[libvirt] [PATCH v4 3/3] news: Update news and libvirt documentation

Farhan Ali alifm at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed May 31 15:25:41 UTC 2017


Update news and libvirt docs for loadparm.

Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 docs/formatdomain.html.in |  9 +++++++--
 docs/news.xml             | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 07208ee..837be18 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -3022,8 +3022,13 @@
       <dt><code>boot</code></dt>
       <dd>Specifies that the disk is bootable. The <code>order</code>
         attribute determines the order in which devices will be tried during
-        boot sequence. The per-device <code>boot</code> elements cannot be
-        used together with general boot elements in
+        boot sequence. On S390 architecture only the first boot device is used.
+        The optional <code>loadparm</code> attribute is an 8 byte parameter
+        which can be queried by guests on S390 via sclp or diag 308. Linux
+        guests on S390 can use <code>loadparm</code> to select a boot entry.
+        <span class="since">Since 3.5.0</span>
+        The per-device <code>boot</code> elements cannot be used together
+        with general boot elements in
         <a href="#elementsOSBIOS">BIOS bootloader</a> section.
         <span class="since">Since 0.8.8</span>
       </dd>
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 649350a..a15edb5 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
     <section title="New features">
       <change>
         <summary>
+          qemu: Add support for loadparm for a boot device
+        </summary>
+        <description>
+          Add an optional boot parameter 'loadparm' for a boot device.
+          Loadparm is an 8 byte parameter that, when present, is queried by
+          S390 guests via sclp or diag 308. Linux guests on S390 use it to
+          select a boot entry.
+        </description>
+      </change>
+      <change>
+        <summary>
           Improved streams to efficiently transfer sparseness
         </summary>
         <description>
-- 
1.9.1




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