diff --git a/docs/system/devices/cxl.rst b/docs/system/devices/cxl.rst
index f25783a4ec..3a62d46e8a 100644
--- a/docs/system/devices/cxl.rst
+++ b/docs/system/devices/cxl.rst
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Example topology involving a switch::
 
 Example command lines
 ---------------------
-A very simple setup with just one directly attached CXL Type 3 device::
+A very simple setup with just one directly attached CXL Type 3 Persistent Memory device::
 
   qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt,gic-version=3,cxl=on -m 4g,maxmem=8G,slots=8 -cpu max \
   ...
@@ -308,7 +308,18 @@ A very simple setup with just one directly attached CXL Type 3 device::
   -object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-lsa1,share=on,mem-path=/tmp/lsa.raw,size=256M \
   -device pxb-cxl,bus_nr=12,bus=pcie.0,id=cxl.1 \
   -device cxl-rp,port=0,bus=cxl.1,id=root_port13,chassis=0,slot=2 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port13,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem0 \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port13,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem0 \
+  -M cxl-fmw.0.targets.0=cxl.1,cxl-fmw.0.size=4G
+
+A very simple setup with just one directly attached CXL Type 3 Volatile Memory device::
+
+  qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt,gic-version=3,cxl=on -m 4g,maxmem=8G,slots=8 -cpu max \
+  ...
+  -object memory-backend-ram,id=cxl-mem1,share=on,size=256M \
+  -object memory-backend-ram,id=cxl-lsa1,share=on,size=256M \
+  -device pxb-cxl,bus_nr=12,bus=pcie.0,id=cxl.1 \
+  -device cxl-rp,port=0,bus=cxl.1,id=root_port13,chassis=0,slot=2 \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port13,pmem=false,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem0 \
   -M cxl-fmw.0.targets.0=cxl.1,cxl-fmw.0.size=4G
 
 A setup suitable for 4 way interleave. Only one fixed window provided, to enable 2 way
@@ -328,13 +339,13 @@ the CXL Type3 device directly attached (no switches).::
   -device pxb-cxl,bus_nr=12,bus=pcie.0,id=cxl.1 \
   -device pxb-cxl,bus_nr=222,bus=pcie.0,id=cxl.2 \
   -device cxl-rp,port=0,bus=cxl.1,id=root_port13,chassis=0,slot=2 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port13,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem0 \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port13,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem0 \
   -device cxl-rp,port=1,bus=cxl.1,id=root_port14,chassis=0,slot=3 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port14,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=cxl-lsa2,id=cxl-pmem1 \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port14,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=cxl-lsa2,id=cxl-pmem1 \
   -device cxl-rp,port=0,bus=cxl.2,id=root_port15,chassis=0,slot=5 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port15,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=cxl-lsa3,id=cxl-pmem2 \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port15,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=cxl-lsa3,id=cxl-pmem2 \
   -device cxl-rp,port=1,bus=cxl.2,id=root_port16,chassis=0,slot=6 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port16,memdev=cxl-mem4,lsa=cxl-lsa4,id=cxl-pmem3 \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=root_port16,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem4,lsa=cxl-lsa4,id=cxl-pmem3 \
   -M cxl-fmw.0.targets.0=cxl.1,cxl-fmw.0.targets.1=cxl.2,cxl-fmw.0.size=4G,cxl-fmw.0.interleave-granularity=8k
 
 An example of 4 devices below a switch suitable for 1, 2 or 4 way interleave::
@@ -354,13 +365,13 @@ An example of 4 devices below a switch suitable for 1, 2 or 4 way interleave::
   -device cxl-rp,port=1,bus=cxl.1,id=root_port1,chassis=0,slot=1 \
   -device cxl-upstream,bus=root_port0,id=us0 \
   -device cxl-downstream,port=0,bus=us0,id=swport0,chassis=0,slot=4 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport0,memdev=cxl-mem0,lsa=cxl-lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0,size=256M \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport0,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem0,lsa=cxl-lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0,size=256M \
   -device cxl-downstream,port=1,bus=us0,id=swport1,chassis=0,slot=5 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport1,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem1,size=256M \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport1,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=cxl-lsa1,id=cxl-pmem1,size=256M \
   -device cxl-downstream,port=2,bus=us0,id=swport2,chassis=0,slot=6 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport2,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=cxl-lsa2,id=cxl-pmem2,size=256M \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport2,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=cxl-lsa2,id=cxl-pmem2,size=256M \
   -device cxl-downstream,port=3,bus=us0,id=swport3,chassis=0,slot=7 \
-  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport3,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=cxl-lsa3,id=cxl-pmem3,size=256M \
+  -device cxl-type3,bus=swport3,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=cxl-lsa3,id=cxl-pmem3,size=256M \
   -M cxl-fmw.0.targets.0=cxl.1,cxl-fmw.0.size=4G,cxl-fmw.0.interleave-granularity=4k
 
 Kernel Configuration Options
diff --git a/hw/cxl/cxl-mailbox-utils.c b/hw/cxl/cxl-mailbox-utils.c
index bc1bb18844..3ed4dfeb69 100644
--- a/hw/cxl/cxl-mailbox-utils.c
+++ b/hw/cxl/cxl-mailbox-utils.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static ret_code cmd_firmware_update_get_info(struct cxl_cmd *cmd,
     } QEMU_PACKED *fw_info;
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*fw_info) != 0x50);
 
-    if (cxl_dstate->pmem_size < (256 << 20)) {
+    if (cxl_dstate->mem_size < (256 << 20)) {
         return CXL_MBOX_INTERNAL_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static ret_code cmd_identify_memory_device(struct cxl_cmd *cmd,
 
     CXLType3Dev *ct3d = container_of(cxl_dstate, CXLType3Dev, cxl_dstate);
     CXLType3Class *cvc = CXL_TYPE3_GET_CLASS(ct3d);
-    uint64_t size = cxl_dstate->pmem_size;
+    uint64_t size = cxl_dstate->mem_size;
 
     if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(size, 256 << 20)) {
         return CXL_MBOX_INTERNAL_ERROR;
@@ -290,11 +290,13 @@ static ret_code cmd_identify_memory_device(struct cxl_cmd *cmd,
     id = (void *)cmd->payload;
     memset(id, 0, sizeof(*id));
 
-    /* PMEM only */
-    snprintf(id->fw_revision, 0x10, "BWFW VERSION %02d", 0);
+    /* Version 0: PMEM Only.  Version 1: PMEM and VMEM */
+    snprintf(id->fw_revision, 0x10, "BWFW VERSION %02d", 1);
 
-    id->total_capacity = size / (256 << 20);
-    id->persistent_capacity = size / (256 << 20);
+    size /= (256 << 20);
+    id->total_capacity = size;
+    id->persistent_capacity = ct3d->is_pmem ? size : 0;
+    id->volatile_capacity = ct3d->is_pmem ? 0 : size;
     id->lsa_size = cvc->get_lsa_size(ct3d);
 
     *len = sizeof(*id);
@@ -312,16 +314,18 @@ static ret_code cmd_ccls_get_partition_info(struct cxl_cmd *cmd,
         uint64_t next_pmem;
     } QEMU_PACKED *part_info = (void *)cmd->payload;
     QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*part_info) != 0x20);
-    uint64_t size = cxl_dstate->pmem_size;
+
+    CXLType3Dev *ct3d = container_of(cxl_dstate, CXLType3Dev, cxl_dstate);
+    uint64_t size = cxl_dstate->mem_size;
 
     if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(size, 256 << 20)) {
         return CXL_MBOX_INTERNAL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /* PMEM only */
-    part_info->active_vmem = 0;
+    size /= (256 << 20);
+    part_info->active_vmem = ct3d->is_pmem ? 0 : size;
     part_info->next_vmem = 0;
-    part_info->active_pmem = size / (256 << 20);
+    part_info->active_pmem = ct3d->is_pmem ? size : 0;
     part_info->next_pmem = 0;
 
