[libvirt PATCHv2 2/3] docs: virtiofs: add section about externally-launched virtiofsd

Provide an exmple in a place more visible than formatdomain.html. Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst index c0bc07a68d..740b08d50d 100644 --- a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst +++ b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst @@ -149,3 +149,18 @@ More optional elements can be specified <cache mode='always'/> <lock posix='on' flock='on'/> </binary> + +Externally-launched virtiofsd +============================= + +Libvirtd can also connect the ``vhost-user-fs`` device to a ``virtiofsd`` +daemon launched outside of libvirtd. In that case socket permissions, +the mount tag and all the virtiofsd options are out of libvirtd's +control and need to be set by the application running virtiofsd. + +:: + + <filesystem type='mount'/> + <driver type='virtiofs' queue='1024'/> + <source socket='/var/virtiofsd.sock'/> + </filesystem> -- 2.29.2