Re: [PATCH 09/11] docs: Tweak documentation for CPU topology

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On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 20:26:08 +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> Mention that support for the "dies" attribute was introduced in
> libvirt 6.1.0 and clarify that the ability to use non-default
> values is subject to architecuture and machine limitations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  docs/formatdomain.rst | 16 ++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst
> index 298ad46a45..b883b5b479 100644
> --- a/docs/formatdomain.rst
> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst
> @@ -1578,14 +1578,18 @@ In case no restrictions need to be put on CPU model and its features, a simpler
>     supported vendors can be found in ``cpu_map/*_vendors.xml``.
>  ``topology``
>     The ``topology`` element specifies requested topology of virtual CPU provided
> -   to the guest. Four attributes, ``sockets``, ``dies``, ``cores``, and
> -   ``threads``, accept non-zero positive integer values. They refer to the
> -   total number of CPU sockets, number of dies per socket, number of cores per
> -   die, and number of threads per core, respectively. The ``dies`` attribute is
> -   optional and will default to 1 if omitted, while the other attributes are all
> -   mandatory. Hypervisors may require that the maximum number of vCPUs specified
> +   to the guest.
> +   Four attributes, ``sockets``, ``dies`` (:since:`Since 6.1.0`), ``cores``, and

s/Four/The/ so that it doesn't need to be incremented all the time.

> +   ``threads``, accept non-zero positive integer values.
> +   They refer to the total number of CPU sockets, number of dies per socket,
> +   number of cores per die, and number of threads per core, respectively.
> +   The ``dies`` attribute is optional and will default to 1 if omitted, while
> +   the other attributes are all mandatory.
> +   Hypervisors may require that the maximum number of vCPUs specified
>     by the ``cpus`` element equals to the number of vcpus resulting from the
>     topology.
> +   Moreover, not all architectures and machine types support specifying a value
> +   other than 1 for all attributes.
>  ``feature``
>     The ``cpu`` element can contain zero or more ``feature`` elements used to
>     fine-tune features provided by the selected CPU model. The list of known
> -- 
> 2.43.0
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Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
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