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authorYalan Zhang <yalzhang@redhat.com>2022-06-16 13:11:42 +0800
committerJán Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>2022-06-16 07:18:56 +0200
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docs: formatdomain: update hostdev interface section a bit
Update the default "driver" value for hostdev interface since the default is not "KVM" anymore (refer to "Host device asssignment" part and by test results). And update the mac address in one xml example. Signed-off-by: Yalan Zhang <yalzhang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
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@@ -4917,9 +4917,9 @@ To use VFIO device assignment rather than traditional/legacy KVM device
assignment (VFIO is a new method of device assignment that is compatible with
UEFI Secure Boot), a type='hostdev' interface can have an optional ``driver``
sub-element with a ``name`` attribute set to "vfio". To use legacy KVM device
-assignment you can set ``name`` to "kvm" (or simply omit the ``<driver>``
-element, since "kvm" is currently the default). :since:`Since 1.0.5 (QEMU and
-KVM only, requires kernel 3.6 or newer)`
+assignment you can set ``name`` to "kvm" (the default is "vfio" on systems
+where the VFIO driver is available, and "kvm" on older systems. :since:`Since
+1.1.3` (prior to that the default was always "kvm").
Note that this "intelligent passthrough" of network devices is very similar to
the functionality of a standard <hostdev> device, the difference being that this
@@ -5018,7 +5018,7 @@ directly reference an SRIOV VF device:
<source>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
</source>
- <mac address='00:11:22:33:44:55:66'/>
+ <mac address='00:11:22:33:44:55'/>
<teaming type='transient' persistent='ua-backup0'/>
</interface>
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