Hi Peter,
Thanks for reviewing the patches. I will post another patch series with
the changes you requested.
Thanks
Farhan
On 06/01/2017 02:39 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:25:41 -0400, Farhan Ali wrote:
> Update news and libvirt docs for loadparm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> docs/formatdomain.html.in | 9 +++++++--
> docs/news.xml | 11 +++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> index 07208ee..837be18 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
> @@ -3022,8 +3022,13 @@
> <dt><code>boot</code></dt>
> <dd>Specifies that the disk is bootable. The
<code>order</code>
> attribute determines the order in which devices will be tried during
> - boot sequence. The per-device <code>boot</code> elements cannot
be
> - used together with general boot elements in
> + boot sequence. On S390 architecture only the first boot device is used.
> + The optional <code>loadparm</code> attribute is an 8 byte
parameter
> + which can be queried by guests on S390 via sclp or diag 308. Linux
> + guests on S390 can use <code>loadparm</code> to select a boot
entry.
> + <span class="since">Since 3.5.0</span>
> + The per-device <code>boot</code> elements cannot be used
together
> + with general boot elements in
> <a href="#elementsOSBIOS">BIOS bootloader</a>
section.
> <span class="since">Since 0.8.8</span>
> </dd>
Okay, so this should be in the first patch.
> diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
> index 649350a..a15edb5 100644
> --- a/docs/news.xml
> +++ b/docs/news.xml
> @@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
> <section title="New features">
> <change>
> <summary>
> + qemu: Add support for loadparm for a boot device
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + Add an optional boot parameter 'loadparm' for a boot device.
> + Loadparm is an 8 byte parameter that, when present, is queried by
> + S390 guests via sclp or diag 308. Linux guests on S390 use it to
> + select a boot entry.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> Improved streams to efficiently transfer sparseness
> </summary>
> <description>
Our contributor guidelines state that this change has to be in a
separate patch.
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