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diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst index 1d8470eada..b7d602a288 100644 --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ Command description: 4 Error on reading data -.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-B BACKING_FILE] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME +.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps [--skip-broken-bitmaps]] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-B BACKING_FILE] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME Convert the disk image *FILENAME* or a snapshot *SNAPSHOT_PARAM* to disk image *OUTPUT_FILENAME* using format *OUTPUT_FMT*. It can @@ -456,6 +456,12 @@ Command description: *NUM_COROUTINES* specifies how many coroutines work in parallel during the convert process (defaults to 8). + Use of ``--bitmaps`` requests that any persistent bitmaps present in + the original are also copied to the destination. If any bitmap is + inconsistent in the source, the conversion will fail unless + ``--skip-broken-bitmaps`` is also specified to copy only the + consistent bitmaps. + .. option:: create [--object OBJECTDEF] [-q] [-f FMT] [-b BACKING_FILE] [-F BACKING_FMT] [-u] [-o OPTIONS] FILENAME [SIZE] Create the new disk image *FILENAME* of size *SIZE* and format |