From nobody Sun Feb 8 03:58:23 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.183.28; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=mx1.redhat.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1560603258; cv=none; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; b=eYeupJ9HnhGLz7yTXSuX8iiG5mgnpbbSBIO//8tvDFmj7+bav80y7ZC6zJVKj6RvbA+Bb+uxDvopX+ySxc4PA8wouoRCNVrfDCUU2oFZ1R1piFpKI0oIYOYamjyHrF89M6z5FW940T/eYCi/AIeHp8pOqk/zbJNic3Z6IgYr11o= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; t=1560603258; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:In-Reply-To:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Sender:Subject:To:ARC-Authentication-Results; bh=ezQx2St6DQoy9Ok7VmjRVd6ZRhpgoZd1sFu6JHEm42g=; b=kBGwvKvR88rvLhHZlJQhd/kteW/vjRgHkdIVyUplr5vRweKt/cYLGxDplOyzUML20Y1IFHdjNKWInNESnXf3RnjJVpQ31Dgehi7IGUspveMfaax5bsXPJgLcorvEw891BztiTS0/Bf4nUUFCKamEL6b/QUvlg+AF0gHjsw6i2F8= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass header.from= (p=none dis=none) header.from= Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1560603258412393.97723866361594; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 05:54:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40A8BC058CA4; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (colo-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.20]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15A6B60852; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.19.33]) by colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5E211833002; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:54:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x5FCsEXQ021733 for ; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:54:14 -0400 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id E825C5D784; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lpt.redhat.com (ovpn-200-22.brq.redhat.com [10.40.200.22]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89076176A7; Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:54:11 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=A1n=20Tomko?= To: libvir-list@redhat.com Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:54:42 +0200 Message-Id: <2fcc668cace5ffbb64047c3c8ebb0d32b4427eb8.1560603102.git.jtomko@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-loop: libvir-list@redhat.com Cc: kkoukiou@redhat.com Subject: [libvirt] [PATCH 3/3] docs: storage: document the 'lvm2' disk format oddness X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.32]); Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:54:17 +0000 (UTC) Signed-off-by: J=C3=A1n Tomko --- docs/storage.html.in | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in index 4681a02023..7a9a980e7c 100644 --- a/docs/storage.html.in +++ b/docs/storage.html.in @@ -359,7 +359,16 @@ The formats dos ("msdos" in parted terminology, good for BIOS systems) or gpt (good for UEFI systems) are recommended for best portability - the latter is - needed for disks larger than 2TB. + needed for disks larger than 2TB. Note that the lvm2 + format refers to the physical volume format (i.e. the whole + disk is a physical volume - not the usual usage of LVM where + physical volumes are partitions)). This is not really + a partition table and such pool cannot be built by libvirt, + only detected. +

+

+ Building a pool of a certain format depends on its availability + in parted.

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Valid volume format types

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