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authorMax Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>2013-11-07 19:47:48 +0100
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>2013-11-14 13:09:06 +0100
commit1296c2f0bc8283164c925bf587e497511de7f569 (patch)
treec2962b4e7eb7b86eb02afa06e07d980da9defed3
parentb04b6b6ec3a1e0ba90c2f58617286d9fc35fa372 (diff)
qapi-schema: Update description for NewImageMode
If the NewImageMode is "absolute-paths" but no backing file is available (e.g., when mirroring a device with an unbacked image), the target image will not be backed either. This patch updates the documentation in qapi-schema.json accordingly. Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Benoit Canet <benoit@irqsave.net> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--qapi-schema.json3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 76c98a7265..83fa4852ce 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1736,7 +1736,8 @@
# @existing: QEMU should look for an existing image file.
#
# @absolute-paths: QEMU should create a new image with absolute paths
-# for the backing file.
+# for the backing file. If there is no backing file available, the new
+# image will not be backed either.
#
# Since: 1.1
##