virtio-mmio: Devices parameter parsing
This patch adds an option to instantiate guest virtio-mmio devices
basing on a kernel command line (or module) parameter, for example:
virtio_mmio.devices=0x100@0x100b0000:48
Signed-off-by: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c1601e5..8b35051 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
+ VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled.
VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
@@ -2847,6 +2848,22 @@
video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
+ virtio_mmio.device=
+ [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
+
+ <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
+ where:
+ <size> := size (can use standard suffixes
+ like K, M and G)
+ <baseaddr> := physical base address
+ <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to
+ request_irq())
+ <id> := (optional) platform device id
+ example:
+ virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
+
+ Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
+
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
Documentation/svga.txt.