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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ QEMU<->ACPI BIOS memory hotplug interface
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ACPI BIOS GPE.3 handler is dedicated for notifying OS about memory hot-add
-events.
+and hot-remove events.
Memory hot-plug interface (IO port 0xa00-0xa17, 1-4 byte access):
---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -42,3 +42,43 @@ Selecting memory device slot beyond present range has no effect on platform:
ignored
- read accesses to memory hot-plug registers not documented above return
all bits set to 1.
+
+Memory hot remove process diagram:
+----------------------------------
+ +-------------+     +-----------------------+      +------------------+     
+ |  1. QEMU    |     | 2. QEMU               |      |3. QEMU           |     
+ |  device_del +---->+ device unplug request +----->+Send SCI to guest,|     
+ |             |     |         cb            |      |return control to |     
+ +-------------+     +-----------------------+      |management        |     
+                                                    +------------------+     
+                                                                             
+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+     
+                                                                             
+ +---------------------+              +-------------------------+            
+ | OSPM:               | remove event | OSPM:                   |            
+ | send Eject Request, |              | Scan memory devices     |            
+ | clear remove event  +<-------------+ for event flags         |            
+ |                     |              |                         |            
+ +---------------------+              +-------------------------+            
+           |                                                                 
+           |                                                                 
+ +---------v--------+            +-----------------------+                   
+ | Guest OS:        |  success   | OSPM:                 |                   
+ | process Ejection +----------->+ Execute _EJ0 method,  |                   
+ | request          |            | set eject bit in flags|                   
+ +------------------+            +-----------------------+                   
+           |failure                         |                                
+           v                                v                                
+ +------------------------+      +-----------------------+                   
+ | OSPM:                  |      | QEMU:                 |                   
+ | set OST event & status |      | call device unplug cb |                   
+ | fields                 |      |                       |                   
+ +------------------------+      +-----------------------+                   
+          |                                  |                               
+          v                                  v                               
+ +------------------+              +-------------------+                     
+ |QEMU:             |              |QEMU:              |                     
+ |Send OST QMP event|              |Send device deleted|                     
+ |                  |              |QMP event          |                     
+ +------------------+              |                   |                     
+                                   +-------------------+