Re: [PATCH v3 13/13] docs: Update news.xml with vbox changes.

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On 11/07/2017 01:49 PM, Dawid Zamirski wrote:
> ---
>  docs/news.xml | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
> 

Perhaps more verbose than some would like, but I'm perfectly fine with
it!  There's a couple of syntax things... Which I'll fix up before pushing.

> diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
> index ef855d895..454c63d8b 100644
> --- a/docs/news.xml
> +++ b/docs/news.xml
> @@ -37,8 +37,82 @@
>      <section title="New features">
>      </section>
>      <section title="Improvements">
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          vbox: Add support for configuring storage controllers
> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          The VirtualBox driver now supports the <code>&lt;controller&gt;</code>
> +          element in the domain XML for configuring storage controllers in VBOX
> +          VMs.  Additionally, libvirt's domain XML schema was updated to allow
> +          optional <code>model</code> attribute for <code>&lt;controller
> +              type='ide'&gt;</code> which is used by the VBOX driver to set the
> +          IDE controller model to be one of 'piix4', 'piix4' (default), or
> +          'ich6'.  Finally, with this change <code>dumpxml</code> generates
> +          <code>&lt;controller&gt;</code> elements that correspond to current
> +          VBOX VM storage controller configuration.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          vbox: Add support for attaching empty removable disks
> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          The VirutalBox driver now supports adding CD-ROM and floppy disk
> +          devices that do not have the disk source specified. Previously such
> +          devices were silently ignored.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          vbox: Add support for attaching SAS storage controllers
> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          In VirtualBox, SCSI and SAS are distinct controller types whereas
> +          libvirt does not make such distinction. Therefore, the VBOX driver was
> +          updated to allow attaching SAS controllers via <code>&lt;controller
> +              type='scsi' model='lsisas1068'&gt;</code> element. If there are
> +          both SCSI and SAS controllers present in the VBOX VM, the domain XML
> +          can associate the disk device using the <code>&lt;address&gt;</code>
> +          element with the <code>controller</code> attribute, and optionally,
> +          set the port via <code>unit</code> attribute.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>
>      </section>
>      <section title="Bug fixes">
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          vbox: Do not ignore failures to attach disk devices when defining
> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          The <code>define</code> now fails and reports an error if any of the
> +          <code>controller</code> or <code>disk</code> devices specified in the
> +          domain XML fail to attach to the VirtualBox VM.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          vbox: Fix <code>dumpxml</code> to always output disk devices 

Cannot have <code> in <summary> and there was an extra space at the end
of the line.

> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          The VirtualBox driver was ignoring any disk devices in
> +          <code>dumpxml</code> output if there was a SAS storage controller
> +          attached to the VM.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>
> +      <change>
> +        <summary>
> +          vbox: Fix <code>dumpxml</code> to always generate valid domain XML

Cannot have <code> in <summary.

> +        </summary>
> +        <description>
> +          When a VirtualBox VM has multiple disks attached, each to a different
> +          storage controller that uses 'sd' prefix for block device names e.g.
> +          one disk attached to SATA and one to SCSI controller, it no longer
> +          generates XML where both would have 'sda' device name assigned.
> +          Instead it properly assigns 'sda' and 'sdb' to those disks in the
> +          order of appearance.
> +        </description>
> +      </change>
>      </section>
>    </release>
>    <release version="v3.9.0" date="2017-11-02">
> 

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