From: Massimiliano Minella <massimiliano.minella@se.com>
Since v0.8.0 a watchdog notification is available under event ID
VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_WATCHDOG, update the documentation to remove the
previous limitation.
Signed-off-by: Massimiliano Minella <massimiliano.minella@se.com>
---
Remove limitation on notification support for watchdog.
---
docs/formatdomain.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git docs/formatdomain.rst docs/formatdomain.rst
index f50dce477f..d70022a239 100644
--- docs/formatdomain.rst
+++ docs/formatdomain.rst
@@ -8350,8 +8350,8 @@ The watchdog device requires an additional driver and management daemon in the
guest. Just enabling the watchdog in the libvirt configuration does not do
anything useful on its own.
-Currently libvirt does not support notification when the watchdog fires. This
-feature is planned for a future version of libvirt.
+:since:`Since 0.8.0`, a notification is available when the watchdog fires, using
+the event ID ``VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_WATCHDOG``.
Having multiple watchdogs is usually not something very common, but be aware
that this might happen, for example, when an implicit watchdog device is added
---
base-commit: eb99bbaf2e5b1e91f4999c7a1ccc90d67dfbe471
change-id: 20251003-update_wd_doc-5aa9b43be09a
Best regards,
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Massimiliano Minella <massimiliano.minella@se.com>
On a Friday in 2025, Massimiliano Minella via B4 Relay via Devel wrote: >From: Massimiliano Minella <massimiliano.minella@se.com> > >Since v0.8.0 a watchdog notification is available under event ID >VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_WATCHDOG, update the documentation to remove the >previous limitation. > >Signed-off-by: Massimiliano Minella <massimiliano.minella@se.com> >--- >Remove limitation on notification support for watchdog. >--- > docs/formatdomain.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >diff --git docs/formatdomain.rst docs/formatdomain.rst >index f50dce477f..d70022a239 100644 >--- docs/formatdomain.rst >+++ docs/formatdomain.rst >@@ -8350,8 +8350,8 @@ The watchdog device requires an additional driver and management daemon in the > guest. Just enabling the watchdog in the libvirt configuration does not do > anything useful on its own. > >-Currently libvirt does not support notification when the watchdog fires. This >-feature is planned for a future version of libvirt. >+:since:`Since 0.8.0`, a notification is available when the watchdog fires, using >+the event ID ``VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_WATCHDOG``. Whoa, 0.8.0 was over 15 years ago. > > Having multiple watchdogs is usually not something very common, but be aware > that this might happen, for example, when an implicit watchdog device is added > Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> and pushed now Jano
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