From: Yalan Zhang Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:11:42 +0000 (+0800) Subject: docs: formatdomain: update hostdev interface section a bit X-Git-Tag: v8.5.0-rc1~40 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=261f1061005b4cd14c7544f3b0b414a8f82b53cb;p=thirdparty%2Flibvirt.git docs: formatdomain: update hostdev interface section a bit 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 Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko --- 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 ```` -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"). Note that this "intelligent passthrough" of network devices is very similar to the functionality of a standard device, the difference being that this @@ -5018,7 +5018,7 @@ directly reference an SRIOV VF device:
- + ...