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charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::334; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x334.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @linaro.org) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1680171210434100003 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 Signed-off-by: Alex Benn=C3=A9e Reviewed-by: Michael Tokarev Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth --- 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. =20 -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. =20 ERST =20 --=20 2.39.2