[libvirt PATCHv2 10/10] docs: add virtiofs kbase

[Ján Tomko]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:41:32AM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 18:46:11 +0100, Ján Tomko wrote:
>> Add a document describing the usage of virtiofs.
>> ---
>>  docs/kbase.html.in      |   3 +
>>  docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 156 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst

[...]

>> +3. Add the ``vhost-user-fs`` QEMU device via the ``filesystem`` element
>> +
>> +::
>> +
>> +   <domain>
>> +     ...
>> +     <devices>
>> +       ...
>> +       <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'>
>> +         <driver type='virtiofs'>
>> +           <binary>/usr/libexec/virtiofsd</binary>
>> +         </driver>
>> +         <source dir='/path'/>
>> +         <target dir='mount_tag'/>
>> +       </filesystem>
>> +       ...
>> +     </devices>
>> +   </domain>
>> +
>> +Note that despite its name, the ``target dir`` is actually a mount tag and does
>> +not have to correspond to the desired mount point in the guest.
>
>In that case it should perhaps also have a different attribute.
>

I was considering that, however we already use it the same way for 9pfs.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-November/msg01150.html

Jano
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