[PATCH 6/7] Document change to multiple watchdogs

Martin Kletzander mkletzan at redhat.com
Mon Jan 23 14:57:55 UTC 2023


With the reasoning behind it.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com>
---
 docs/formatdomain.rst | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
index f76c7c3d81f5..90a039f7bdfd 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
@@ -7544,8 +7544,8 @@ defaults to 'WAV' with QEMU.
 
 :since:`Since 7.2.0, qemu`
 
-Watchdog device
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Watchdog devices
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 A virtual hardware watchdog device can be added to the guest via the
 ``watchdog`` element. :since:`Since 0.7.3, QEMU and KVM only`
@@ -7557,6 +7557,11 @@ anything useful on its own.
 Currently libvirt does not support notification when the watchdog fires. This
 feature is planned for a future version of libvirt.
 
+Having multiple watchdogs is usually not something very common, but be aware
+that this might happen, for example, when an implicit watchdog device is added
+as part of another device.  For example whe iTCO watchdog being part of the ich9
+southbridge, which is used with the q35 machine type. :since:`Since 9.1.0`
+
 ::
 
    ...
@@ -7579,6 +7584,7 @@ feature is planned for a future version of libvirt.
 
    QEMU and KVM support:
 
+   -  'itco' - included by default with q35 machine type :since:`Since 9.1.0`
    -  'i6300esb' - the recommended device, emulating a PCI Intel 6300ESB
    -  'ib700' - emulating an ISA iBase IB700
    -  'diag288' - emulating an S390 DIAG288 device :since:`Since 1.2.17`
-- 
2.39.1



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