[Xen-devel] [PATCH] blkif.h: document physical-device node

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This node is used by toolstack (libxl, hotplug script) and blkback.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I notice this when I was looking at George's patch series to fix hotplug
scripts. If anyone has better idea how we can document this feel free to
provide alternative.
---
 xen/include/public/io/blkif.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
index 6baf7fb..8f0f9a6 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@
  *      backend driver to open the backing device.  (e.g. the path to the
  *      file or block device representing the backing store.)
  *
+ * physical-device
+ *      Values:         "MAJOR:MINOR"
+ *
+ *      MAJOR and MINOR are the major number and minor number of the
+ *      backing device respectively.
+ *
  * type
  *      Values:         "file", "phy", "tap"
  *
-- 
1.9.1


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