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libvirt/0004-docs-Add-documentation-for-compat-mode.patch
Cole Robinson d617f580c5 Rebased to version 1.2.9.3
Fix getVersion() after installing qemu (bz #1000116)
Fix autosocket setup with qemu:///session (bz #1044561, bz #1105274)
Ignore storage volumes with non-ascii in names (bz #1066564)
Don't generate invalid system nodedev XML (bz #1184131)
Fix vhost-user XML (bz #1190842)
Fix crash via race when unrefing rpc identity object (bz #1203030)
Fix domcapabilities failure with ppc64le (bz #1209948)
Fix snapshot-revert with cpu host-passthrough (bz #1030793)
Fix starting VM with emulator pinning (bz #1214434)
Fix virDomainBlockCopyRebase selinux failure (bz #1214846)
Add {Haswell,Broadwell}-noTSX CPU models (bz #1182650)
Report original error when QMP probing fails (bz #1178054)
Don't lose VMs on libvirtd restart if qemu is uninstalled (bz #1099847)
Ignore storage volumes that libvirt can't open (bz #1103308)
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From: Prerna Saxena <prerna@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 23:00:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add documentation for compat mode.
Add documentation to explain how compat-mode can be invoked with libvirt
running on PowerPC architecture.
It also mentions that this change is available libvirt 1.2.11 onwards.
Signed-off-by: Prerna Saxena <prerna@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 9265fd19b68d787e478f5e490524da794965a5f1)
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diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
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(such as CPUID level) that don't work. Until these issues are fixed,
it's a good idea to avoid using <code>host-model</code> and use
<code>custom</code> mode with just the CPU model from host
- capabilities XML.</dd>
+ capabilities XML.
+ <span class="since">(Since 1.2.11)</span>. PowerISA allows
+ processors to run VMs in binary compatibility mode supporting an
+ older version of ISA. Libvirt on PowerPC architecture uses the
+ <code>host-model</code> to signify a guest mode CPU running in
+ binary compatibility mode. Example:
+ When a user needs a power7 VM to run in compatibility mode
+ on a Power8 host, this can be described in XML as follows :
+<pre>
+ &lt;cpu mode='host-model'&gt;
+ &lt;model&gt;power7&lt;/model&gt;
+ &lt;/cpu&gt;
+ ...</pre>
+ </dd>
<dt><code>host-passthrough</code></dt>
<dd>With this mode, the CPU visible to the guest should be exactly
the same as the host CPU even in the aspects that libvirt does not