Our documentation isn't 100% clear about hostdev 'managed' attribute usage, because it only makes sense to use it with PCI devices, yet we format this attribute to all hostdev devices. By adding a note into the docs, we can possibly avoid confusion from customer's side and also avoid a solution using ternary logic. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155887 --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index fb0a0d1..6276a61 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -3110,6 +3110,12 @@ then this setting not required. </dd> </dl> + <p> + Note: The <code>managed</code> attribute is only used with PCI devices + and is ignored by all the other device types, thus setting + <code>managed</code> explicitly with other than PCI device has the same + effect as omitting it. + </p> </dd> <dt><code>source</code></dt> <dd>The source element describes the device as seen from the host using -- 1.9.3