From d18be36599c65fb85a57fec7b0b4dfe7372755d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laine Stump Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:27:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add entry for aggregation of pcie-root-ports to news.xml --- docs/news.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 50c3b3ea2f..baafcff420 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ the storage pool XML. + + + qemu: aggregate pcie-root-ports onto multiple functions of a slot + + + When pcie-root-ports are added to pcie-root in order to + provide a place to connect PCI Express endpoint devices, + libvirt now aggregates multiple root ports together onto the + same slot (up to 8 per slot) in order to conserve slots. + Using this method, it's possible to connect more than 200 + endpoint devices to a guest that uses PCIe without requiring + setup of any PCIe switches. + +
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