blkif.h: document physical-device node

This node is used by toolstack (libxl, hotplug script) and blkback.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>

diff --git a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
index 6baf7fb5191bf870803f38fb8860641e1cfbd788..8f0f9a604e4a39eeb3510f4725eb369a00265cd2 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@
  *      backend driver to open the backing device.  (e.g. the path to the
  *      file or block device representing the backing store.)
  *
+ * physical-device
+ *      Values:         "MAJOR:MINOR"
+ *
+ *      MAJOR and MINOR are the major number and minor number of the
+ *      backing device respectively.
+ *
  * type
  *      Values:         "file", "phy", "tap"
  *