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| author | Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com> | 2011-10-27 20:33:21 +1100 |
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| committer | Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> | 2011-10-28 19:25:49 +0200 |
| commit | 08ae330e1754bf03df1388065ea508dc089ab3fd (patch) | |
| tree | 6b4a2355bbf16897da30247137d92b4f3ff01d81 | |
| parent | 93897b9fd43548e9c15cf8bece2d9e5174b01fc7 (diff) | |
Documentation: Describe NBD URL syntax
This patch adds a short description of how to specify a NBD device
to QEMU.
Syntax for both TCP and Unix Domain Sockets are provided as well
as examples.
Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 424bae9cf0..c55080c041 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1757,6 +1757,27 @@ qemu --drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 iSCSI support is an optional feature of QEMU and only available when compiled and linked against libiscsi. +@item NBD +QEMU supports NBD (Network Block Devices) both using TCP protocol as well +as Unix Domain Sockets. + +Syntax for specifying a NBD device using TCP +``nbd:<server-ip>:<port>[:exportname=<export>]'' + +Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets +``nbd:unix:<domain-socket>[:exportname=<export>]'' + + +Example for TCP +@example +qemu --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000 +@end example + +Example for Unix Domain Sockets +@example +qemu --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket +@end example + @end table ETEXI |