[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] add host_device format description to qemu-img manpage

[Adrian Bridgett]

Converting files using "qemu-img convert" onto logical volumes (or any
block device) you need to use the currently undocumented "host_device"
format.  This patch adds the required documentation to the manpage.

Reported-by: Adrian Bridgett <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bridgett <address@hidden>

--- qemu-kvm-0.11.0.orig/qemu-img.texi
+++ qemu-kvm-0.11.0/qemu-img.texi
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 space. Use @code{qemu-img info} to know the real size used by the
 image or @code{ls -ls} on Unix/Linux.
 
address@hidden host_device
+
+Host device format. This format should be used instead of raw when
+converting to block devices or other devices where "holes" are not
+supported.
+
 @item qcow2
 QEMU image format, the most versatile format. Use it to have smaller
 images (useful if your filesystem does not supports holes, for example


Adrian
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