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[PATCH v2] docs: Add some details on XenServer PCI devices



Describe the usage of devices 5853:0002 and 5853:C000.

Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- address minor comments
---
 docs/man/xen-pci-device-reservations.7.pod | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/man/xen-pci-device-reservations.7.pod 
b/docs/man/xen-pci-device-reservations.7.pod
index 9ddf3a18ad..adc325069c 100644
--- a/docs/man/xen-pci-device-reservations.7.pod
+++ b/docs/man/xen-pci-device-reservations.7.pod
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ use of this is with device ID 0x0001 to advertise the Xen 
Platform PCI
 device - the presence of this virtual device enables a guest Operating
 System (subject to the availability of suitable drivers) to make use of
 paravirtualisation features such as disk and network devices etc.
+XenServer, for Windows machines, may present Xen Platform device with device
+ID 0x0002 instead of 0x0001. Device 0x0001 and 0x0002 should be mutually
+exclusive.
 
 Some Xen vendors wish to provide alternative and/or additional guest drivers
 that can bind to virtual devices[1]. This may be done using the Xen PCI
@@ -86,4 +89,8 @@ and unplug protocol.
 libxl provides support for creation of a single additional xen-pvdevice.
 See the vendor_device parameter in xl.cfg(5).
 
+XenServer might present a xen-pvdevice device with ID 0xC000.
+Such device is a placeholder for Windows update usage and is always exposed
+in conjunction with a Xen Platform PCI device, usually with ID 0x0002
+
 =back
-- 
2.34.1




 


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