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authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>2018-02-28 16:58:39 +0100
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2018-03-01 18:17:47 +0200
commit59fbfed9b814f7e6d55adf9b3a978ee2c987d05b (patch)
treef182cd30872b75cfae9b9b57e7097b2ab167cdaf /docs/specs
parent9fac50c88d91ebf7a7d3d31f8520762ac24e12b9 (diff)
docs/vmcoreinfo: detail unsupported host format behaviour
Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt b/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt
index 821261067f..bcbca6fe47 100644
--- a/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ processing of entry values.
A write of 0 in guest_format will disable further processing of
vmcoreinfo entry values & content.
+You may write a guest_format that is not supported by the host, in
+which case the entry data can be ignored by qemu (but you may still
+access it through a debugger, via vmcoreinfo_realize::vmcoreinfo_state).
+
Format & content
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