[PATCH 01/15] news: make SEV attrs 'cbitpos' & 'reducedPhysBits' optional

Han Han posted 15 patches 4 years, 10 months ago
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[PATCH 01/15] news: make SEV attrs 'cbitpos' & 'reducedPhysBits' optional
Posted by Han Han 4 years, 10 months ago
Signed-off-by: Han Han <hhan@redhat.com>
---
 NEWS.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 0a34798483..350459266c 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -421,6 +421,13 @@ v6.9.0 (2020-11-02)
     using ``<interface type='vdpa'>``. The node device APIs also now
     list and provide XML descriptions for vDPA devices.
 
+* **Improvements**
+
+  * qemu: Make 'cbitpos' & 'reducedPhysBits' attrs optional
+
+    For these attrs of SEV, libvirt will fill them automatically right before
+    starting the guest.
+
 * **Bug fixes**
 
   * hyperv: ensure WQL queries work in all locales
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH 01/15] news: make SEV attrs 'cbitpos' & 'reducedPhysBits' optional
Posted by Erik Skultety 4 years, 10 months ago
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 03:08:31PM +0800, Han Han wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Han Han <hhan@redhat.com>
> ---
>  NEWS.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
> index 0a34798483..350459266c 100644
> --- a/NEWS.rst
> +++ b/NEWS.rst
> @@ -421,6 +421,13 @@ v6.9.0 (2020-11-02)
>      using ``<interface type='vdpa'>``. The node device APIs also now
>      list and provide XML descriptions for vDPA devices.
>  
> +* **Improvements**
> +
> +  * qemu: Make 'cbitpos' & 'reducedPhysBits' attrs optional
> +
> +    For these attrs of SEV, libvirt will fill them automatically right before
> +    starting the guest.

better wording IMO:

"libvirt probes the underlying platform in order to fill in these SEV attributes
automatically before launching a guest."

Regards,
Erik