From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40715) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QbWeh-0001eN-U2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:40:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QbWef-0000PL-IC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:40:35 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:11529) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QbWee-0000P4-Sh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:40:33 -0400 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5SBeVQI032281 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:40:31 -0400 From: Kevin Wolf Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:43:24 +0200 Message-Id: <1309261404-11757-1-git-send-email-kwolf@redhat.com> Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Documentation: Remove outdated host_device note List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: kwolf@redhat.com People shouldn't explicitly specify host_device any more. raw is doing the Right Thing. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf --- 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 -- 1.7.5.4