Commit 4c8153d9 "add ACPI device for Windows laptop/slate mode switch"
added code to provide an 'laptop/slate mode' ACPI device to guests.
When present this device is used by Microsoft Windows to bind a HID
driver which controls whether the Windows desktop appearance is optimized
for laptop/desktop or slate/tablet PCs. The mechanism for switching
between modes is to open a handle to this driver and write a byte of
arbitrary data.
This patch documents xenstore keys such that a PV agent running in a
Windows guest can advertise the capability to, and receive instruction
from, a toolstack to cause such a mode switch.
Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durr...@citrix.com>
---
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>
Cc: George Dunlap <george.dun...@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabell...@kernel.org>
Cc: Tim Deegan <t...@xen.org>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.l...@citrix.com>
---
docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
index 5d89ed8..6c80a9e 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
@@ -435,6 +435,21 @@ XS_RESET_WATCHES xenstore message. See
[xen/include/public/io/xs\_wire.h][XSWIRE] for the XenStore wire
protocol definition.
+#### ~/control/laptop-slate-mode = (""|"laptop"|"slate") [w]
+
+This is the PV laptop/slate mode control node. If the toolstack has
+provisioned a guest with the ACPI laptop/slate mode device then it
+can write the desired mode here to cause the guest to switch modes if
+necessary. The guest acknowledges a request by writing the empty
+string back to the control node.
+
+#### ~/control/feature-laptop-slate-mode = (""|"0"|"1") [w]
+
+This may be initialized to "" by the toolstack and may then be set
+to 0 or 1 by a guest to indicate whether it is capable or incapable,
+respectively, of responding to a mode value written to
+~/control/laptop-slate-mode.
+
### Domain Controlled Paths
#### ~/data/* [w]
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2.1.4
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