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docs: add documentation of arch element of capabilities.xml

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Specifically, list sub-elements and where they can be used. In addition,
describe supported machine types for Xen.

Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
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</dd>
<dt><code>arch</code></dt>
<dd>This element brings some information on supported guest architecture.</dd>
<dd>This element brings some information on supported guest
architecture. Possible subelements are:
<dl>
<dt><code>wordsize</code></dt><dd>Size of CPU word in bits, for example 64.</dd>
<dt><code>emulator</code></dt><dd>Emulator (device model) path, for
use in <a href="formatdomain.html#elementEmulator">emulator</a>
element of domain XML.</dd>
<dt><code>loader</code></dt><dd>Loader path, for use in
<a href="formatdomain.html#elementLoader">loader</a> element of domain
XML.</dd>
<dt><code>machine</code></dt><dd>Machine type, for use in
<a href="formatdomain.html#attributeOSTypeMachine">machine</a>
attribute of os/type element in domain XML. For example Xen
supports <code>xenfv</code> for HVM or <code>xenpv</code> for
PV.</dd>
<dt><code>domain</code></dt><dd>The <code>type</code> attribute of
this element specifies the type of hypervisor required to run the
domain. Use in <a href="formatdomain.html#attributeDomainType">type</a>
attribute of the domain root element.</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt><code>features</code></dt>
<dd>This optional element encases possible features that can be used

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<p>
The root element required for all virtual machines is
named <code>domain</code>. It has two attributes, the
<code>type</code> specifies the hypervisor used for running
<a id="attributeDomainType"><code>type</code></a>
specifies the hypervisor used for running
the domain. The allowed values are driver specific, but
include "xen", "kvm", "qemu", "lxc" and "kqemu". The
second attribute is <code>id</code> which is a unique
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(badly named!) refers to an OS that supports the Xen 3 hypervisor
guest ABI. There are also two optional attributes, <code>arch</code>
specifying the CPU architecture to virtualization,
and <code>machine</code> referring to the machine
type. The <a href="formatcaps.html">Capabilities XML</a>
and <a id="attributeOSTypeMachine"><code>machine</code></a> referring
to the machine type. The <a href="formatcaps.html">Capabilities XML</a>
provides details on allowed values for
these. <span class="since">Since 0.0.1</span></dd>
<dt><code>loader</code></dt>
<dt><a id="elementLoader"><code>loader</code></a></dt>
<dd>The optional <code>loader</code> tag refers to a firmware blob,
which is specified by absolute path,
used to assist the domain creation process. It is used by Xen
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...</pre>
<dl>
<dt><code>emulator</code></dt>
<dt><a id="elementEmulator"><code>emulator</code></a></dt>
<dd>
The contents of the <code>emulator</code> element specify
the fully qualified path to the device model emulator binary.