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doc: add API-GVT-g high level design doc
Transcode and publish HLD document. Moved glossary terms to the project-wide glossary. Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
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.. glossary::
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:sorted:
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ACPI
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
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ACRN
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ACRN is a flexible, lightweight reference hypervisor, built with
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real-time and safety-criticality in mind, optimized to streamline
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embedded development through an open source platform.
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ACRN-DM
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A user mode device model application running in Service OS to provide
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device emulations in ACRN hypervisor.
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aperture
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CPU-visible graphics memory
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API
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Application Program Interface: A defined set of routines and protocols for
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building application software.
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ACPI
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
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APL
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Apollo Lake platform
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BDW
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Broadwell, Intel 5th-generation CPU platform
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BIOS
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Basic Input/Output System.
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ELSP
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GPU's ExecList submission port
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GGTT
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Global Graphic Translation Table. The virtual address page table
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used by a GPU to reference system memory.
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GMA
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Graphics Memory Address
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GPU
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Graphics Processing Unit
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GTT
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Graphic Translation Table
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GTTMMADR
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Graphic Translation Table Memory Map Address
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GuC
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Graphic Micro-controller
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GVT
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Graphics Virtual Technology. GVT-g core device model module up-streamed
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to the Linux kernel.
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GVT-d
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Virtual dedicated graphics acceleration (one VM to one physical GPU)
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GVT-g
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Virtual graphics processing unit (multiple VMs to one physical GPU)
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GVT-s
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Virtual shared graphics acceleration (multiple VMs to one physical GPU)
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I2C
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Inter-Integrated Circuit
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i915
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The Intel Graphics driver
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IC
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Instrument Cluster
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IDT
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Interrupt Descriptor Table: a data structure used by the x86
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architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used
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to determine the correct response to interrupts and exceptions.
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ISR
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Interrupt Service Routine: Also known as an interrupt handler, an ISR
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is a callback function whose execution is triggered by a hardware
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interrupt (or software interrupt instructions) and is used to handle
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high-priority conditions that require interrupting the current code
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executing on the processor.
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IVE
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In-Vehicle Experience
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OSPM
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Operating System Power Management
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PCI
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Peripheral Component Interface.
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PM
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Power Management
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Pass-Through Devices
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Physical devices (typically PCI) exclusively assigned to a guest. In
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the Project ACRN architecture, pass-through devices are owned by the
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foreground OS.
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PCI
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Peripheral Component Interface.
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PDE
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Page Directory Entry
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PM
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Power Management
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PTE
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Page Table Entry
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PV
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Para-virtualization (See
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization)
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PVINFO
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Para-Virtualization Information Page, a MMIO range used to
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implement para-virtualization
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QEMU
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Quick EMUlator. Machine emulator running in user space.
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RSE
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Rear Seat Entertainment
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Software Defined Cockpit
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SOS
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Service OS
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Service OS, the privileged guest for ACRN hypervisor
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UEFI
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Unified Extensible Firmare Interface. UEFI replaces the
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malware has tampered with the boot process.
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UOS
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User OS (also known as Guest OS)
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User OS (also known as Guest OS), the unprivileged guest for ACRN
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hypervisor
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vGPU
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Virtual GPU Instance, created by GVT-g and used by a VM
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VHM
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Virtio and Hypervisor Service Module
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VM
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Virtual Machine
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VMM
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Virtual Machine Monitor
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VMX
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Virtual Machine Extension
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Virtio-BE
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Back-End, VirtIO framework provides front-end driver and back-end driver
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for IO mediators, developer has habit of using Shorthand. So they say
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driver for IO mediators, developer has habit of using Shorthand. So
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they say Virtio-BE and Virtio-FE
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VM
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Virtual Machine, a guest OS running environment
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VMM
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Virtual Machine Monitor
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VMX
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Virtual Machine Extension
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VT
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Intel Virtualization Technology
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VT-d
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Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
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IDT
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Interrupt Descriptor Table: a data structure used by the x86
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architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used
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to determine the correct response to interrupts and exceptions.
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ISR
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Interrupt Service Routine: Also known as an interrupt handler, an ISR
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is a callback function whose execution is triggered by a hardware
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interrupt (or software interrupt instructions) and is used to handle
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high-priority conditions that require interrupting the current code
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executing on the processor.
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