[libvirt] [PATCH 3/3] docs: storage: document the 'lvm2' disk format oddness

Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/storage.html.in | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in index 4681a02023..7a9a980e7c 100644 --- a/docs/storage.html.in +++ b/docs/storage.html.in @@ -359,7 +359,16 @@ The formats <code>dos</code> ("msdos" in parted terminology, good for BIOS systems) or <code>gpt</code> (good for UEFI systems) are recommended for best portability - the latter is - needed for disks larger than 2TB. + needed for disks larger than 2TB. Note that the <code>lvm2</code> + format refers to the physical volume format (i.e. the whole + disk is a physical volume - not the usual usage of LVM where + physical volumes are partitions)). This is not really + a partition table and such pool cannot be built by libvirt, + only detected. + </p> + <p> + Building a pool of a certain format depends on its availability + in <code>parted</code>. </p> <h3>Valid volume format types</h3> -- 2.20.1