Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
---
 NEWS.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 2756b2561164..b4e9ef608d68 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ v9.1.0 (unreleased)
     allowing installation of a modular daemon configuration without the
     traditional monolithic libvirtd.
 
+  * QEMU: iTCO watchdog made operational
+
+    The watchdog was always included when q35 machine type was used, but needed
+    an extra bit of configuration in order to be operational.  This is now done
+    by default when running a QEMU domain with q35 machine type.
+
 * **Bug fixes**
 
 
-- 
2.39.1

Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
---
How about this for the release notes, if it is not explicit enough, then let me
know, suggestions are welcome.

 NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index a0fe0d18a0ca..3d3d40d97e9e 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ v9.1.0 (unreleased)
 
 * **Bug fixes**
 
+  * QEMU: iTCO watchdog made operational
+
+    The watchdog was always included when q35 machine type was used, but needed
+    an extra bit of configuration in order to be operational.  This is now done
+    by default when running a QEMU domain with q35 machine type.  This is not a
+    change in the guest ABI, but it is a guest visible behavior change since the
+    watchdog that did not fire before will now fire once used.  To switch to the
+    previous behavior the watchdog action must be set to ``none``.
+
 
 v9.0.0 (2023-01-16)
 ===================
-- 
2.39.1

On 1/24/23 17:35, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
> ---
> How about this for the release notes, if it is not explicit enough, then let me
> know, suggestions are welcome.
> 
>  NEWS.rst | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>

Michal