[PATCH] [Doc] Update 2 items in the formatdomain.rst

Ján Tomko jtomko at redhat.com
Thu Jun 16 05:24:33 UTC 2022


Saying what part of the file is being updated is more useful than
counting the changes. I've changed the commit summary to:

   docs: formatdomain: update hostdev interface section a bit

On a Thursday in 2022, Yalan Zhang wrote:
>Update the default "driver" value for hostdev interface since
>the default is not "KVM" anymore(refer to "Host device
>asssignment" part and by test results). And update the mac
>address in one xml example.
>
>Signed-off-by: Yalan Zhang <yalzhang at redhat.com>
>---
> docs/formatdomain.rst | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
>index b6a3495093..19c4aa5e2e 100644
>--- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
>+++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
>@@ -4917,9 +4917,9 @@ To use VFIO device assignment rather than traditional/legacy KVM device
> assignment (VFIO is a new method of device assignment that is compatible with
> UEFI Secure Boot), a type='hostdev' interface can have an optional ``driver``
> sub-element with a ``name`` attribute set to "vfio". To use legacy KVM device
>-assignment you can set ``name`` to "kvm" (or simply omit the ``<driver>``
>-element, since "kvm" is currently the default). :since:`Since 1.0.5 (QEMU and
>-KVM only, requires kernel 3.6 or newer)`
>+assignment you can set ``name`` to "kvm" (the default is "vfio" on systems
>+where the VFIO driver is available, and "kvm" on older systems. :since:`Since
>+1.1.3` (prior to that the default was always "kvm").
>

It seems the whole section could use a rewrite with VFIO in mind, but
this change at least gets rid of the incorrect claims.

Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko at redhat.com>

and pushed.

Jano
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