Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] add text about how to use qemu-nbd with qemu

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 05/07/2012 05:29, Wayne Xia ha scritto:
>>
>>> +
>>> +  Note: When qemu-nbd was used to export a disk that would be used
>>> by QEMU
>>> +block device, -t or --persistent must be set for that QEMU nbd
>>> client would try
>>> +connect more than one time. For eg:
>>> +  qemu-nbd ./simple.img -p 10809 -t
>>> +  qemu -hdb nbd:127.0.0.1:10809
>>
>> We could actually make persistent the default unless we're using
>> qemu-nbd in client mode (i.e. exporting to /dev/nbd*), and drop the
>> option.  What do you think?
>>
>> Paolo
>>
> Hi Paolo, should I make a patch to make persistent the default for
> qemu-nbd?

Yes, why not.  However, as mentioned above client mode should still be
non-persistent.

Paolo