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authoraliguori <aliguori@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>2008-12-04 19:52:44 +0000
committeraliguori <aliguori@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>2008-12-04 19:52:44 +0000
commit6e02c38dadfe4cf02b0da6135adfd8d9352b90e1 (patch)
tree6de8b1fa9342550d2c7da2be7aef83b80a17a4b0 /qemu-doc.texi
parent967f97fa00b2d301584d08c614d446423c65c15a (diff)
Add virtio-blk support
Virtio-blk is a paravirtual block device based on VirtIO. It can be used by specifying the if=virtio parameter to the -drive parameter. When using -enable-kvm, it can achieve very good performance compared to IDE or SCSI. Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@5870 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
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@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ this drive. If the filename contains comma, you must double it
(for instance, "file=my,,file" to use file "my,file").
@item if=@var{interface}
This option defines on which type on interface the drive is connected.
-Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash.
+Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio.
@item bus=@var{bus},unit=@var{unit}
These options define where is connected the drive by defining the bus number and
the unit id.