Add --hotplug entry in gnt-instance manpage.
Add NEWS entry for hotplug support.
In both cases mention that hotplug is only supported for
the KVM Hypervisror and for versions >= 1.0.

Signed-off-by: Dimitris Aragiorgis <[email protected]>
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Hi,

> Thanks. :) Clearly missing:
> - manpage updates
> - NEWS entry
> - any sort of testing (at minimum qa testing)

Indeed you are right. Here are manpage and NEWS additions.
Can we proceed with the review of these patches?
And in the meantime I'll prepare the appropriate QA tests.

Thanks,
dimara

 NEWS                 |    4 ++++
 man/gnt-instance.rst |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1bdb5e4..e56f833 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Version 2.9.0 beta1
 
 *(unreleased)*
 
+- Hotplug support. Introduce new option --hotplug to gnt-instance modify
+  so that disk and NIC modifications take effect without the need of actual
+  reboot. This feature is currently supported only for KVM hypervisor with
+  version greater than 1.0.
 - DRBD 8.4 support. Depending on the installed DRBD version, Ganeti now uses
   the correct command syntax. It is possible to use different DRBD versions
   on different nodes as long as they are compatible to each other. This
diff --git a/man/gnt-instance.rst b/man/gnt-instance.rst
index 7d9e58b..15d4b76 100644
--- a/man/gnt-instance.rst
+++ b/man/gnt-instance.rst
@@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@ MODIFY
 | [\--offline \| \--online]
 | [\--submit] [\--print-job-id]
 | [\--ignore-ipolicy]
+| [\--hotplug]
 | {*instance*}
 
 Modifies the memory size, number of vcpus, ip address, MAC address
@@ -1162,6 +1163,11 @@ immediately.
 If ``--ignore-ipolicy`` is given any instance policy violations occuring
 during this operation are ignored.
 
+If ``--hotplug`` is given any disk and nic modifications will take
+effect without the need of actual reboot. Please note that this feature
+is currently supported only for KVM hypervisor and for versions greater
+than 1.0.
+
 See **ganeti**\(7) for a description of ``--submit`` and other common
 options.
 
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