Re: [libvirt PATCHv2 10/10] docs: add virtiofs kbase

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On 1/23/20 11:46 AM, Ján Tomko wrote:
Add a document describing the usage of virtiofs.
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  docs/kbase.html.in      |   3 +
  docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  2 files changed, 156 insertions(+)
  create mode 100644 docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst


+=== 8< delete before merging 8< ===
+NOTE: if you're looking at this note, this is just a proposal.
+See the up-to-date version on: https://libvirt.org/kbase/virtiofs.html
+=== 8< --------------------- 8< ===

I'm assuming this will be updated ;)

+
+.. contents::
+
+=========
+Virtio-FS
+=========
+
+Virtio-FS is a delicious delicacy aiming to provide an easy-to-configure

Fun language, but diverges from the official description...

+way of sharing filesystems between the host and the virtual machine.
+
+See https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/

...that you find here: "Virtio-fs is a shared file system that lets virtual machines access a directory tree on the host. Unlike existing approaches, it is designed to offer local file system semantics and performance."

I'm not opposed to a fun turn of a phrase in what is otherwise dry technical documentation, but wonder if it helps our case here.


+
+2. Use hugepage-backed memory
+
+Make sure there are enough huge pages allocated for the requested guest memory.
+For exmaple, for one guest with 2 GiB of RAM backed by 2 MiB hugepages:

example

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