From 7d43c80bc4a3713b8f7431796843569d96baaaa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Veillard Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:53:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 514532 Fix man page, most operation are synchronous * tools/virsh.pod: the man page was stating that most operations are asynchronous while in fact most of them are synchronous except domain shutdown, setvcpus and setmem. --- tools/virsh.pod | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index 55ec64a82f..6ff0151320 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ Most B commands require root privileges to run due to the communications channels used to talk to the hypervisor. Running as non root will return an error. -Most B commands act asynchronously, so just because the B -program returned, doesn't mean the action is complete. This is -important, as many operations on domains, like create and shutdown, -can take considerable time (30 seconds or more) to bring the machine -into a fully compliant state. If you want to know when one of these -actions has finished you must poll through virsh list periodically. +Most B commands act synchronously, except maybe shutdown, +setvcpus and setmem. In those case the fact that the B +program returned, may not mean the action is complete and you +must poll periodically to detect that the guest completed the +operation. =head1 GENERIC COMMANDS -- GitLab