     *len = sizeof(*part_info);
diff --git a/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c b/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c
index ada2108fac..18c5b9ff90 100644
--- a/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c
+++ b/hw/mem/cxl_type3.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static bool cxl_setup_memory(CXLType3Dev *ct3d, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "memdev property must be set");
         return false;
     }
-    memory_region_set_nonvolatile(mr, true);
+    memory_region_set_nonvolatile(mr, ct3d->is_pmem);
     memory_region_set_enabled(mr, true);
     host_memory_backend_set_mapped(ct3d->hostmem, true);
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static bool cxl_setup_memory(CXLType3Dev *ct3d, Error **errp)
     address_space_init(&ct3d->hostmem_as, mr, name);
     g_free(name);
 
-    ct3d->cxl_dstate.pmem_size = ct3d->hostmem->size;
+    ct3d->cxl_dstate.mem_size = ct3d->hostmem->size;
 
     if (!ct3d->lsa) {
         error_setg(errp, "lsa property must be set");
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ static void ct3d_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 }
 
 static Property ct3_props[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("pmem", CXLType3Dev, is_pmem, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_LINK("memdev", CXLType3Dev, hostmem, TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND,
                      HostMemoryBackend *),
     DEFINE_PROP_LINK("lsa", CXLType3Dev, lsa, TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND,
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ static Property ct3_props[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
+
 static uint64_t get_lsa_size(CXLType3Dev *ct3d)
 {
     MemoryRegion *mr;
@@ -338,10 +340,10 @@ static void ct3_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     pc->class_id = PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_EXPRESS;
     pc->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL;
     pc->device_id = 0xd93; /* LVF for now */
-    pc->revision = 1;
+    pc->revision = 2;
 
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
-    dc->desc = "CXL PMEM Device (Type 3)";
+    dc->desc = "CXL Memory Device (Type 3)";
     dc->reset = ct3d_reset;
     device_class_set_props(dc, ct3_props);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/cxl/cxl_device.h b/include/hw/cxl/cxl_device.h
index 1e141b6621..67fc65f047 100644
--- a/include/hw/cxl/cxl_device.h
+++ b/include/hw/cxl/cxl_device.h
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ typedef struct cxl_device_state {
         uint64_t host_set;
     } timestamp;
 
-    /* memory region for persistent memory, HDM */
-    uint64_t pmem_size;
+    /* memory region for persistent and volatile memory, HDM */
+    uint64_t mem_size;
 } CXLDeviceState;
 
 /* Initialize the register block for a device */
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct CXLType3Dev {
     PCIDevice parent_obj;
 
     /* Properties */
+    bool is_pmem;
     HostMemoryBackend *hostmem;
     HostMemoryBackend *lsa;
 
diff --git a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
index 2ebeb530b2..40c392056d 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -1578,13 +1578,13 @@ static void test_acpi_q35_cxl(void)
                              " -device pxb-cxl,bus_nr=12,bus=pcie.0,id=cxl.1"
                              " -device pxb-cxl,bus_nr=222,bus=pcie.0,id=cxl.2"
                              " -device cxl-rp,port=0,bus=cxl.1,id=rp1,chassis=0,slot=2"
-                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp1,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=lsa1"
+                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp1,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=lsa1"
                              " -device cxl-rp,port=1,bus=cxl.1,id=rp2,chassis=0,slot=3"
-                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp2,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=lsa2"
+                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp2,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=lsa2"
                              " -device cxl-rp,port=0,bus=cxl.2,id=rp3,chassis=0,slot=5"
-                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp3,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=lsa3"
+                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp3,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=lsa3"
                              " -device cxl-rp,port=1,bus=cxl.2,id=rp4,chassis=0,slot=6"
-                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp4,memdev=cxl-mem4,lsa=lsa4"
+                             " -device cxl-type3,bus=rp4,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem4,lsa=lsa4"
                              " -M cxl-fmw.0.targets.0=cxl.1,cxl-fmw.0.size=4G,cxl-fmw.0.interleave-granularity=8k,"
                              "cxl-fmw.1.targets.0=cxl.1,cxl-fmw.1.targets.1=cxl.2,cxl-fmw.1.size=4G,cxl-fmw.1.interleave-granularity=8k",
                              tmp_path, tmp_path, tmp_path, tmp_path,
diff --git a/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c b/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c
index cbe0fb549b..667e590c5f 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/cxl-test.c
@@ -31,27 +31,40 @@
 
