[PATCH 09/15] docs: uri: Consolidate paragraphs on Xen URIs

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Fri Apr 22 12:23:25 UTC 2022


Mention the legacy 'xen' string usage under the Xen hypervisor uri
section.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
---
 docs/uri.rst | 16 +++-------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/uri.rst b/docs/uri.rst
index 80c2d780c3..97a72dc37d 100644
--- a/docs/uri.rst
+++ b/docs/uri.rst
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ In virt-install use the ``--connect=``\ *URI* option:
 xen:///system URI
 -----------------

-*This section describes a feature which is new in libvirt > 0.2.3. For libvirt ≤
-0.2.3 use* `Legacy: "xen"`_ *URI*.
-
 To access a Xen hypervisor running on the local machine use the URI
 ``xen:///system``.

+Historically libvirt 0.2.2 and previous versions required to use the name
+``"xen"`` to refer to the Xen hypervisor.
+
 qemu:///... QEMU and KVM URIs
 -----------------------------

@@ -418,13 +418,3 @@ The test driver is a dummy hypervisor for test purposes. The URIs supported are:
    the driver.
 -  ``test:///path/to/host/definitions`` connects to a set of host definitions
    held in the named file.
-
-Other & legacy URI formats
---------------------------
-
-Legacy: ``"xen"``
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Another legacy URI is to specify name as the string ``"xen"``. This will
-continue to refer to the Xen hypervisor. However you should prefer a full
-`xen:///system URI`_ in all future code.
-- 
2.35.1



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