From 210385c3ee915dd44a43698c03d08d2f574150a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Bolognani Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:37:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Document pcie-root requirement for q35 guests MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When you add a bunch of pcie-root-port controllers to a q35 guest in order to have hotplug capabilities, you also need to make sure you're adding the pcie-root controller at the same time or you will get an error. Document this fact. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé --- docs/pci-hotplug.html.in | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/pci-hotplug.html.in b/docs/pci-hotplug.html.in index 6e0648ee26..4ac87d644f 100644 --- a/docs/pci-hotplug.html.in +++ b/docs/pci-hotplug.html.in @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@

+<controller type='pci' model='pcie-root'/>
 <controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/>
 <controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/>
 <controller type='pci' model='pcie-root-port'/>
@@ -80,7 +81,10 @@ if you expect to hotplug up to three PCI Express devices, either emulated or assigned from the host. That's all the information you need to provide: libvirt will fill in the - remaining details automatically. + remaining details automatically. Note that you need to add + the pcie-root controller along with the + pcie-root-port controllers or you will get an + error.

Note that if you're adding PCI controllers to a guest and at