Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Documentation: Describe NBD URL syntax

[Eric Sunshine]

On Oct 27, 2011, at 5:33 AM, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> This patch adds a short description of how to specify a NBD device
> to QEMU.
> Syntax for both TCP and Unix Domain Sockets are provided as well
> as examples.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <address@hidden>
> ---
> qemu-options.hx |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index 7c434f8..564ae3f 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -1757,6 +1757,27 @@ qemu --drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn. 
> 2001-04.com.example/1
> iSCSI support is an optional feature of QEMU and only available when
> compiled and linked against libiscsi.
>
> address@hidden NBD
> +QEMU supports NBD (Network Block Devices) both using TCP protocol  
> as well
> +as Unix Domain Sockets.
> +
> +Syntax for specifying a NDB device using TCP
> +``nbd:<server-ip>:<port>[:exportname=<export>]''
> +
> +Syntax for specifying a NDB device using Unix Domain Sockets
> +``nbd:unix:<domain-socket>[:exportname=<export>]''

On the two "Syntax for..." lines: s/NDB/NBD/

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