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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 3/7] qemu-nbd: add doc for internal snapshot expo


From: Wenchao Xia
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 3/7] qemu-nbd: add doc for internal snapshot export
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:16:04 +0800

Signed-off-by: Wenchao Xia <address@hidden>
---
 qemu-nbd.c    |   11 ++++++++++-
 qemu-nbd.texi |   11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 6588a1f..49dfc14 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -80,7 +80,16 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 "\n"
 "Block device options:\n"
 "  -r, --read-only      export read-only\n"
-"  -s, --snapshot       use snapshot file\n"
+"  -s, --snapshot       use FILE as an external snapshot, create a temporary\n"
+"                       file with backing_file=FILE, redirect the write to\n"
+"                       the temporary one\n"
+"  -l, --load-snapshot=SNAPSHOT_ID_OR_NAME\n"
+"                       load an internal snapshot inside FILE and export it\n"
+"                       as an read-only device\n"
+"  -L, --load-snapshot1=SNAPSHOT_PARAM\n"
+"                       load an internal snapshot inside FILE and export it\n"
+"                       as an read-only device, SNAPSHOT_PARAM format is\n"
+"                       'snapshot.id=[ID],snapshot.name=[NAME]'\n"
 "  -n, --nocache        disable host cache\n"
 "      --cache=MODE     set cache mode (none, writeback, ...)\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_AIO
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.texi b/qemu-nbd.texi
index 6055ec6..5940905 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.texi
+++ b/qemu-nbd.texi
@@ -27,7 +27,16 @@ Export QEMU disk image using NBD protocol.
 @item -P, address@hidden
   only expose partition @var{num}
 @item -s, --snapshot
-  use snapshot file
+  use @var{filename} as an external snapshot, create a temporary
+  file with address@hidden, redirect the write to
+  the temporary one
address@hidden -l, address@hidden
+  load an internal snapshot inside @var{filename} and export it
+  as an read-only device
address@hidden -L, address@hidden
+  load an internal snapshot inside @var{filename} and export it
+  as an read-only device, @var{snapshot_param} format is
+  'snapshot.id=[ID],snapshot.name=[NAME]'
 @item -n, --nocache
 @itemx address@hidden
   set cache mode to be used with the file.  See the documentation of
-- 
1.7.1




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