Merge pull request #6507 from gurevichmark/othersettings_doc

Update man pages for vm.othersettings

docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/vm.5.rst

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ vm Attributes:
 
 \ **othersettings**\ 
  
- This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
+ This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu mode use either:'cpumode:host-passthrough' or 'cpumode:host-model'. This improves performance on x86 VMs significantly. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
  
 
 

docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man7/group.7.rst

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ group Attributes:
 
 \ **dockerflag**\  (vm.othersettings)
  
- This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
+ This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu mode use either:'cpumode:host-passthrough' or 'cpumode:host-model'. This improves performance on x86 VMs significantly. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
  
 
 
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ group Attributes:
 
 \ **vmothersetting**\  (vm.othersettings)
  
- This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
+ This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu mode use either:'cpumode:host-passthrough' or 'cpumode:host-model'. This improves performance on x86 VMs significantly. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
  
 
 

docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man7/node.7.rst

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ node Attributes:
 
 \ **dockerflag**\  (vm.othersettings)
  
- This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
+ This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu mode use either:'cpumode:host-passthrough' or 'cpumode:host-model'. This improves performance on x86 VMs significantly. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
  
 
 
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ node Attributes:
 
 \ **vmothersetting**\  (vm.othersettings)
  
- This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.
+ This allows specifying a semicolon delimited list of key->value pairs to include in a vmx file of VMware or KVM. For partitioning on normal power machines, this option is used to specify the hugepage and/or bsr information, the value is like:'hugepage:1,bsr=2'. For KVM cpu mode use either:'cpumode:host-passthrough' or 'cpumode:host-model'. This improves performance on x86 VMs significantly. For KVM cpu pinning, this option is used to specify the physical cpu set on the host, the value is like:"vcpupin:'0-15,^8'",Its syntax is a comma separated list and a special markup using '-' and '^' (ex. '0-4', '0-3,^2') can also be allowed, the '-' denotes the range and the '^' denotes exclusive. For KVM memory binding, the value is like:'membind:0', restrict a guest to allocate memory from the specified set of NUMA nodes. For PCI passthrough, the value is like:'devpassthrough:pci_0001_01_00_0,pci_0000_03_00_0', the value for PCI device format also can be like:'devpassthrough:0001:01:00.1', the PCI devices are assigned to a virtual machine, and the virtual machine can use this I/O exclusively, the devices list are a list of PCI device names delimited with comma, the PCI device names can be obtained by running \ **virsh nodedev-list**\  on the host.