Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@xxxxxxxxxx> --- 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
