* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document virtio backend selection.
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docs/formatdomain.html.in | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 0c7c965..8307a0d 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
<source network='default'/>
<target dev='vnet1'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
- <b><driver txmode='iothread'/></b>
+ <b><driver name='vhost'
txmode='iothread'/></b>
</interface>
</devices>
...</pre>
@@ -1401,6 +1401,18 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
</p>
<dl>
+ <dt><code>name</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ The optional <code>name</code> attribute forces which type of
+ backend driver to use. The value can be either 'qemu' (a
+ user-space backend) or 'vhost' (a kernel backend, which
+ requires the vhost module to be provided by the kernel); an
+ attempt to require the vhost driver without kernel support
+ will be rejected. If this attribute is not present, then the
+ domain defaults to 'vhost' if present, but silently falls back
+ to 'qemu' without error.
+ <span class="since">Since 0.8.8 (QEMU and KVM only)</span>
+ </dd>
<dt><code>txmode</code></dt>
<dd>
The <code>txmode</code> attribute specifies how to handle
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