On 3/1/21 11:28 AM, Connor Kuehl wrote: > The contents of this patch were initially developed and posted by Han > Han[1], however, it appears the original patch was not applied. Since > then, the relevant documentation has been moved and adapted to a new > format. > > I've taken most of the original wording and tweaked it according to > some of the feedback from the original patch submission. I've also > adapted it to restructured text, which is the format the documentation > currently uses. > > [1] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2019-10/msg01253.html > > Reported-by: Han Han <[email protected]> > Co-developed-by: Han Han <[email protected]>
Unusual tag, and his original email has Signed-off-by. It's easier to just reuse S-o-b here. > Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1763105 > Signed-off-by: Connor Kuehl <[email protected]> > --- > docs/tools/qemu-img.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst > index b615aa8419..5cc585dc27 100644 > --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst > +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst > @@ -866,6 +866,18 @@ Supported image file formats: > issue ``lsattr filename`` to check if the NOCOW flag is set or not > (Capital 'C' is NOCOW flag). > > + ``data_file`` > + Pathname that refers to a file that will store all guest data. If > + this option is used, the qcow2 file will only contain the image's > + metadata. > + > + ``data_file_raw`` > + If this option is set to ``on``, QEMU will always keep the external > + data file consistent as a standalone read-only raw image. The default > + value is ``off``. > + > + This option can only be enabled if ``data_file`` is set. > + > ``Other`` > > QEMU also supports various other image file formats for > Otherwise, Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <[email protected]> -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