 #define QEMU_T3D "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem0,mem-path=%s,size=256M " \
                  "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa0,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                 "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,memdev=cxl-mem0,lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 "
+                 "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,pmem=false,memdev=cxl-mem0," \
+                  "lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 "
+
+#define QEMU_T3DV "-object memory-backend-ram,id=cxl-mem0,size=256M " \
+                  "-object memory-backend-ram,id=lsa0,size=256M "    \
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem0," \
+                   "lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 "
+
 
 #define QEMU_2T3D "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem0,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa0,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,memdev=cxl-mem0,lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 " \
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem0," \
+                   "lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 " \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem1,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa1,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp1,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=lsa1,id=cxl-pmem1 "
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp1,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem1," \
+                   "lsa=lsa1,id=cxl-pmem1 "
 
 #define QEMU_4T3D "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem0,mem-path=%s,size=256M " \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa0,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,memdev=cxl-mem0,lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 " \
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp0,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem0," \
+                   "lsa=lsa0,id=cxl-pmem0 " \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem1,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa1,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp1,memdev=cxl-mem1,lsa=lsa1,id=cxl-pmem1 " \
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp1,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem1," \
+                   "lsa=lsa1,id=cxl-pmem1 " \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem2,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa2,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp2,memdev=cxl-mem2,lsa=lsa2,id=cxl-pmem2 " \
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp2,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem2," \
+                   "lsa=lsa2,id=cxl-pmem2 " \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=cxl-mem3,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
                   "-object memory-backend-file,id=lsa3,mem-path=%s,size=256M "    \
-                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp3,memdev=cxl-mem3,lsa=lsa3,id=cxl-pmem3 "
+                  "-device cxl-type3,bus=rp3,pmem=true,memdev=cxl-mem3," \
+                   "lsa=lsa3,id=cxl-pmem3 "
 
 static void cxl_basic_hb(void)
 {
@@ -103,6 +116,19 @@ static void cxl_t3d(void)
     qtest_end();
 }
 
+static void cxl_t3d_vmem(void)
+{
+    g_autoptr(GString) cmdline = g_string_new(NULL);
+    g_autofree const char *tmpfs = NULL;
+
+    tmpfs = g_dir_make_tmp("cxl-test-XXXXXX", NULL);
+
+    g_string_printf(cmdline, QEMU_PXB_CMD QEMU_RP QEMU_T3DV);
+
+    qtest_start(cmdline->str);
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
 static void cxl_1pxb_2rp_2t3d(void)
 {
     g_autoptr(GString) cmdline = g_string_new(NULL);
@@ -145,6 +171,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("/pci/cxl/rp_x2", cxl_2root_port);
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
     qtest_add_func("/pci/cxl/type3_device", cxl_t3d);
+    qtest_add_func("/pci/cxl/type3_vmem_device", cxl_t3d_vmem);
     qtest_add_func("/pci/cxl/rp_x2_type3_x2", cxl_1pxb_2rp_2t3d);
     qtest_add_func("/pci/cxl/pxb_x2_root_port_x4_type3_x4", cxl_2pxb_4rp_4t3d);
 #endif
