Re: [PATCH 1/2] virsh: Tweak attach-* documentation

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On 2012年06月18日 19:28, Michal Privoznik wrote:
as we are missing:
attach-disk: --type can accept 'lun' too, not just cdrom or floppy.
attach-disk: --target specify logical device name, not path
attach-interface: --target silently drops strings with vnet* prefix

Good catch for the attach-interface, we really need it.

---
  tools/virsh.pod |   12 +++++++-----
  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 910a187..4729127 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -1586,10 +1586,11 @@ needed if the device does not use managed mode.
  [I<--multifunction>]

  Attach a new disk device to the domain.
-I<source>  and I<target>  are paths for the files and devices.
-I<driver>  can be I<file>, I<tap>  or I<phy>  for the Xen hypervisor depending on
-the kind of access; or I<qemu>  for the QEMU emulator.
-I<type>  can indicate I<cdrom>  or I<floppy>  as alternative to the disk default,
+I<source>  is path for the files and devices. I<target>  controls the bus or
+device under which the disk is exposed to the guest OS. It indicates the
+"logical" device name.  I<driver>  can be I<file>, I<tap>  or I<phy>  for the Xen
+hypervisor depending on the kind of access; or I<qemu>  for the QEMU emulator.
+I<type>  can indicate I<lun>, I<cdrom>  or I<floppy>  as alternative to the disk default,
  although this use only replaces the media within the existing virtual cdrom or
  floppy device; consider using B<update-device>  for this usage instead.
  I<mode>  can specify the two specific mode I<readonly>  or I<shareable>.
@@ -1614,7 +1615,8 @@ Attach a new network interface to the domain.
  I<type>  can be either I<network>  to indicate a physical network device or
  I<bridge>  to indicate a bridge to a device.
  I<source>  indicates the source device.
-I<target>  allows to indicate the target device in the guest.
+I<target>  allows to indicate the target device in the guest. Names starting
+with 'vnet' are considered as auto-generated an hence blanked out.
  I<mac>  allows to specify the MAC address of the network interface.
  I<script>  allows to specify a path to a script handling a bridge instead of
  the default one.

ACK.

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