[libvirt] [PATCH v2 1/8] docs: add documentation of arch element of capabilities.xml

Jim Fehlig jfehlig at suse.com
Tue Sep 25 03:36:50 UTC 2018


On 9/18/18 6:50 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> Specifically, list sub-elements and where they can be used. In addition,
> describe supported machine types for Xen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek at invisiblethingslab.com>
> 
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   - clarify type at domain description, add a link to domain xml there
> ---
>   docs/formatcaps.html.in   | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>   docs/formatdomain.html.in | 11 ++++++-----
>   2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com>

I've pushed patches 1-3.

Regards,
Jim

> 
> diff --git a/docs/formatcaps.html.in b/docs/formatcaps.html.in
> index 41a9a3a..0d9c53d 100644
> --- a/docs/formatcaps.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatcaps.html.in
> @@ -91,7 +91,27 @@
>           </dd>
>   
>           <dt><code>arch</code></dt>
> -        <dd>This element brings some information on supported guest architecture.</dd>
> +        <dd>This element brings some information on supported guest
> +          architecture. Possible subelements are:
> +          <dl>
> +            <dt><code>wordsize</code></dt><dd>Size of CPU word in bits, for example 64.</dd>
> +            <dt><code>emulator</code></dt><dd>Emulator (device model) path, for
> +              use in <a href="formatdomain.html#elementEmulator">emulator</a>
> +              element of domain XML.</dd>
> +            <dt><code>loader</code></dt><dd>Loader path, for use in
> +              <a href="formatdomain.html#elementLoader">loader</a> element of domain
> +              XML.</dd>
> +            <dt><code>machine</code></dt><dd>Machine type, for use in
> +              <a href="formatdomain.html#attributeOSTypeMachine">machine</a>
> +              attribute of os/type element in domain XML. For example Xen
> +              supports <code>xenfv</code> for HVM or <code>xenpv</code> for
> +              PV.</dd>
> +            <dt><code>domain</code></dt><dd>The <code>type</code> attribute of
> +              this element specifies the type of hypervisor required to run the
> +              domain. Use in <a href="formatdomain.html#attributeDomainType">type</a>
> +              attribute of the domain root element.</dd>
> +          </dl>
> +        </dd>
>   
>           <dt><code>features</code></dt>
>           <dd>This optional element encases possible features that can be used
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> index 1f12ab5..8189959 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
>       <p>
>         The root element required for all virtual machines is
>         named <code>domain</code>. It has two attributes, the
> -      <code>type</code> specifies the hypervisor used for running
> +      <a id="attributeDomainType"><code>type</code></a>
> +      specifies the hypervisor used for running
>         the domain. The allowed values are driver specific, but
>         include "xen", "kvm", "qemu", "lxc" and "kqemu". The
>         second attribute is <code>id</code> which is a unique
> @@ -148,11 +149,11 @@
>           (badly named!) refers to an OS that supports the Xen 3 hypervisor
>           guest ABI. There are also two optional attributes, <code>arch</code>
>           specifying the CPU architecture to virtualization,
> -        and <code>machine</code> referring to the machine
> -        type. The <a href="formatcaps.html">Capabilities XML</a>
> +        and <a id="attributeOSTypeMachine"><code>machine</code></a> referring
> +        to the machine type. The <a href="formatcaps.html">Capabilities XML</a>
>           provides details on allowed values for
>           these. <span class="since">Since 0.0.1</span></dd>
> -      <dt><code>loader</code></dt>
> +      <dt><a id="elementLoader"><code>loader</code></a></dt>
>         <dd>The optional <code>loader</code> tag refers to a firmware blob,
>           which is specified by absolute path,
>           used to assist the domain creation process. It is used by Xen
> @@ -2621,7 +2622,7 @@
>   ...</pre>
>   
>       <dl>
> -      <dt><code>emulator</code></dt>
> +      <dt><a id="elementEmulator"><code>emulator</code></a></dt>
>         <dd>
>           The contents of the <code>emulator</code> element specify
>           the fully qualified path to the device model emulator binary.
> 




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