[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 1/8] blkif: document how FreeBSD uses the physical-device backend node

[Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FreeBSD blkback uses the physical-device-path xenstore node in order to
fetch the path to the underlying backing storage (either a block device or
raw image). This node is set by the hotplug scripts. Also clarify the usage
of the physical-device node.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v2:
 - Use physical-device-path instead of physical-device in order to store the
   absolute path to the backing disk image.
---
 xen/include/public/io/blkif.h | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
index 99f0326..ce0dbfe 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
@@ -89,15 +89,23 @@
  *      Values:         string
  *
  *      A free formatted string providing sufficient information for the
- *      backend driver to open the backing device.  (e.g. the path to the
- *      file or block device representing the backing store.)
+ *      hotplug script to attach the device and provide a suitable
+ *      handler (ie: a block device) for blkback to use.
  *
  * physical-device
  *      Values:         "MAJOR:MINOR"
+ *      Notes: 11
  *
  *      MAJOR and MINOR are the major number and minor number of the
  *      backing device respectively.
  *
+ * physical-device-path
+ *      Values:         path string
+ *
+ *      A string that contains the absolute path to the disk image. On
+ *      NetBSD and Linux this is always a block device, while on FreeBSD
+ *      it can be either a block device or a regular file.
+ *
  * type
  *      Values:         "file", "phy", "tap"
  *
@@ -391,6 +399,7 @@
  *     than RING_SIZE * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST.
  *(10) The discard-secure property may be present and will be set to 1 if the
  *     backing device supports secure discard.
+ *(11) Only used by Linux and NetBSD.
  */
 
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