qemu/docs/specs/virt-ctlr.txt
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   1Virtual System Controller
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   4This device is a simple interface defined for the pure virtual machine with no
   5hardware reference implementation to allow the guest kernel to send command
   6to the host hypervisor.
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   8The specification can evolve, the current state is defined as below.
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  10This is a MMIO mapped device using 256 bytes.
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  12Two 32bit registers are defined:
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  141- the features register (read-only, address 0x00)
  15
  16   This register allows the device to report features supported by the
  17   controller.
  18   The only feature supported for the moment is power control (0x01).
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  202- the command register (write-only, address 0x04)
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  22   This register allows the kernel to send the commands to the hypervisor.
  23   The implemented commands are part of the power control feature and
  24   are reset (1), halt (2) and panic (3).
  25   A basic command, no-op (0), is always present and can be used to test the
  26   register access. This command has no effect.
  27