<source dir='/path'/>
<target dir='mount_tag'/>
</filesystem>
+ <filesystem type='mount'>
+ <driver type='virtiofs' queue='1024'/>
+ <source socket='/tmp/sock'/>
+ </filesystem>
...
</devices>
...
``source``
The resource on the host that is being accessed in the guest. The ``name``
attribute must be used with ``type='template'``, and the ``dir`` attribute
- must be used with ``type='mount'``. The ``usage`` attribute is used with
+ must be used with ``type='mount'``. For ``virtiofs``, the ``socket`` attribute
+ can be used to connect to a virtiofsd daemon launched outside of libvirt.
+ In that case, the ``target`` element does not apply and neither do most
+ virtiofs-related options, since they are controlled by virtiofsd, not libvirtd.
+ The ``usage`` attribute is used with
``type='ram'`` to set the memory limit in KiB, unless units are specified by
the ``units`` attribute.
``target``