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| author | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2019-09-03 09:56:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2019-09-05 16:01:47 -0500 |
| commit | 0c61ebb0cdf66343c45f1337d8cd985b6c4ab25e (patch) | |
| tree | 8cea4e13f3f346f3fa13bac3605b8cc8fc77e4dc /qemu-doc.texi | |
| parent | 294682cc3a7c5b3d1b2d45b686e2d8523750ce64 (diff) | |
docs: Update preferred NBD device syntax
Mention the preferred URI form, especially since NBD is trying to
standardize that form: https://lists.debian.org/nbd/2019/06/msg00012.html
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190903145634.20237-1-eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-doc.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-doc.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 577d1e8376..ec460f1d7a 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -297,9 +297,16 @@ qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 @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 |