Re: [Qemu-devel] Block format 'raw' does not support the option 'serial'

[Michal Suchánek]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:20:59 +0000
Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 03:15:27PM +0100, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried to run my VM with qemu git and I am greeted with:
> > 
> > Block format 'raw' does not support the option 'serial'
> > 
> > Is there any sensible reason to *not^ support disk serial number?  
> 
> The 'serial' property on -drive was deprecated in QEMU 2.10, and deleted
> in 3.1, as it is not a property that makes sense for the backend.
> 
> It should be set on the virtual device instead via the -device arg

Is this documented anywhere?

Looking at the man page I only see serial property on smbios.

Thanks

Michal