Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/13] blockdev: New -blockdev to define a host block device

[Markus Armbruster]

Christoph Hellwig <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 06:55:29PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Existing -drive defines both host and guest part.  To make it work
>> with -device, we created if=none.  But all this does is peel off guest
>> device selection.  The other guest properties such as geometry,
>> removable vs. fixed media, and serial number are still in the wrong
>> place.
>> 
>> Instead of overloading -drive even further, create a new, clean option
>> to define a host block device.  -drive stays around unchanged for
>> command line convenience and backwards compatibility.
>> 
>> This is just a first step.  Future work includes:
>
> One thing we really needs is a protocol option.  The current colon
> syntax means we can't support filenames with colons in them which
> users keep requesting.  By making the protocol a separate option
> we can sort this out.

You're absolutely right.  I'll look into it.