[Xen-changelog] [xen stable-4.9] docs: improve ARM passthrough doc

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commit 1b7834a780a15adf1200a03e59874fa63a2abfd0
Author:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 20 16:04:17 2017 -0700
Commit:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Jun 23 11:22:22 2017 -0700

    docs: improve ARM passthrough doc
    
    Add a warning: use passthrough with care.
    
    Add a pointer to the gic device tree bindings. Add an explanation on how
    to calculate irq numbers from device tree.
    
    Add a brief explanation of the reg property and a pointer to the xl docs
    for a description of the iomem property. Add a note that in the example
    we are using different memory addresses for guests and host.
    
    Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>
    (cherry picked from commit ded7303f161fd578f0ac9fbaf52cfd9d72b4a320)
---
 docs/misc/arm/passthrough.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/passthrough.txt b/docs/misc/arm/passthrough.txt
index 082e9ab..0efbd12 100644
--- a/docs/misc/arm/passthrough.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/arm/passthrough.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ property "xen,passthrough". The command to do it in U-Boot 
is:
 2) Create a partial device tree describing the device. The IRQ are mapped
 1:1 to the guest (i.e VIRQ == IRQ). For MMIO, you will have to find a hole
 in the guest memory layout (see xen/include/public/arch-arm.h, note that
-the layout is not stable and can change between versions of Xen).
+the layout is not stable and can change between versions of Xen). Please
+be aware that passing a partial device tree to a VM is a powerful tool,
+use it with care. In production, only allow assignment of devices which
+have been previously tested and known to work correctly when given to
+guests.
 
 /dts-v1/;
 
@@ -48,6 +52,8 @@ Note:
         - #size-cells
     * See http://www.devicetree.org/Device_Tree_Usage for more
     information about device tree.
+    * In this example, the device MMIO region is placed at a different
+    address (0x10000000) compared to the host address (0xfff51000)
 
 3) Compile the partial guest device with dtc (Device Tree Compiler).
 For our purpose, the compiled file will be called guest-midway.dtb and
@@ -60,3 +66,20 @@ dtdev = [ "/soc/ethernet@fff51000" ]
 irqs = [ 112, 113, 114 ]
 iomem = [ "0xfff51,1@0x10000" ]
 
+Please refer to your platform docs for the MMIO ranges and interrupts.
+
+They can also be calculated from the original device tree (not
+recommended). You can read about the "interrupts" property format in the
+device tree bindings of the interrupt controller of your platform. For
+example, in the case of GICv2 see [arm,gic.txt]; in the case of GICv3
+see [arm,gic-v3.txt] in the Linux repository. For both GICv2 and GICv3
+the "interrupts" property format is the same: the first cell is the
+interrupt type, and the second cell is the interrupt number.  Given that
+SPI numbers start from 32, in this example 80 + 32 = 112.
+
+See man [xl.cfg] for the iomem format. The reg property is just a pair
+of address, then size numbers, each of them can occupy 1 or 2 cells.
+
+[arm,gic.txt]: 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.txt
+[arm,gic-v3.txt]: 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt
+[xl.cfg]: https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/man/xl.cfg.5.html
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