From c7e89383dcdf9bfb6a51c0b22cacbf54bd44995d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: From: Peter Krempa Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:45:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify documentation for vcpu order https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097930 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224341 Make it clear that vcpu order is valid for online vcpus only and state that it has to be specified for all vcpus or not provided at all. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370043 (cherry picked from commit 54147fd9be31838904f6f2251510da91a1bd0ca7) --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index a838bff..c080bdf 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -564,11 +564,12 @@ all disabled vcpus must be hotpluggable. Valid values are yes and no. - order allows to specify the order to add the vcpus. For - hypervisors/platforms that require to insert multiple vcpus at once + order allows to specify the order to add the online vcpus. + For hypervisors/platforms that require to insert multiple vcpus at once the order may be be duplicated accross all vcpus that need to be enabled at once. Specifying order is not necessary, vcpus are then - added in an arbitrary order. + added in an arbitrary order. If order info is used, it must be used for + all online vcpus. Note that hypervisors may create hotpluggable vcpus differently from boot vcpus thus special initialization may be necessary. -- 2.10.0