diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.rst b/docs/formatdomain.rst index b6a3495093..19c4aa5e2e 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.rst +++ b/docs/formatdomain.rst @@ -4917,9 +4917,9 @@ To use VFIO device assignment rather than traditional/legacy KVM device assignment (VFIO is a new method of device assignment that is compatible with UEFI Secure Boot), a type='hostdev' interface can have an optional ``driver`` sub-element with a ``name`` attribute set to "vfio". To use legacy KVM device -assignment you can set ``name`` to "kvm" (or simply omit the ```` -element, since "kvm" is currently the default). :since:`Since 1.0.5 (QEMU and -KVM only, requires kernel 3.6 or newer)` +assignment you can set ``name`` to "kvm" (the default is "vfio" on systems +where the VFIO driver is available, and "kvm" on older systems. :since:`Since +1.1.3` (prior to that the default was always "kvm"). Note that this "intelligent passthrough" of network devices is very similar to the functionality of a standard device, the difference being that this @@ -5018,7 +5018,7 @@ directly reference an SRIOV VF device:
- + ...