x86, vmware: Remove deprecated VMI kernel support

With the recent innovations in CPU hardware acceleration technologies
from Intel and AMD, VMware ran a few experiments to compare these
techniques to guest paravirtualization technique on VMware's platform.
These hardware assisted virtualization techniques have outperformed the
performance benefits provided by VMI in most of the workloads. VMware
expects that these hardware features will be ubiquitous in a couple of
years, as a result, VMware has started a phased retirement of this
feature from the hypervisor.

Please note that VMI has always been an optimization and non-VMI kernels
still work fine on VMware's platform.
Latest versions of VMware's product which support VMI are,
Workstation 7.0 and VSphere 4.0 on ESX side, future maintainence
releases for these products will continue supporting VMI.

For more details about VMI retirement take a look at this,
http://blogs.vmware.com/guestosguide/2009/09/vmi-retirement.html

This feature removal was scheduled for 2.6.37 back in September 2009.

Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
LKML-Reference: <1282600151.19396.22.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 367 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmi.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 61e08c0..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmi.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,269 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * VMI interface definition
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005, VMware, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
- * Maintained by: Zachary Amsden zach@vmware.com
- *
- */
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- *  VMI Option ROM API
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-#define VMI_SIGNATURE 0x696d5663   /* "cVmi" */
-
-#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE            0x15AD
-#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMI        0x0801
-
-/*
- * We use two version numbers for compatibility, with the major
- * number signifying interface breakages, and the minor number
- * interface extensions.
- */
-#define VMI_API_REV_MAJOR       3
-#define VMI_API_REV_MINOR       0
-
-#define VMI_CALL_CPUID			0
-#define VMI_CALL_WRMSR			1
-#define VMI_CALL_RDMSR			2
-#define VMI_CALL_SetGDT			3
-#define VMI_CALL_SetLDT			4
-#define VMI_CALL_SetIDT			5
-#define VMI_CALL_SetTR			6
-#define VMI_CALL_GetGDT			7
-#define VMI_CALL_GetLDT			8
-#define VMI_CALL_GetIDT			9
-#define VMI_CALL_GetTR			10
-#define VMI_CALL_WriteGDTEntry		11
-#define VMI_CALL_WriteLDTEntry		12
-#define VMI_CALL_WriteIDTEntry		13
-#define VMI_CALL_UpdateKernelStack	14
-#define VMI_CALL_SetCR0			15
-#define VMI_CALL_SetCR2			16
-#define VMI_CALL_SetCR3			17
-#define VMI_CALL_SetCR4			18
-#define VMI_CALL_GetCR0			19
-#define VMI_CALL_GetCR2			20
-#define VMI_CALL_GetCR3			21
-#define VMI_CALL_GetCR4			22
-#define VMI_CALL_WBINVD			23
-#define VMI_CALL_SetDR			24
-#define VMI_CALL_GetDR			25
-#define VMI_CALL_RDPMC			26
-#define VMI_CALL_RDTSC			27
-#define VMI_CALL_CLTS			28
-#define VMI_CALL_EnableInterrupts	29
-#define VMI_CALL_DisableInterrupts	30
-#define VMI_CALL_GetInterruptMask	31
-#define VMI_CALL_SetInterruptMask	32
-#define VMI_CALL_IRET			33
-#define VMI_CALL_SYSEXIT		34
-#define VMI_CALL_Halt			35
-#define VMI_CALL_Reboot			36
-#define VMI_CALL_Shutdown		37
-#define VMI_CALL_SetPxE			38
-#define VMI_CALL_SetPxELong		39
-#define VMI_CALL_UpdatePxE		40
-#define VMI_CALL_UpdatePxELong		41
-#define VMI_CALL_MachineToPhysical	42
-#define VMI_CALL_PhysicalToMachine	43
-#define VMI_CALL_AllocatePage		44
-#define VMI_CALL_ReleasePage		45
-#define VMI_CALL_InvalPage		46
-#define VMI_CALL_FlushTLB		47
-#define VMI_CALL_SetLinearMapping	48
-
