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| author | Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com> | 2020-05-14 08:06:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org> | 2020-05-14 08:06:43 +0200 |
| commit | 65abaa01ee5781f525e1b9a0d6e6e5a3d8696d5f (patch) | |
| tree | 33d3d7f07558c01ae7642d56251e32596fafc6ea /qemu-options.hx | |
| parent | 233982af53915bd9fbfa604e3b566b50af6fe5a7 (diff) | |
qemu-options.hx: 9p: clarify -virtfs vs. -fsdev
The docs are ambiguous about the difference (or actually their
equality) between options '-virtfs' vs. '-fsdev'. So clarify that
'-virtfs' is actually just a convenience shortcut for its
generalized form '-fsdev' in conjunction with '-device virtio-9p-pci'.
And as we're at it, also be a bit more descriptive what 9pfs is
actually used for.
Signed-off-by: Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>
Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <208f1fceffce2feaf7c900b29e326b967dce7762.1585661532.git.qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 292d4e7c0c..e2dca8a4e9 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1542,9 +1542,17 @@ SRST ``-virtfs proxy,sock_fd=sock_fd,mount_tag=mount_tag [,writeout=writeout][,readonly]`` \ ``-virtfs synth,mount_tag=mount_tag`` - Define a new filesystem device and expose it to the guest using a - virtio-9p-device. The general form of a Virtual File system - pass-through options are: + Define a new virtual filesystem device and expose it to the guest using + a virtio-9p-device (a.k.a. 9pfs), which essentially means that a certain + directory on host is made directly accessible by guest as a pass-through + file system by using the 9P network protocol for communication between + host and guests, if desired even accessible, shared by several guests + simultaniously. + + Note that ``-virtfs`` is actually just a convenience shortcut for its + generalized form ``-fsdev -device virtio-9p-pci``. + + The general form of pass-through file system options are: ``local`` Accesses to the filesystem are done by QEMU. |