[libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: Document subdriver option of attach-disk
--- tools/virsh.pod | 12 +--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index cad5b1c..a26c420 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -1675,9 +1675,15 @@ Isource is path for the files and devices. Itarget controls the bus or device under which the disk is exposed to the guest OS. It indicates the logical device name. Idriver can be Ifile, Itap or Iphy for the Xen hypervisor depending on the kind of access; or Iqemu for the QEMU emulator. -Itype can indicate Ilun, Icdrom or Ifloppy as alternative to the disk default, -although this use only replaces the media within the existing virtual cdrom or -floppy device; consider using Bupdate-device for this usage instead. +Further details to the driver can be passed using Isubdriver. For Xen +Isubdriver can be Iaio, while for QEMU subdriver should match the format +of the disk source, such as Iraw or Iqcow2. Hypervisor default will be +used if Isubdriver is not specified. However, the default may not be +correct, esp. for QEMU as for security reasons it is configured not to detect +disk formats. Itype can indicate Ilun, Icdrom or Ifloppy as +alternative to the disk default, although this use only replaces the media +within the existing virtual cdrom or floppy device; consider using +Bupdate-device for this usage instead. Imode can specify the two specific mode Ireadonly or Ishareable. I--config indicates the changes will affect the next boot of the domain, for compatibility purposes, I--persistent is alias of I--config. -- 1.7.12 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: Document subdriver option of attach-disk
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 08:23:30AM +0200, Jiri Denemark wrote: --- tools/virsh.pod | 12 +--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index cad5b1c..a26c420 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -1675,9 +1675,15 @@ Isource is path for the files and devices. Itarget controls the bus or device under which the disk is exposed to the guest OS. It indicates the logical device name. Idriver can be Ifile, Itap or Iphy for the Xen hypervisor depending on the kind of access; or Iqemu for the QEMU emulator. -Itype can indicate Ilun, Icdrom or Ifloppy as alternative to the disk default, -although this use only replaces the media within the existing virtual cdrom or -floppy device; consider using Bupdate-device for this usage instead. +Further details to the driver can be passed using Isubdriver. For Xen +Isubdriver can be Iaio, while for QEMU subdriver should match the format +of the disk source, such as Iraw or Iqcow2. Hypervisor default will be +used if Isubdriver is not specified. However, the default may not be +correct, esp. for QEMU as for security reasons it is configured not to detect +disk formats. Itype can indicate Ilun, Icdrom or Ifloppy as +alternative to the disk default, although this use only replaces the media +within the existing virtual cdrom or floppy device; consider using +Bupdate-device for this usage instead. Imode can specify the two specific mode Ireadonly or Ishareable. I--config indicates the changes will affect the next boot of the domain, for compatibility purposes, I--persistent is alias of I--config. ACK Daniel -- Daniel Veillard | libxml Gnome XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ dan...@veillard.com | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/ http://veillard.com/ | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/ -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] virsh: Document subdriver option of attach-disk
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 14:52:01 +0800, Daniel Veillard wrote: On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 08:23:30AM +0200, Jiri Denemark wrote: --- tools/virsh.pod | 12 +--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) ACK Pushed, thanks. Jirka -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
