[libvirt] [PATCH v2] docs: mention bhyve SATA address changes in news.xml

--- docs/news.xml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index f408293a1..7990cc6d4 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -56,6 +56,25 @@ a fabric name has been removed by making it optional. </description> </change> + <change> + <summary> + bhyve: change address allocation schema for SATA disks + </summary> + <description> + Previously, the bhyve driver assigned PCI addresses to SATA disks + directly rather than assigning that to a controller and + using SATA addresses for disks. It was implemented this way + because bhyve has no notion of an explicit SATA controller. + However, as this doesn't match libvirt's understanding of + disk addresses, it was changed for the bhyve driver + to follow the common schema and have PCI addresses + for SATA controllers and SATA addresses for disks. If you're + having issues because of this, it's recommended to edit + the domain's XML and remove &lt;address type='pci'&gt; + from the &lt;disk&gt; elements with &lt;target bus='sata'/&gt; + and let libvirt regenerate it properly. + </description> + </change> </section> </release> <release version="v3.0.0" date="2017-01-17"> -- 2.11.0