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Documentation: Describe NBD URL syntax

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This patch adds a short description of how to specify a NBD device
to QEMU.
Syntax for both TCP and Unix Domain Sockets are provided as well
as examples.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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Ronnie Sahlberg 2011-10-27 20:33:21 +11:00 committed by Kevin Wolf
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@ -1757,6 +1757,27 @@ qemu --drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
iSCSI support is an optional feature of QEMU and only available when
compiled and linked against libiscsi.
@item NBD
QEMU supports NBD (Network Block Devices) both using TCP protocol as well
as Unix Domain Sockets.
Syntax for specifying a NBD device using TCP
``nbd:<server-ip>:<port>[:exportname=<export>]''
Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets
``nbd:unix:<domain-socket>[:exportname=<export>]''
Example for TCP
@example
qemu --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000
@end example
Example for Unix Domain Sockets
@example
qemu --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket
@end example
@end table
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