[libvirt] [PATCH v3 13/13] docs: Update news.xml with vbox changes.
John Ferlan
jferlan at redhat.com
Tue Nov 7 21:08:28 UTC 2017
On 11/07/2017 01:49 PM, Dawid Zamirski wrote:
> ---
> docs/news.xml | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
>
Perhaps more verbose than some would like, but I'm perfectly fine with
it! There's a couple of syntax things... Which I'll fix up before pushing.
> diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
> index ef855d895..454c63d8b 100644
> --- a/docs/news.xml
> +++ b/docs/news.xml
> @@ -37,8 +37,82 @@
> <section title="New features">
> </section>
> <section title="Improvements">
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + vbox: Add support for configuring storage controllers
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + The VirtualBox driver now supports the <code><controller></code>
> + element in the domain XML for configuring storage controllers in VBOX
> + VMs. Additionally, libvirt's domain XML schema was updated to allow
> + optional <code>model</code> attribute for <code><controller
> + type='ide'></code> which is used by the VBOX driver to set the
> + IDE controller model to be one of 'piix4', 'piix4' (default), or
> + 'ich6'. Finally, with this change <code>dumpxml</code> generates
> + <code><controller></code> elements that correspond to current
> + VBOX VM storage controller configuration.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + vbox: Add support for attaching empty removable disks
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + The VirutalBox driver now supports adding CD-ROM and floppy disk
> + devices that do not have the disk source specified. Previously such
> + devices were silently ignored.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + vbox: Add support for attaching SAS storage controllers
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + In VirtualBox, SCSI and SAS are distinct controller types whereas
> + libvirt does not make such distinction. Therefore, the VBOX driver was
> + updated to allow attaching SAS controllers via <code><controller
> + type='scsi' model='lsisas1068'></code> element. If there are
> + both SCSI and SAS controllers present in the VBOX VM, the domain XML
> + can associate the disk device using the <code><address></code>
> + element with the <code>controller</code> attribute, and optionally,
> + set the port via <code>unit</code> attribute.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> </section>
> <section title="Bug fixes">
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + vbox: Do not ignore failures to attach disk devices when defining
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + The <code>define</code> now fails and reports an error if any of the
> + <code>controller</code> or <code>disk</code> devices specified in the
> + domain XML fail to attach to the VirtualBox VM.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + vbox: Fix <code>dumpxml</code> to always output disk devices
Cannot have <code> in <summary> and there was an extra space at the end
of the line.
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + The VirtualBox driver was ignoring any disk devices in
> + <code>dumpxml</code> output if there was a SAS storage controller
> + attached to the VM.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + vbox: Fix <code>dumpxml</code> to always generate valid domain XML
Cannot have <code> in <summary.
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + When a VirtualBox VM has multiple disks attached, each to a different
> + storage controller that uses 'sd' prefix for block device names e.g.
> + one disk attached to SATA and one to SCSI controller, it no longer
> + generates XML where both would have 'sda' device name assigned.
> + Instead it properly assigns 'sda' and 'sdb' to those disks in the
> + order of appearance.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> </section>
> </release>
> <release version="v3.9.0" date="2017-11-02">
>
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