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X-Received-From: 192.55.52.136 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] docs/nvdimm: add example on persistent backend setup X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Wei Yang Cc: qemu-devel , ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com, Xiao Guangrong , Wei Yang , "Michael S. Tsirkin" Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 07:03:45AM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 1:52 AM Wei Yang wrote: >> >> Hi, Stefan >> >> Thanks for your comments :-) >> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 02:58:59PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >> >On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 03:03:07PM +0800, Wei Yang wrote: >> >> Persistent backend setup requires some knowledge about nvdimm and ndctl >> >> tool. Some users report they may struggle to gather these knowledge and >> >> have difficulty to setup it properly. >> >> >> >> Here we provide two examples for persistent backend and gives the link >> >> to ndctl. By doing so, user could try it directly and do more >> >> investigation on persistent backend setup with ndctl. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang >> >> --- >> >> docs/nvdimm.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/docs/nvdimm.txt b/docs/nvdimm.txt >> >> index b531cacd35..baba7a940d 100644 >> >> --- a/docs/nvdimm.txt >> >> +++ b/docs/nvdimm.txt >> >> @@ -171,6 +171,32 @@ guest software that this vNVDIMM device contains a region that cannot >> >> accept persistent writes. In result, for example, the guest Linux >> >> NVDIMM driver, marks such vNVDIMM device as read-only. >> >> >> >> +Backend File Setup Example >> >> +.......................... >> >> Here I use '-' because I want to say this is a sub-section of "Guest Data >> Persistence". >> >> Actually, I struggled a little to pick up a proper character. Do you think '-' >> is the proper one? > >This is a .txt file without syntax. Whatever you choose might be >confusing to someone. If you use a separate '-' section like the rest >of the document then that avoids confusion. > Sure, let me change it. Thanks :) >Stefan -- Wei Yang Help you, Help me