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docs: Document the new hostdev type 'mdev' 

Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
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&lt;source protocol='vhost' wwpn='naa.50014057667280d8'/&gt;
&lt;/hostdev&gt;
&lt;/devices&gt;
...</pre>
<p>or:</p>
<pre>
...
&lt;devices&gt;
&lt;hostdev mode='subsystem' type='mdev' model='vfio-pci'&gt;
&lt;source&gt;
&lt;address uuid='c2177883-f1bb-47f0-914d-32a22e3a8804'&gt;
&lt;/source&gt;
&lt;/hostdev&gt;
&lt;/devices&gt;
...</pre>
<dl>
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<code>type</code> passes all LUNs presented by a single HBA to
the guest.
</dd>
<dt><code>mdev</code></dt>
<dd>For mediated devices (<span class="since">Since 3.2.0</span>)
the <code>model</code> attribute specifies the device API which
determines how the host's vfio driver will expose the device to the
guest. Currently, only <code>model='vfio-pci'</code> is supported.
There are also some implications on the usage of guest's address type
depending on the <code>model</code> attribute, see the
<code>address</code> element below.</dd>
</dl>
<p>
Note: The <code>managed</code> attribute is only used with PCI devices
and is ignored by all the other device types, thus setting
<code>managed</code> explicitly with other than PCI device has the same
effect as omitting it.
Note: The <code>managed</code> attribute is only used with
<code>type='pci'</code> and is ignored by all the other device types,
thus setting <code>managed</code> explicitly with other than a PCI
device has the same effect as omitting it. Similarly,
<code>model</code> attribute is only supported by mediated devices and
ignored by all other device types.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>source</code></dt>
@ -4000,6 +4023,12 @@
is the vhost_scsi wwpn (16 hexadecimal digits with a prefix of
"naa.") established in the host configfs.
</dd>
<dt><code>mdev</code></dt>
<dd>Mediated devices (<span class="since">Since 3.2.0</span>) are
described by the <code>address</code> element. The
<code>address</code> element contains a single mandatory attribute
<code>uuid</code>.
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt><code>vendor</code>, <code>product</code></dt>
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For PCI devices the element carries 4 attributes allowing to designate
the device as can be found with the <code>lspci</code> or
with <code>virsh nodedev-list</code>. For SCSI devices a 'drive'
address type must be used. <a href="#elementsAddress">See above</a> for
more details on the address element.</dd>
address type must be used. For mediated devices, which are software-only
devices defining an allocation of resources on the physical parent device,
the address type used must conform to the <code>model</code> attribute
of element <code>hostdev</code>, e.g. any address type other than PCI for
<code>vfio-pci</code> device API will result in an error.
<a href="#elementsAddress">See above</a> for more details on the address
element.</dd>
<dt><code>driver</code></dt>
<dd>
PCI devices can have an optional <code>driver</code>