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charset="utf-8"; x-default="true" Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik --- NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 926620b03f..b57ba5c7d1 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ v9.8.0 (unreleased) =20 * **New features** =20 + * qemu: Add support for vDPA block devices + + With a new enough version of qemu, libvirt will allow you to assign vD= PA block + devices to a domain. 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charset="utf-8"; x-default="true" Signed-off-by: Jonathon Jongsma Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik --- I put this under 'Improvements' since it's not really intended to be a user-visible feature, but it could be moved to 'New Features' instead... NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index b57ba5c7d1..768e6fc326 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ v9.8.0 (unreleased) =20 * **Improvements** =20 + * qemu: add nbdkit backend for network disks + + Up until now, libvirt supported network disks (http, ftp, ssh) by pass= ing + the URL to qemu and having the appropriate qemu block drivers handle t= he + disk I/O. However, by handling the network I/O outside of the qemu pro= cess, + we get several advantages, such as reduced attack surface and improved + stability of qemu. Therefore, when available, libvirt will use nbdkit = as a + backend for these network disks and export an NBD disk to qemu. + * **Bug fixes** =20 =20 --=20 2.41.0