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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-09-06 09:28:31 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-09-06 09:28:31 +0100
commit019217c3b34f22b1c14cdf652d87dbf54cdc43a2 (patch)
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parent90b1e3afd33226b6078fec6d77a18373712a975c (diff)
parentb491dbb7f8e09ef864770c205a3b5bce6c5c1881 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/ericb/tags/pull-nbd-2019-09-05-v2' into staging
nbd patches for 2019-09-05 - Advertise NBD_FLAG_CAN_MULTI_CONN on readonly images - Tolerate larger set of server error responses during handshake - More precision on handling fallocate() failures due to alignment - Better documentation of NBD connection URIs - Implement new extension NBD_CMD_FLAG_FAST_ZERO to benefit qemu-img convert # gpg: Signature made Thu 05 Sep 2019 22:08:17 BST # gpg: using RSA key 71C2CC22B1C4602927D2F3AAA7A16B4A2527436A # gpg: Good signature from "Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Eric Blake (Free Software Programmer) <ebb9@byu.net>" [full] # gpg: aka "[jpeg image of size 6874]" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 71C2 CC22 B1C4 6029 27D2 F3AA A7A1 6B4A 2527 436A * remotes/ericb/tags/pull-nbd-2019-09-05-v2: nbd: Implement server use of NBD FAST_ZERO nbd: Implement client use of NBD FAST_ZERO nbd: Prepare for NBD_CMD_FLAG_FAST_ZERO nbd: Improve per-export flag handling in server docs: Update preferred NBD device syntax block: workaround for unaligned byte range in fallocate() nbd: Tolerate more errors to structured reply request nbd: Use g_autofree in a few places nbd: Advertise multi-conn for shared read-only connections Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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@@ -301,9 +301,16 @@ LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD="password" \
@item NBD
QEMU supports NBD (Network Block Devices) both using TCP protocol as well
-as Unix Domain Sockets.
+as Unix Domain Sockets. With TCP, the default port is 10809.
-Syntax for specifying a NBD device using TCP
+Syntax for specifying a NBD device using TCP, in preferred URI form:
+``nbd://<server-ip>[:<port>]/[<export>]''
+
+Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets; remember
+that '?' is a shell glob character and may need quoting:
+``nbd+unix:///[<export>]?socket=<domain-socket>''
+
+Older syntax that is also recognized:
``nbd:<server-ip>:<port>[:exportname=<export>]''
Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets