From 2b9d4681763b1b03813ae12a7aae76fae523eda8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David H. Gutteridge" Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 18:45:08 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add caveats section to virt-xml.pod Caveats section added to warn users that some changes made to a VM's definition may be ignored by the virtualization host. --- man/virt-xml.pod | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/virt-xml.pod b/man/virt-xml.pod index 3a684f4ce..675288daa 100644 --- a/man/virt-xml.pod +++ b/man/virt-xml.pod @@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ Generate XML for a virtio console device and print it to stdout: # virt-xml --build-xml --console pty,target_type=virtio +=head1 CAVEATS + +Virtualization hosts supported by libvirt may not permit all changes that might seem possible. Some edits made to a VM's definition may be ignored. For instance, QEMU does not allow the removal of certain devices once they've been defined. + =head1 BUGS Please see http://virt-manager.org/page/BugReporting