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Signed-off-by: J=C3=A1n Tomko --- docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst index c0bc07a68d..740b08d50d 100644 --- a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst +++ b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst @@ -149,3 +149,18 @@ More optional elements can be specified + +Externally-launched virtiofsd +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +Libvirtd can also connect the ``vhost-user-fs`` device to a ``virtiofsd`` +daemon launched outside of libvirtd. In that case socket permissions, +the mount tag and all the virtiofsd options are out of libvirtd's +control and need to be set by the application running virtiofsd. + +:: + + + + + --=20 2.29.2