On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:13:19 +0100, Ján Tomko wrote: > On a Thursday in 2025, Peter Krempa wrote: > > When starting a VM with a vhost-user interface in server mode qemu will > > wait for the incoming connection without running CPUs. This isn't really > > documented in our XML. Additionally when hotplugging the same interface > > the above will not happen. > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > docs/formatdomain.rst | 5 +++++ > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst > > index 4a5241e610..8ab6b7282d 100644 > > --- a/docs/formatdomain.rst > > +++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst > > @@ -6346,6 +6346,11 @@ two attributes ``enabled`` (which accepts ``yes`` and ``no``) and > > ``timeout`` which specifies the amount of seconds after which > > hypervisor tries to reconnect. > > > > +Note that when ``mode='server'`` is used, the hypervisor will wait for the > > +incomming connection to be established prior to actually running the VM. This is > > *incoming > > > +not possible when hotplugging an interface the same config so the VM will > > I can't parse this sentence. > > an interface with the same config? I've changed it to: This is not possible when hotplugging an interface with such config ... > > > +continue to run even when no connection is made. It's advised to use > > +``mode='client'`` instead. > > > > Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Jano
