[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: Document <filesystem> device
Cole Robinson
crobinso at redhat.com
Fri Apr 29 18:34:35 UTC 2011
On 04/29/2011 01:40 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 04/29/2011 11:29 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> Tried to dredge through old changelogs and commits to come up with it, so
>> may not be completely accurate.
>
> Maybe true, but still better than nothing. Thanks for tackling this.
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com>
>> ---
>> docs/formatdomain.html.in | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>> index a055b38..eafb983 100644
>> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>> @@ -903,6 +903,113 @@
>> </dd>
>> </dl>
>>
>> + <h4><a name="elementsFilesystems">Filesystems</a></h4>
>> +
>> + <p>
>> + A directory on the host that can be accessed directly from the guest.
>> + <span class="since">since 0.3.3 for containers, since 0.8.5 for QEMU/KVM</span>
>
> Should this read 'LXC containers'?
>
Actually I think OpenVZ is basically a 'container' so I meant it for
both. Basically <filesystem> has been supported for OpenVZ and LXC since
their first commits more or less, so I just dropped the 'for containers'
bit here.
>> + <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-05/msg02673.html">More info</a>
>> + </dd>
>> + <dt><code>mode='mapped'</code></dt>
>> + <dd>
>> + The <code>source</code> is accessed with the permissions of the
>> + hypervisor (QEMU process).
>> + <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-05/msg02673.html">More info</a>
>> + </dd>
>> + <dt><code>mode='squash'</code></dt>
>> + <dd>
>> + Similar to 'passthrough', the exception is that failure of
>> + privileged operations like 'chown' are ignored. This makes a
>> + passthrough-like mode usable for people who run the hypervisor
>> + as non-root.
>> + <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg41096.html">More info</a>
>
> For consistency, we should use
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-09/msg00121.html
> for the third URL, so that all three are pointing to the same archive site.
>
Ah, tried to find that but somehow missed it in the google results.
Pushed now.
Thanks,
Cole
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