-#define VMI_CALL_SetIOPLMask		61
-#define VMI_CALL_SetInitialAPState	62
-#define VMI_CALL_APICWrite		63
-#define VMI_CALL_APICRead		64
-#define VMI_CALL_IODelay		65
-#define VMI_CALL_SetLazyMode		73
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * MMU operation flags
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/* Flags used by VMI_{Allocate|Release}Page call */
-#define VMI_PAGE_PAE             0x10  /* Allocate PAE shadow */
-#define VMI_PAGE_CLONE           0x20  /* Clone from another shadow */
-#define VMI_PAGE_ZEROED          0x40  /* Page is pre-zeroed */
-
-
-/* Flags shared by Allocate|Release Page and PTE updates */
-#define VMI_PAGE_PT              0x01
-#define VMI_PAGE_PD              0x02
-#define VMI_PAGE_PDP             0x04
-#define VMI_PAGE_PML4            0x08
-
-#define VMI_PAGE_NORMAL          0x00 /* for debugging */
-
-/* Flags used by PTE updates */
-#define VMI_PAGE_CURRENT_AS      0x10 /* implies VMI_PAGE_VA_MASK is valid */
-#define VMI_PAGE_DEFER           0x20 /* may queue update until TLB inval */
-#define VMI_PAGE_VA_MASK         0xfffff000
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
-#define VMI_PAGE_L1		(VMI_PAGE_PT | VMI_PAGE_PAE | VMI_PAGE_ZEROED)
-#define VMI_PAGE_L2		(VMI_PAGE_PD | VMI_PAGE_PAE | VMI_PAGE_ZEROED)
-#else
-#define VMI_PAGE_L1		(VMI_PAGE_PT | VMI_PAGE_ZEROED)
-#define VMI_PAGE_L2		(VMI_PAGE_PD | VMI_PAGE_ZEROED)
-#endif
-
-/* Flags used by VMI_FlushTLB call */
-#define VMI_FLUSH_TLB            0x01
-#define VMI_FLUSH_GLOBAL         0x02
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- *  VMI relocation definitions for ROM call get_reloc
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/* VMI Relocation types */
-#define VMI_RELOCATION_NONE     0
-#define VMI_RELOCATION_CALL_REL 1
-#define VMI_RELOCATION_JUMP_REL 2
-#define VMI_RELOCATION_NOP	3
-
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-struct vmi_relocation_info {
-	unsigned char           *eip;
-	unsigned char           type;
-	unsigned char           reserved[3];
-};
-#endif
-
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- *  Generic ROM structures and definitions
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-
-struct vrom_header {
-	u16     rom_signature;  /* option ROM signature */
-	u8      rom_length;     /* ROM length in 512 byte chunks */
-	u8      rom_entry[4];   /* 16-bit code entry point */
-	u8      rom_pad0;       /* 4-byte align pad */
-	u32     vrom_signature; /* VROM identification signature */
-	u8      api_version_min;/* Minor version of API */
-	u8      api_version_maj;/* Major version of API */
-	u8      jump_slots;     /* Number of jump slots */
-	u8      reserved1;      /* Reserved for expansion */
-	u32     virtual_top;    /* Hypervisor virtual address start */
-	u16     reserved2;      /* Reserved for expansion */
-	u16	license_offs;	/* Offset to License string */
-	u16     pci_header_offs;/* Offset to PCI OPROM header */
-	u16     pnp_header_offs;/* Offset to PnP OPROM header */
-	u32     rom_pad3;       /* PnP reserverd / VMI reserved */
-	u8      reserved[96];   /* Reserved for headers */
-	char    vmi_init[8];    /* VMI_Init jump point */
-	char    get_reloc[8];   /* VMI_GetRelocationInfo jump point */
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
-struct pnp_header {
-	char sig[4];
-	char rev;
-	char size;
-	short next;
-	short res;
-	long devID;
-	unsigned short manufacturer_offset;
-	unsigned short product_offset;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
-struct pci_header {
-	char sig[4];
-	short vendorID;
-	short deviceID;
-	short vpdData;
-	short size;
-	char rev;
-	char class;
-	char subclass;
-	char interface;
-	short chunks;
-	char rom_version_min;
-	char rom_version_maj;
-	char codetype;
-	char lastRom;
-	short reserved;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
