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| -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. |