Hi Peter,
Thanks for reviewing the patches. I will post another patch series with
the changes you requested.
Thanks
Farhan
On 06/01/2017 02:39 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:25:41 -0400, Farhan Ali wrote:
Update news and libvirt docs for loadparm.
Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
docs/formatdomain.html.in | 9 +++++++--
docs/news.xml | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 07208ee..837be18 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -3022,8 +3022,13 @@
<dt><code>boot</code></dt>
<dd>Specifies that the disk is bootable. The <code>order</code>
attribute determines the order in which devices will be tried during
- boot sequence. The per-device <code>boot</code> elements cannot be
- used together with general boot elements in
+ boot sequence. On S390 architecture only the first boot device is used.
+ The optional <code>loadparm</code> attribute is an 8 byte parameter
+ which can be queried by guests on S390 via sclp or diag 308. Linux
+ guests on S390 can use <code>loadparm</code> to select a boot entry.
+ <span class="since">Since 3.5.0</span>
+ The per-device <code>boot</code> elements cannot be used together
+ with general boot elements in
<a href="#elementsOSBIOS">BIOS bootloader</a> section.
<span class="since">Since 0.8.8</span>
</dd>
Okay, so this should be in the first patch.
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 649350a..a15edb5 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
<section title="New features">
<change>
<summary>
+ qemu: Add support for loadparm for a boot device
+ </summary>
+ <description>
+ Add an optional boot parameter 'loadparm' for a boot device.
+ Loadparm is an 8 byte parameter that, when present, is queried by
+ S390 guests via sclp or diag 308. Linux guests on S390 use it to
+ select a boot entry.
+ </description>
+ </change>
+ <change>
+ <summary>
Improved streams to efficiently transfer sparseness
</summary>
<description>
Our contributor guidelines state that this change has to be in a
separate patch.
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