[libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] docs: Update vbox driver documentation.

Dawid Zamirski dzamirski at datto.com
Tue Nov 7 22:17:27 UTC 2017


On Tue, 2017-11-07 at 17:05 -0500, John Ferlan wrote:
> 
> On 11/07/2017 04:36 PM, Dawid Zamirski wrote:
> > * libvirt no longer supports vbox <= 3.x
> > * update XML definition sample to show how to attach disks to
> > VBOX's SAS
> >   controller and how to change IDE controller model.
> > * update XML to show how to create RDP display with autoport.
> > ---
> >  docs/drvvbox.html.in | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/docs/drvvbox.html.in b/docs/drvvbox.html.in
> > index 63f166b24..a56f5db11 100644
> > --- a/docs/drvvbox.html.in
> > +++ b/docs/drvvbox.html.in
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
> >          <h1>VirtualBox hypervisor driver</h1>
> >          <p>
> >          The libvirt VirtualBox driver can manage any VirtualBox
> > version
> > -        from version 2.2 onwards.
> > +        from version 4.0 onwards.
> 
> Hmmm... we should have changed that as part of commit id '73c6f16ba'
> or
> 'ccdf108c'.
> 
> Mind if I add a "(<span class="since">since libvirt 3.0.0</span>)"
> prior
> to the end of line?
> 

Sure no problem :-)

> E.g.:
> 
>        The libvirt VirtualBox driver can manage any VirtualBox
> version
>        from version 4.0 onwards
>        (<span class="since">since libvirt 3.0.0</span>).
> 
> >      </p>
> >  
> >      <h2><a id="project">Project Links</a></h2>
> > @@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ vbox+ssh://user@example.com/session  (remote
> > access, SSH tunnelled)
> >    </features>
> >  
> >    <devices>
> > +    <!--Set IDE controller model to PIIX4 (default PIIX3)-->
> > +    <controller type='ide' model='piix4'/>
> > +
> > +    <controller type='scsi' index='0'/>
> > +
> > +    <!--VirtualBox SAS Controller-->
> > +    <controller type='scsi' index='1' model='lsisas1068'/>
> > +
> >      <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
> >        <source file='/home/user/Downloads/slax-6.0.9.iso'/>
> >        <target dev='hdc'/>
> > @@ -79,6 +87,19 @@ vbox+ssh://user@example.com/session  (remote
> > access, SSH tunnelled)
> >        <target dev='hdd'/>
> >      </disk>
> >  
> > +    <!--Attach to the SCSI controller (index=0, default)-->
> > +    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> > +      <source file='/home/user/tmp/vbox2.vdi'/>
> > +      <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
> > +    </disk>
> > +
> > +    <!--Attach to the SAS controller (index=1)-->
> > +    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> > +      <source file='/home/user/tmp/vbox3.vdi'/>
> > +      <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
> > +      <address type='drive' controller='1' bus='0' target='0'
> > unit='0'/>
> > +    </disk>
> > +
> >      <disk type='file' device='floppy'>
> >        <source file='/home/user/tmp/WIN98C.IMG'/>
> >        <target dev='fda'/>
> > @@ -101,6 +122,11 @@ vbox+ssh://user@example.com/session  (remote
> > access, SSH tunnelled)
> >        <mac address='56:16:3e:5d:c7:9e'/>
> >        <model type='82540eM'/>
> >      </interface>
> > +    
> 
> There's some extraneous whitespace above as git am so kindly told me:
> 
> Applying: docs: Update vbox driver documentation.
> .git/rebase-apply/patch:57: trailing whitespace.
> 
> warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.
> 
> I will fix up before pushing...
> 
> John
> 
> > +    <graphics type='desktop'/>
> > +
> > +    <!--Activate the VRDE server with a port in 3389-3689
> > range-->
> > +    <graphics type='rdp' autoport='yes' multiUser='yes'/>
> >  
> >      <sound model='sb16'/>
> >  
> > 




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