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[PATCH 04/11] qemu-options: finesse the recommendations around -blockdev
From: |
Alex Bennée |
Subject: |
[PATCH 04/11] qemu-options: finesse the recommendations around -blockdev |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:11:34 +0100 |
We are a bit premature in recommending -blockdev/-device as the best
way to configure block devices, especially in the common case.
Improve the language to hopefully make things clearer.
Suggested-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 59bdf67a2c..9a69ed838e 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1143,10 +1143,14 @@ have gone through several iterations as the feature set
and complexity
of the block layer have grown. Many online guides to QEMU often
reference older and deprecated options, which can lead to confusion.
-The recommended modern way to describe disks is to use a combination of
+The most explicit way to describe disks is to use a combination of
``-device`` to specify the hardware device and ``-blockdev`` to
describe the backend. The device defines what the guest sees and the
-backend describes how QEMU handles the data.
+backend describes how QEMU handles the data. The ``-drive`` option
+combines the device and backend into a single command line options
+which is useful in the majority of cases. Older options like ``-hda``
+bake in a lot of assumptions from the days when QEMU was emulating a
+legacy PC, they are not recommended for modern configurations.
ERST
--
2.39.2
- [PATCH 03/11] MAINTAINERS: add a section for policy documents, (continued)
- [PATCH 03/11] MAINTAINERS: add a section for policy documents, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30
- [PATCH 02/11] gdbstub: Only build libgdb_user.fa / libgdb_softmmu.fa if necessary, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30
- [PATCH 05/11] metadata: add .git-blame-ignore-revs, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30
- [PATCH 08/11] tests/vm: use the default system python for NetBSD, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30
- [PATCH 04/11] qemu-options: finesse the recommendations around -blockdev,
Alex Bennée <=
- [PATCH 06/11] Use hexagon toolchain version 16.0.0, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30
- [PATCH 11/11] tests/gitlab: use kaniko to build images, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30
- Re: [PATCH 11/11] tests/gitlab: use kaniko to build images, Thomas Huth, 2023/03/30
- [PATCH 09/11] tests/requirements.txt: bump up avocado-framework version to 101.0, Alex Bennée, 2023/03/30