From 08ae330e1754bf03df1388065ea508dc089ab3fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ronnie Sahlberg Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:21 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Describe NBD URL syntax 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 Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf --- qemu-options.hx | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 424bae9cf0..c55080c041 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. +@item NBD +QEMU supports NBD (Network Block Devices) both using TCP protocol as well +as Unix Domain Sockets. + +Syntax for specifying a NBD device using TCP +``nbd::[:exportname=]'' + +Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets +``nbd:unix:[:exportname=]'' + + +Example for TCP +@example +qemu --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000 +@end example + +Example for Unix Domain Sockets +@example +qemu --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket +@end example + @end table ETEXI -- 2.11.4.GIT