Commit d923f6c8 introduced the --driver option but didn't document it in the man page. The docs are borrowed from the public API documentation. --- tools/virsh.pod | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index 94fe897..51644d9 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ name or wwn pair in "wwnn,wwpn" format (only works for HBA). Note that this makes libvirt quit managing a host device, and may even make that device unusable by the rest of the physical host until a reboot. -=item B<nodedev-detach> I<nodedev> +=item B<nodedev-detach> I<nodedev> [I<--driver backend_driver>] Detach I<nodedev> from the host, so that it can safely be used by guests via <hostdev> passthrough. This is reversed with @@ -2121,6 +2121,12 @@ B<nodedev-reattach>, and is done automatically for managed devices. For compatibility purposes, this command can also be spelled B<nodedev-dettach>. +Different backend drivers expect the device to be bound to different +dummy devices. For example, QEMU's "kvm" backend driver (the default) +expects the device to be bound to pci-stub, but its "vfio" backend +driver expects the device to be bound to vfio-pci. The I<--driver> +parameter can be used to specify the desired backend driver. + =item B<nodedev-dumpxml> I<device> Dump a <device> XML representation for the given node device, including -- 1.8.3.2