On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 04:06:13PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote: > On 02/06/2012 03:17 PM, Dave Allan wrote: > > Someone mentioned to me that they interpreted this section of the KVM > > driver page as suggesting that new guests should be created by > > creating a qemu commandline and converting it to XML with > > domxml-from-native. I don't think that's the intent of > > domxml-from-native, so I added that clarification. > > > > v2 > > Suggstion from eblake: Add link to the applications page > > s/Suggstion/Suggestion/ > > actually, I removed that line from the commit message (v2 information > fits better after the --- line, since it is helpful for review, but > doesn't need to be enshrined for eternity in the 'git log'). True indeed :) > > + The <code>virsh domxml-from-native</code> provides a way to > > + convert an existing set of QEMU args into a guest description > > + using libvirt Domain XML that can then be used by libvirt. > > + Please note that this command is intended to be used to convert > > + existing qemu guests previously started from the command line to > > + be managed through libvirt. It should not be used a method of > > + creating new guests from scratch. New guests should be created > > + using an application calling the libvirt APIs (see > > + the <a href="apps.html">libvirt applications page</a> for some > > + examples) or by manually crafting XML to pass to virsh. > > ACK and pushed. Thanks, Dave > -- > Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list