docs: Introduce xenstore paths for hotplug features
authorPaul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:32:04 +0000 (11:32 +0000)
committerIan Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:19:00 +0000 (16:19 +0000)
commite8f98cb2d4112d08add03caecf9d53da7e92b6f3
tree92a1e6919f9805505cd01616929a575889d9c4fe
parent71e64e163b2dae7d08f7d77ee942749663f484d5
docs: Introduce xenstore paths for hotplug features

Without some indication from a guest it is not possible for a
toolstack to know whether instantiation of a new vbd or vif should
result in a new PV device of the appropriate type being brought online.
(In other words whether guest PV drivers are present and functioning).

This patch documents two paths which vif and vbd frontend drivers can
use to advertise their ability to respond to new vif or vbd
instantiations.

Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown