From 493b49d67f64bbd13997d32dbeaee5edd1e9caca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laine Stump Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:01:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] news: document auto-selection of VFIO variant drivers Signed-off-by: Laine Stump Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 39ea271741..40500b0718 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ v10.0.0 (unreleased) ``virDomainBlockResize`` allows resizing a block-device backed ``raw`` disk of a VM without the need to specify the full size of the block device. + * qemu: automatic selection/binding of VFIO variant drivers + + When a device is assigned to a guest using VFIO with ````, libvirt will now search the running kernel's + modules.alias file for the most specific match to that device for + a VFIO driver, and bind that driver to the device rather than + vfio-pci. A specific driver can also be forced, using the + ```` attribute. + * **Improvements** * qemu: Improve migration XML use when persisting VM on destination -- 2.47.2