Re: [RFC PATCH] qemu-options: try and clarify preferred block semantics

2022-08-22 Thread Peter Maydell
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 at 19:10, Alex Bennée wrote: > > Try to correct any confusion about QEMU's Byzantine disk options by > laying out the preferred "modern" options as-per: > > " (best: -device + -blockdev, 2nd obsolete syntax: -device + > -drive, 3rd obsolete syntax: -drive, 4th obsolete

Re: [RFC PATCH] qemu-options: try and clarify preferred block semantics

2022-08-22 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 06:47:57PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > Try to correct any confusion about QEMU's Byzantine disk options by > laying out the preferred "modern" options as-per: > > " (best: -device + -blockdev, 2nd obsolete syntax: -device + > -drive, 3rd obsolete syntax: -drive, 4t

Re: [RFC PATCH] qemu-options: try and clarify preferred block semantics

2022-08-22 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 19.08.2022 um 19:47 hat Alex Bennée geschrieben: > Try to correct any confusion about QEMU's Byzantine disk options by > laying out the preferred "modern" options as-per: > > " (best: -device + -blockdev, 2nd obsolete syntax: -device + > -drive, 3rd obsolete syntax: -drive, 4th obsolet

[RFC PATCH] qemu-options: try and clarify preferred block semantics

2022-08-19 Thread Alex Bennée
Try to correct any confusion about QEMU's Byzantine disk options by laying out the preferred "modern" options as-per: " (best: -device + -blockdev, 2nd obsolete syntax: -device + -drive, 3rd obsolete syntax: -drive, 4th obsolete syntax: -hdNN)" Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée Cc: qemu-bl...@