From dd403f8873cf8de7675b89ed757a4228af7bc05e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathon Jongsma Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:55:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] news: document nbdkit support for network disks Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index b57ba5c7d1..768e6fc326 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ v9.8.0 (unreleased) * **Improvements** + * qemu: add nbdkit backend for network disks + + Up until now, libvirt supported network disks (http, ftp, ssh) by passing + the URL to qemu and having the appropriate qemu block drivers handle the + disk I/O. However, by handling the network I/O outside of the qemu process, + we get several advantages, such as reduced attack surface and improved + stability of qemu. Therefore, when available, libvirt will use nbdkit as a + backend for these network disks and export an NBD disk to qemu. + * **Bug fixes** -- 2.47.2