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Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
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1 files changed, 76 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 15779e7..d0714c4 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ DEF("drive", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_drive, " [,serial=s][,addr=A][,rerror=ignore|stop|report]\n" " [,werror=ignore|stop|report|enospc][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n" " [,readonly=on|off][,copy-on-read=on|off]\n" + " [,detect-zeroes=on|off|unmap]\n" " [[,bps=b]|[[,bps_rd=r][,bps_wr=w]]]\n" " [[,iops=i]|[[,iops_rd=r][,iops_wr=w]]]\n" " [[,bps_max=bm]|[[,bps_rd_max=rm][,bps_wr_max=wm]]]\n" @@ -475,6 +476,11 @@ Open drive @option{file} as read-only. Guest write attempts will fail. @item copy-on-read=@var{copy-on-read} @var{copy-on-read} is "on" or "off" and enables whether to copy read backing file sectors into the image file. +@item detect-zeroes=@var{detect-zeroes} +@var{detect-zeroes} is "off", "on" or "unmap" and enables the automatic +conversion of plain zero writes by the OS to driver specific optimized +zero write commands. You may even choose "unmap" if @var{discard} is set +to "unmap" to allow a zero write to be converted to an UNMAP operation. @end table By default, the @option{cache=writeback} mode is used. It will report data @@ -2191,6 +2197,74 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img @end example See also @url{http://www.gluster.org}. + +@item HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS/TFTP +QEMU supports read-only access to files accessed over http(s), ftp(s) and tftp. + +Syntax using a single filename: +@example +<protocol>://[<username>[:<password>]@@]<host>/<path> +@end example + +where: +@table @option +@item protocol +'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'ftps', or 'tftp'. + +@item username +Optional username for authentication to the remote server. + +@item password +Optional password for authentication to the remote server. + +@item host +Address of the remote server. + +@item path +Path on the remote server, including any query string. +@end table + +The following options are also supported: +@table @option +@item url +The full URL when passing options to the driver explicitly. + +@item readahead +The amount of data to read ahead with each range request to the remote server. +This value may optionally have the suffix 'T', 'G', 'M', 'K', 'k' or 'b'. If it +does not have a suffix, it will be assumed to be in bytes. The value must be a +multiple of 512 bytes. It defaults to 256k. + +@item sslverify +Whether to verify the remote server's certificate when connecting over SSL. It +can have the value 'on' or 'off'. It defaults to 'on'. +@end table + +Note that when passing options to qemu explicitly, @option{driver} is the value +of <protocol>. + +Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 live ISO image +@example +qemu-system-x86_64 --drive media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly + +qemu-system-x86_64 --drive media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly +@end example + +Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 cloud image using a local overlay for +writes, copy-on-read, and a readahead of 64k +@example +qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"http",, "file.url":"https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Images/x86_64/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2",, "file.readahead":"64k"@}' /tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2 + +qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on +@end example + +Example: boot from an image stored on a VMware vSphere server with a self-signed +certificate using a local overlay for writes and a readahead of 64k +@example +qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"https",, "file.url":"https://user:password@@vsphere.example.com/folder/test/test-flat.vmdk?dcPath=Datacenter&dsName=datastore1",, "file.sslverify":"off",, "file.readahead":"64k"@}' /tmp/test.qcow2 + +qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2 +@end example ETEXI STEXI @@ -2997,7 +3071,8 @@ STEXI Set OpenBIOS nvram @var{variable} to given @var{value} (PPC, SPARC only). ETEXI DEF("semihosting", 0, QEMU_OPTION_semihosting, - "-semihosting semihosting mode\n", QEMU_ARCH_ARM | QEMU_ARCH_M68K | QEMU_ARCH_XTENSA) + "-semihosting semihosting mode\n", + QEMU_ARCH_ARM | QEMU_ARCH_M68K | QEMU_ARCH_XTENSA | QEMU_ARCH_LM32) STEXI @item -semihosting @findex -semihosting |
