[PATCH] news: document auto-selection of VFIO variant drivers

Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index af3c4906df..fed50aae86 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ v10.0.0 (unreleased) ``virDomainBlockResize`` allows resizing a block-device backed ``raw`` disk of a VM without the need to specify the full size of the block device. + * qemu: automatic selection/binding of VFIO variant drivers + + When a device is assigned to a guest using VFIO with ``<hostdev + managed='yes'>``, libvirt will now search the running kernel's + modules.alias file for the most specific match to that device for + a VFIO driver, and bind that driver to the device rather than + vfio-pci. A specific driver can also be forced, using the + ``<driver model='plugh'/>`` attribute. + * **Improvements** * qemu: Improve migration XML use when persisting VM on destination -- 2.43.0

On 1/15/24 00:01, Laine Stump wrote:
Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> and merged in case you didn't wake up in time before Jirka makes new release. Michal

On 1/15/24 3:33 AM, Michal Prívozník wrote:
On 1/15/24 00:01, Laine Stump wrote:
Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
and merged in case you didn't wake up in time before Jirka makes new release.
Thanks! For some reason my brain was telling me that today was Jan 14th! :-)
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