Create a Documentation entry to describe the AMD Secure Encrypted
Virtualization (SEV) feature.
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrc...@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lenda...@amd.com>
Cc: k...@vger.kernel.org
Cc: x...@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.si...@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
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@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ s390-diag.txt
- Diagnose hypercall description (for IBM S/390)
timekeeping.txt
- timekeeping virtualization for x86-based architectures.
+amd-memory-encryption.txt
+ - notes on AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature and SEV firmware
+ command description
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+======================================
+Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
+======================================
+
+Overview
+========
+
+Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) is a feature found on AMD processors.
+
+SEV is an extension to the AMD-V architecture which supports running
+virtual machines (VMs) under the control of a hypervisor. When enabled,
+the memory contents of a VM will be transparently encrypted with a key
+unique to that VM.
+
+The hypervisor can determine the SEV support through the CPUID
+instruction. The CPUID function 0x8000001f reports information related
+to SEV::
+
+ 0x8000001f[eax]:
+ Bit[1] indicates support for SEV
+ ...
+ [ecx]:
+ Bits[31:0] Number of encrypted guests supported
simultaneously
+
+If support for SEV is present, MSR 0xc001_0010 (MSR_K8_SYSCFG) and MSR
0xc001_0015
+(MSR_K7_HWCR) can be used to determine if it can be enabled::
+
+ 0xc001_0010:
+ Bit[23] 1 = memory encryption can be enabled
+ 0 = memory encryption can not be enabled
+
+ 0xc001_0015:
+ Bit[0] 1 = memory encryption can be enabled
+ 0 = memory encryption can not be enabled
+
+When SEV support is available, it can be enabled in a specific VM by
+setting the SEV bit before executing VMRUN.::
+
+ VMCB[0x90]:
+ Bit[1] 1 = SEV is enabled
+ 0 = SEV is disabled
+
+SEV hardware uses ASIDs to associate a memory encryption key with a VM.
+Hence, the ASID for the SEV-enabled guests must be from 1 to a maximum value
+defined in the CPUID 0x8000001f[ecx] field.
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