-/* Function prototypes for bootstrapping */
-#ifdef CONFIG_VMI
-extern void vmi_init(void);
-extern void vmi_activate(void);
-extern void vmi_bringup(void);
-#else
-static inline void vmi_init(void) {}
-static inline void vmi_activate(void) {}
-static inline void vmi_bringup(void) {}
-#endif
-
-/* State needed to start an application processor in an SMP system. */
-struct vmi_ap_state {
-	u32 cr0;
-	u32 cr2;
-	u32 cr3;
-	u32 cr4;
-
-	u64 efer;
-
-	u32 eip;
-	u32 eflags;
-	u32 eax;
-	u32 ebx;
-	u32 ecx;
-	u32 edx;
-	u32 esp;
-	u32 ebp;
-	u32 esi;
-	u32 edi;
-	u16 cs;
-	u16 ss;
-	u16 ds;
-	u16 es;
-	u16 fs;
-	u16 gs;
-	u16 ldtr;
-
-	u16 gdtr_limit;
-	u32 gdtr_base;
-	u32 idtr_base;
-	u16 idtr_limit;
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmi_time.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmi_time.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e0bee..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmi_time.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * VMI Time wrappers
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2006, VMware, Inc.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
- * NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- *
- * Send feedback to dhecht@vmware.com
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_VMI_TIME_H
-#define _ASM_X86_VMI_TIME_H
-
-/*
- * Raw VMI call indices for timer functions
- */
-#define VMI_CALL_GetCycleFrequency	66
-#define VMI_CALL_GetCycleCounter	67
-#define VMI_CALL_SetAlarm		68
-#define VMI_CALL_CancelAlarm		69
-#define VMI_CALL_GetWallclockTime	70
-#define VMI_CALL_WallclockUpdated	71
-
-/* Cached VMI timer operations */
-extern struct vmi_timer_ops {
-	u64 (*get_cycle_frequency)(void);
-	u64 (*get_cycle_counter)(int);
-	u64 (*get_wallclock)(void);
-	int (*wallclock_updated)(void);
-	void (*set_alarm)(u32 flags, u64 expiry, u64 period);
-	void (*cancel_alarm)(u32 flags);
-} vmi_timer_ops;
-
-/* Prototypes */
-extern void __init vmi_time_init(void);
-extern unsigned long vmi_get_wallclock(void);
-extern int vmi_set_wallclock(unsigned long now);
-extern unsigned long long vmi_sched_clock(void);
-extern unsigned long vmi_tsc_khz(void);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-extern void __devinit vmi_time_bsp_init(void);
-extern void __devinit vmi_time_ap_init(void);
-#endif
-
-/*
- * When run under a hypervisor, a vcpu is always in one of three states:
- * running, halted, or ready.  The vcpu is in the 'running' state if it
- * is executing.  When the vcpu executes the halt interface, the vcpu
- * enters the 'halted' state and remains halted until there is some work
- * pending for the vcpu (e.g. an alarm expires, host I/O completes on
- * behalf of virtual I/O).  At this point, the vcpu enters the 'ready'
- * state (waiting for the hypervisor to reschedule it).  Finally, at any
- * time when the vcpu is not in the 'running' state nor the 'halted'
- * state, it is in the 'ready' state.
- *
- * Real time is advances while the vcpu is 'running', 'ready', or
- * 'halted'.  Stolen time is the time in which the vcpu is in the
- * 'ready' state.  Available time is the remaining time -- the vcpu is
- * either 'running' or 'halted'.
- *
- * All three views of time are accessible through the VMI cycle
- * counters.
- */
-
-/* The cycle counters. */
-#define VMI_CYCLES_REAL         0
-#define VMI_CYCLES_AVAILABLE    1
-#define VMI_CYCLES_STOLEN       2
-
-/* The alarm interface 'flags' bits */
-#define VMI_ALARM_COUNTERS      2
-
-#define VMI_ALARM_COUNTER_MASK  0x000000ff
-
-#define VMI_ALARM_WIRED_IRQ0    0x00000000
-#define VMI_ALARM_WIRED_LVTT    0x00010000
-
-#define VMI_ALARM_IS_ONESHOT    0x00000000
-#define VMI_ALARM_IS_PERIODIC   0x00000100
-
-#define CONFIG_VMI_ALARM_HZ	100
-
-#endif /* _ASM_X86_VMI_TIME_H */