[libvirt] [PATCH] clarify the xml example for NVDIMM more clealy

The NVDIMM backend file can be a normal file or a real device file, Current xml example and explainations may mislead users. So add more info about the NVDIMM related elements and update the xml examples. Signed-off-by: Luyao Zhong <luyao.zhong(a)intel.com&gt; --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index 86a5261..556a39f 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -8533,7 +8533,6 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null &lt;memory model='nvdimm'&gt; &lt;source&gt; &lt;path&gt;/tmp/nvdimm&lt;/path&gt; - &lt;alignsize unit='KiB'&gt;2048&lt;/alignsize&gt; &lt;/source&gt; &lt;target&gt; &lt;size unit='KiB'&gt;524288&lt;/size&gt; @@ -8544,9 +8543,10 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null &lt;readonly/&gt; &lt;/target&gt; &lt;/memory&gt; - &lt;memory model='nvdimm'&gt; + &lt;memory model='nvdimm' access='shared'&gt; &lt;source&gt; &lt;path&gt;/dev/dax0.0&lt;/path&gt; + &lt;alignsize unit='KiB'&gt;2048&lt;/alignsize&gt; &lt;pmem/&gt; &lt;/source&gt; &lt;target&gt; @@ -8580,6 +8580,8 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null module basis. Values are the same as <a href="#elementsMemoryBacking">Memory Backing</a>: <code>shared</code> and <code>private</code>. + For <code>nvdimm</code> model, if using real NVDIMM DAX device as + backend, <code>shared</code> is required. </p> </dd> @@ -8643,7 +8645,8 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null alignment used to mmap the address range for the backend <code>path</code>. If not supplied the host page size is used. For example, to mmap a real NVDIMM device a 2M-aligned page may - be required. + be required, and host page size is 4KB, then we need to set this + element to 2MB. <span class="since">Since 5.0.0</span> </p> </dd> -- 2.7.4