Re: [PATCH v2 27/27] news: document recent virtio memory addition
On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 13:36:30 +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote:
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com>
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NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
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* **New features**
+ * qemu: Introduce virtio memory support
+
+ New ``virtio`` model is introduced for ``<memory/>`` device which
+ translates to ``virtio-pmem`` or ``virtio-mem`` on QEMU command
+ line. The former servers as a NVDIMM and the latter is a
IIUC the guest visible portion is rather significantly different from an
NVDIMM, so you should not equate them.
+ paravirtualized mechanism of adding/removing memory to/from a
VM.
+ It is exposed via ``virDomainUpdateDeviceFlags()`` API and ``virsh
+ setmem --virtio`` for user convenience.
+
* **Improvements**
* **Bug fixes**
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2.26.2