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Add a new a attribute, deprecated_features='on|off' to the <cpu> element. This is used to toggle features flagged as deprecated on the CPU model on or off. When this attribute is paired with 'on', deprecated features will not be filtered. When paired with 'off', any CPU features that are flagged as deprecated will be listed under the CPU model with the 'disable' policy. Example: <cpu mode='host-model' check='partial' deprecated_features='off'/> The absence of this attribute is equivalent to the 'on' option. The deprecated features that will populate the domain XML are the same features that result in the virsh domcapabilities command with the --disable-deprecated-features argument present. It is recommended to define a domain XML with this attribute set to 'off' to ensure migration to machines that may outright drop these features in the future. Signed-off-by: Collin Walling <walling@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- users@lists.libvirt.org (for user discussions)
- devel@lists.libvirt.org (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: