of guest: + "Xen": standard guest type on arm + "HVM": fully virtualized guest (x86) + "PV": paravirtualized guest (x86) + "PVH": fully virtualized guest without legacy emulation (x86) + +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_mode +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: If running under Xen: + Describes mode that Xen's performance-monitoring unit (PMU) + uses. Accepted values are + "off" -- PMU is disabled + "self" -- The guest can profile itself + "hv" -- The guest can profile itself and, if it is + privileged (e.g. dom0), the hypervisor + "all" -- The guest can profile itself, the hypervisor + and all other guests. Only available to + privileged guests. + +What: /sys/hypervisor/pmu/pmu_features +Date: August 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.3 +Contact: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> +Description: If running under Xen: + Describes Xen PMU features (as an integer). A set bit indicates + that the corresponding feature is enabled. See + include/xen/interface/xenpmu.h for available features + +What: /sys/hypervisor/properties/buildid +Date: June 2017 +KernelVersion: 4.13 +Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org +Description: If running under Xen: + Build id of the hypervisor, needed for hypervisor live patching. + Might return "<denied>" in case of special security settings + in the hypervisor. |