From 2b611db88268d123a9a5cdf86cb1c8f6815613e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michal Privoznik Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:24:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] news: Document Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani --- docs/news.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 1824e135b2..e61a564d85 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ virsh domstats --memory. + + + qemu: Allow accessing NVMe disks directly + + + Before this release there were two ways to configure a NVMe disk for + a domain. The first was using <disk/> with the <source/> + pointing to the /dev/nvmeXXXX. The other was using PCI + assignment via <hostdev/> element. Both have their + disadvantages: the former adds latency of file system and block + layers of the host kernel, the latter prohibits domain migration. In + this release the third way of configuring NVMe disk is added which + combines the advantages and drops disadvantages of the previous two + ways. It's accessible via <disk type='nvme'/>. + +
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