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[Qemu-devel] [PULL 10/28] qemu-nbd: Minor texi updates
From: |
Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PULL 10/28] qemu-nbd: Minor texi updates |
Date: |
Mon, 8 Feb 2016 18:03:01 +0100 |
From: Sitsofe Wheeler <address@hidden>
- Change some spacing.
- Add disconnect usage to synopsis.
- Highlight the command and its options in the synopsis.
- Fix up the grammar in the description.
- Move filename variable description out of the option table.
- Add a description of the dev variable.
- Remove duplicate entry for --format.
- Reword --discard documentation.
- Add --detect-zeroes documentation.
- Add reference to qemu man page to see also section.
Signed-off-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <address@hidden>
Message-Id: <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
---
qemu-nbd.texi | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.texi b/qemu-nbd.texi
index 26cc985..5331d69 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.texi
+++ b/qemu-nbd.texi
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
@example
@c man begin SYNOPSIS
-usage: qemu-nbd [OPTION]... @var{filename}
address@hidden [OPTION]... @var{filename}
+
address@hidden @option{-d} @var{dev}
@c man end
@end example
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-Export QEMU disk image using NBD protocol.
+Export a QEMU disk image using the NBD protocol.
@c man end
@c man begin OPTIONS
address@hidden is a disk image filename.
+
address@hidden is an NBD device.
+
@table @option
address@hidden @var{filename}
-is a disk image filename
@item -p, address@hidden
port to listen on (default @samp{10809})
@item -o, address@hidden
@@ -22,8 +26,9 @@ offset into the image
interface to bind to (default @samp{0.0.0.0})
@item -k, address@hidden
Use a unix socket with path @var{path}
address@hidden -f, address@hidden
-Set image format as @var{format}
address@hidden -f, address@hidden
+force the use of the block driver for format @var{fmt} instead of
+auto-detecting
@item -r, --read-only
export read-only
@item -P, address@hidden
@@ -44,17 +49,22 @@ the emulator's @code{-drive cache=...} option for allowed
values.
choose asynchronous I/O mode between @samp{threads} (the default)
and @samp{native} (Linux only).
@item address@hidden
-toggles whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
-requests are ignored or passed to the filesystem. The default is no
-(@samp{--discard=ignore}).
+controls whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
+requests are ignored or passed to the filesystem. @var{discard} is one of
address@hidden (or @samp{off}), @samp{unmap} (or @samp{on}). The default is
address@hidden
address@hidden address@hidden
+enables the automatic conversion of plain zero writes by the OS to
+driver-specific optimized zero write commands. @var{detect-zeroes} is one of
address@hidden, @samp{on} or @samp{unmap}. @samp{unmap}
+converts a zero write to an unmap operation and can only be used if
address@hidden is set to @samp{unmap}. The default is @samp{off}.
@item -c, address@hidden
connect @var{filename} to NBD device @var{dev}
@item -d, --disconnect
disconnect the specified device
@item -e, address@hidden
device can be shared by @var{num} clients (default @samp{1})
address@hidden -f, address@hidden
-force block driver for format @var{fmt} instead of auto-detecting
@item -t, --persistent
don't exit on the last connection
@item -v, --verbose
@@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
@c man end
@c man begin SEEALSO
-qemu-img(1)
+qemu(1), qemu-img(1)
@c man end
@end ignore
--
1.8.3.1
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 07/28] scsi-generic: grab device and port SAS addresses from backend, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 07/28] scsi-generic: grab device and port SAS addresses from backend, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 05/28] include/qemu/atomic.h: default to __atomic functions, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 04/28] configure: sanity check the glib library that pkg-config finds, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 09/28] qemu-nbd: Fix unintended texi verbatim formatting, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 12/28] scripts/kvm/kvm_stat: Fix tracefs access checking, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 14/28] kvm-all: trace: strerror fixup, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 17/28] target-i386: Introduce mo_stacksize, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 15/28] char: fix repeated registration of tcp chardev I/O handlers, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 18/28] target-i386: Use gen_lea_v_seg in gen_lea_modrm, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 19/28] target-i386: Use gen_lea_v_seg in stack subroutines, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 10/28] qemu-nbd: Minor texi updates,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 11/28] qemu-nbd: Fix texi sentence capitalisation, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 13/28] nbd: avoid unaligned uint64_t store, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 16/28] target-i386: Create gen_lea_v_seg, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 08/28] hw: Add support for LSI SAS1068 (mptsas) device, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 20/28] target-i386: Access segs via TCG registers, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 22/28] target-i386: Rewrite gen_enter inline, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 21/28] target-i386: Use gen_lea_v_seg in pusha/popa, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 27/28] ipmi_bmc_sim: Fix off by one in check., Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 24/28] target-i386: Tidy gen_add_A0_im, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 23/28] target-i386: Rewrite leave, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/02/08