[Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/10 v2] xen/arm: vpl011: Update documentation for vuart console support

[Bhupinder Thakur <bhupinder.thakur@xxxxxxxxxx>]

1. Update documentation for vuart = "pl011" option added.
2. Update documentation about SPI irq reserved for vpl011.

Signed-off-by: Bhupinder Thakur <bhupinder.thakur@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in |  8 ++++++++
 docs/misc/console.txt    | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
index 13167ff..44118a8 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
+++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
@@ -1085,6 +1085,14 @@ Allow a guest to access specific physical IRQs.
 It is recommended to use this option only for trusted VMs under
 administrator control.
 
+If vuart console is enabled then irq 32 is reserved for vuart. By default
+vuart console is disabled. If user specifies the following option in
+the guest config file then vuart console is enabled.
+
+vuart = "pl011"
+
+vuart console is currently enabled only for ARM64.
+
 =item B<max_event_channels=N>
 
 Limit the guest to using at most N event channels (PV interrupts).
diff --git a/docs/misc/console.txt b/docs/misc/console.txt
index 16da805..2455fc7 100644
--- a/docs/misc/console.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/console.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ The first PV console path in xenstore remains:
 
 /local/domain/$DOMID/console
 
-the other PV consoles follow the conventional xenstore device path and
+The vuart console path in xenstore is defined as:
+
+/local/domain/$DOMID/console/vuart/0
+
+The vuart console provides access to pl011 UART on ARM64 systems. To
+enable vuart the following line has to be added the guest configuration
+file:
+
+vuart = "pl011"
+
+Also the console should be set to "ttyAMA0" instead of "hvc0".
+
+The other PV consoles follow the conventional xenstore device path and
 live in:
 
 /local/domain/$DOMID/device/console/$DEVID.
-- 
2.7.4


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