* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Documentation: Remove outdated host_device note
@ 2011-06-28 11:43 Kevin Wolf
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From: Kevin Wolf @ 2011-06-28 11:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel; +Cc: kwolf
People shouldn't explicitly specify host_device any more. raw is doing the
Right Thing.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
---
qemu-img.texi | 6 ------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index ced64a4..526474c 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
+++ b/qemu-img.texi
@@ -173,12 +173,6 @@ Linux or NTFS on Windows), then only the written sectors will reserve
space. Use @code{qemu-img info} to know the real size used by the
image or @code{ls -ls} on Unix/Linux.
-@item host_device
-
-Host device format. This format should be used instead of raw when
-converting to block devices or other devices where "holes" are not
-supported.
-
@item qcow2
QEMU image format, the most versatile format. Use it to have smaller
images (useful if your filesystem does not supports holes, for example
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1.7.5.4
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