[libvirt PATCH 2/2] news: document nbdkit support for network disks
Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma(a)redhat.com>
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I put this under 'Improvements' since it's not really intended to be a
user-visible feature, but it could be moved to 'New Features' instead...
NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
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@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ v9.8.0 (unreleased)
* **Improvements**
+ * qemu: add nbdkit backend for network disks
+
+ Up until now, libvirt supported network disks (http, ftp, ssh) by passing
+ the URL to qemu and having the appropriate qemu block drivers handle the
+ disk I/O. However, by handling the network I/O outside of the qemu process,
+ we get several advantages, such as reduced attack surface and improved
+ stability of qemu. Therefore, when available, libvirt will use nbdkit as a
+ backend for these network disks and export an NBD disk to qemu.
+
* **Bug fixes**
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2.41.0