From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 14:38:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: qapi: better document NVMe blockdev @device parameter
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qapi: better document NVMe blockdev @device parameter

Mention that this is a PCI device address & give the format it is
expected in. Also mention that it must be first unbound from any
host kernel driver.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 0cf68fea14..fcb52ec24f 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2963,9 +2963,13 @@
 #
 # Driver specific block device options for the NVMe backend.
 #
-# @device:    controller address of the NVMe device.
+# @device:    PCI controller address of the NVMe device in
+#             format hhhh:bb:ss.f (host:bus:slot.function)
 # @namespace: namespace number of the device, starting from 1.
 #
+# Note that the PCI @device must have been unbound from any host
+# kernel driver before instructing QEMU to add the blockdev.
+#
 # Since: 2.12
 ##
 { 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsNVMe',