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[PULL,08/12] docs/microvm.rst: add instructions for shutting down the guest

Message ID 1574179728-35535-9-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com
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Paolo Bonzini Nov. 19, 2019, 4:08 p.m. UTC 
From: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>

Add a new section explaining the particularities of the microvm
machine type for triggering a guest-initiated shut down.

Signed-off-by: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20191115161338.42864-3-slp@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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 docs/microvm.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/docs/microvm.rst b/docs/microvm.rst
index 4cf8474..fcf41fc 100644
--- a/docs/microvm.rst
+++ b/docs/microvm.rst
@@ -106,3 +106,24 @@  disabled::
      -device virtio-blk-device,drive=test \
      -netdev tap,id=tap0,script=no,downscript=no \
      -device virtio-net-device,netdev=tap0
+
+
+Triggering a guest-initiated shut down
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As the microvm machine type includes just a small set of system
+devices, some x86 mechanisms for rebooting or shutting down the
+system, like sending a key sequence to the keyboard or writing to an
+ACPI register, doesn't have any effect in the VM.
+
+The recommended way to trigger a guest-initiated shut down is by
+generating a ``triple-fault``, which will cause the VM to initiate a
+reboot. Additionally, if the ``-no-reboot`` argument is present in the
+command line, QEMU will detect this event and terminate its own
+execution gracefully.
+
+Linux does support this mechanism, but by default will only be used
+after other options have been tried and failed, causing the reboot to
+be delayed by a small number of seconds. It's possible to instruct it
+to try the triple-fault mechanism first, by adding ``reboot=t`` to the
+kernel's command line.