From: Jonathon Jongsma Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:17:05 +0000 (-0500) Subject: news: mention new nodedev API X-Git-Tag: v7.8.0-rc1~190 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=815056cef8dac827b07e76bf84c87eec0f9ac7ed;p=thirdparty%2Flibvirt.git news: mention new nodedev API Add news item about the new API for node devices. Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety --- diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 4521499db7..fd20e50d18 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ v7.8.0 (unreleased) * **New features** + * nodedev: Add ability to automatically start mediated devices + + The autostart status of a persistent mediated devices can be managed with + the new APIs ``virNodeDeviceSetAutostart()`` and + ``virNodeDeviceGetAutostart()``. The corresponding virsh command is + ``nodedev-autostart``. In addition, two new APIs were added to get + additional information about node devices: ``virNodeDeviceIsPersistent()`` + checks whether the device is persistently defined, and + ``virNodeDeviceIsActive()`` checks whether the node device is currently + active. This information can also be retrieved with the new virsh command + ``nodedev-info``. + * **Improvements** * **Bug fixes**