[libvirt] [PATCH 1/5] docs: domain: Document virtio <channel>

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Jul 14 19:44:52 UTC 2010


Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com>
---
 docs/formatdomain.html.in |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 4cca67f..b569811 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -1158,6 +1158,11 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
       <source mode='bind' path='/tmp/guestfwd'/>
       <target type='guestfwd' address='10.0.2.1' port='4600'/>
     </channel>
+
+    <!-- KVM virtio channel -->
+    <channel type='pty'>
+      <target type='virtio' name='arbitrary.virtio.serial.port.name'/>
+    </channel>
   </devices>
   ...</pre>
 
@@ -1174,6 +1179,13 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
         forwarded to the channel device on the host. The <code>target</code>
         element must have <code>address</code> and <code>port</code> attributes.
         <span class="since">Since 0.7.3</span></dd>
+
+      <dt><code>virtio</code></dt>
+      <dd>Paravirtualized virtio channel. Channel is exposed in the guest under
+        /dev/virtio-ports/$name (for more info, please see
+        <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtioSerial">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtioSerial</a>)
+        The <code>target</code> element must have a <code>name</code>
+        attribute. <span class="since">Since 0.7.7</span></dd>
     </dl>
 
     <h5><a name="elementsCharHostInterface">Host interface</a></h5>
-- 
1.6.6.1




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