[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: comments wiping supported algorithms

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Feb 29 08:24:43 UTC 2012


On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 04:02:59PM +0800, Alex Jia wrote:
> The current scrub version doesn't support pfitzner7, pfitzner33 and schneier patterns
> on RHEL, we should comment it in virsh man page.
> 
> * tools/virsh.pod: update wiping algorithms docs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Jia <ajia at redhat.com>
> ---
>  tools/virsh.pod |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
> index c306a38..eba9389 100644
> --- a/tools/virsh.pod
> +++ b/tools/virsh.pod
> @@ -2081,6 +2081,8 @@ B<Supported algorithms>
>    pfitzner33 - Roy Pfitzner's 33-random-pass method: random x33.
>    random     - 1-pass pattern: random.
>  
> +B<Note>: Not all algorithms of wiping are expected to work, it depends on concrete B<srub> version. 

I'd word this slightly differently:

  B<note> the availability of algorithms may be limited by the version
  of the C<scrub> binary installed on the host.

Regards,
Daniel
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