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2) pre-binding the variant driver using the ``--driver`` option of
``virsh nodedev-detach``.
+ * network: Support for ``
`` and ```` fields in Network XML
+
+ The network object adds two more user defined metadata fields ````
+ and ````.
+ Two new APIs ``virNetworkGetMetadata()`` and ``virNetworkSetMetadata()`` can be
+ used to view and modify the above including the existing ```` field.
+
+ virsh adds two new commands ``net-desc`` and ``net-metadata`` to view/modify the same.
+ ``net-list`` adds a new option ``--title`` that prints the content of ````
+ in an extra column within the default ``--table`` output.
+
* **Bug fixes**
* qemu: Various fixes to firmware selection