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From 9e64238a389264b34af20b49da929d5bf6ccd436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 11:32:16 +0000
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Subject: [PATCH] v2v: vddk: Further rework documentation.
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Thanks for suggestions from Ming Xie.
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(cherry picked from commit 12d87361a4623587c53196e70157448158c02c7f)
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---
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v2v/virt-v2v.pod | 18 ++++++++++++------
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1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
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index 48a20cccc..417c25331 100644
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--- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
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+++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
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@@ -1304,6 +1304,10 @@ library is permitted by the license.
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=item 2.
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+VDDK E<ge> 6.5 is required.
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+
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+=item 3.
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+
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You must also compile nbdkit, enabling the VDDK plugin. At least
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nbdkit E<ge> 1.1.16 is required, but it is usually best to compile
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from the git tree.
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@@ -1320,12 +1324,14 @@ L<https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/tree/master/plugins/vddk>
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=back
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-=item 3.
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+Compile nbdkit as described in the sources (see link above).
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-You do B<not> need to run C<make install>. You can run nbdkit from
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-its source directory. Set C<$PATH> to point to the nbdkit top build
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-directory (that is, the directory containing a shell script called
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-F<nbdkit>), eg:
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+You do B<not> need to run C<make install> because you can run nbdkit
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+from its source directory. The source directory has a shell script
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+called F<nbdkit> which runs the locally built copy of nbdkit and its
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+plugins. So set C<$PATH> to point to the nbdkit top build directory
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+(that is, the directory containing the shell script called F<nbdkit>),
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+eg:
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export PATH=/path/to/nbdkit-1.1.x:$PATH
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@@ -1333,7 +1339,7 @@ F<nbdkit>), eg:
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You must find the SSL "thumbprint" of your VMware server. How to do
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this is explained in L<nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1)>, also available at the
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-link given in item 2 above.
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+link above.
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=item 5.
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--
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2.14.3
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