[PATCH v3 0/1] virtio-ccw: Revision handling (VIRTIO-42)

Cornelia Huck <> writes:
> On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:59:19 +1030
> Rusty Russell <> wrote:
>
>> Cornelia Huck <> writes:
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> Provide a new ccw that allows devices and drivers to operate on selected
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> revision levels.
>> >
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> VIRTIO-42
>> >
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> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <>
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>> > ---
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> Changes v2 -> v3:
>> >  - Reset will not clear the revision; instead, the revision is cleared
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>
when the subchannel is disabled
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>> Does this work properly across kexec scenarios?
>
> Kexec on s390 will do a diagnose (hypercall) that triggers (among other
> things) a channel subsystem reset, which in turn includes disabling all
> subchannels. This means the kexeced guest will be presented with an
> unset revision.

Great, thanks.

Cheers,
Rusty.