[libvirt PATCH 0/2] Add vdpablock and nbdkit to NEWS

Jonathon Jongsma (2): news: document support for vdpa block devices news: document nbdkit support for network disks NEWS.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) -- 2.41.0

Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com> --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 926620b03f..b57ba5c7d1 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ v9.8.0 (unreleased) * **New features** + * qemu: Add support for vDPA block devices + + With a new enough version of qemu, libvirt will allow you to assign vDPA block + devices to a domain. This is configured with:: + + <disk type='vhostvdpa'> + <source dev='/dev/vhost-vdpa-0'> + ... + * **Improvements** * **Bug fixes** -- 2.41.0

Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com> --- 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 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index b57ba5c7d1..768e6fc326 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -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** -- 2.41.0

On 9/19/23 22:47, Jonathon Jongsma wrote:
Jonathon Jongsma (2): news: document support for vdpa block devices news: document nbdkit support for network disks
NEWS.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Michal
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