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``-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.