[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: bhyve: document autoport support
- Update the driver page with the information about using
autport for VNC ports
- Add a news entry
---
docs/drvbhyve.html.in | 8 ++++++++
docs/news.xml | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
It's a freeze now, but I guess it won't hurt if I push the actual
feature ACKed before the freeze [1] along with this docs change.
If not, it's not a big deal to let it wait for the next release though.
PS I've been semi-afk for last couple of weeks, hence the delay,
sorry about that.
1: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2017-July/msg00704.html
diff --git a/docs/drvbhyve.html.in b/docs/drvbhyve.html.in
index f083db91c..0cc9f0aa0 100644
--- a/docs/drvbhyve.html.in
+++ b/docs/drvbhyve.html.in
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ will be used. Please refer to the
manual page and the <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve">bhyve
wiki</a> for more details on using
the <code>vgaconf</code> option.</p>
+<p><span class="since">Since 3.6.0</span>, it's possible
to use <code>autoport</code>
+to let libvirt allocate VNC port automatically (instead of explicitly specifying
+it with the <code>port</code> attribute):</p>
+
+<pre>
+ <graphics type='vnc' autoport='yes'>
+</pre>
+
<h3><a name="clockconfig">Clock configuration</a></h3>
<p>Originally bhyve supported only localtime for RTC. Support for UTC time was
introduced in
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index ea21cbc3e..e84dea9ad 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
on separate PHBs (PCI Host Bridges).
</description>
</change>
+ <change>
+ <summary>
+ bhyve: Support autoport for VNC ports
+ </summary>
+ <description>
+ It's no longer necessary to explicitly specify VNC port for the bhyve
+ guests. With the autoport feature it will be allocated automatically.
+ Please refer to the bhyve driver documentation for examples.
+ </description>
+ </change>
</section>
<section title="Improvements">
<change>
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2.13.1