From patchwork Tue Dec 26 02:52:46 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Fam Zheng X-Patchwork-Id: 10132823 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9331360211 for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8884629913 for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 7D71E2D421; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:54:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1335C29913 for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47881 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfNu-0007hx-8m for patchwork-qemu-devel@patchwork.kernel.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:54:30 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38831) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfMW-0006jm-TL for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:53:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfMV-0004Rf-Tb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:53:04 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53658) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfMR-0004Nr-9q; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:52:59 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 611F383F44; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:52:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lemon.redhat.com (ovpn-12-61.pek2.redhat.com [10.72.12.61]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02C960C8A; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:52:55 +0000 (UTC) From: Fam Zheng To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:52:46 +0800 Message-Id: <20171226025247.11082-2-famz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20171226025247.11082-1-famz@redhat.com> References: <20171226025247.11082-1-famz@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:52:58 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 1/2] qemu-img.texi: Clean up parameter list X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , qemu-block@nongnu.org, kchamart@redhat.com, Max Reitz , stefanha@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Split options out of the "@table @var" section and create a "@table @option", then use whitespaces and blank lines consistently. Suggested-by: Kevin Wolf Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng Reviewed-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Kashyap Chamarthy --- qemu-img.texi | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index fdcf120f36..60a0e080c6 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -33,38 +33,14 @@ The following commands are supported: Command parameters: @table @var + @item filename - is a disk image filename - -@item --object @var{objectdef} - -is a QEMU user creatable object definition. See the @code{qemu(1)} manual -page for a description of the object properties. The most common object -type is a @code{secret}, which is used to supply passwords and/or encryption -keys. - -@item --image-opts - -Indicates that the source @var{filename} parameter is to be interpreted as a -full option string, not a plain filename. This parameter is mutually -exclusive with the @var{-f} parameter. - -@item --target-image-opts - -Indicates that the @var{output_filename} parameter(s) are to be interpreted as -a full option string, not a plain filename. This parameter is mutually -exclusive with the @var{-O} parameters. It is currently required to also use -the @var{-n} parameter to skip image creation. This restriction may be relaxed -in a future release. +is a disk image filename @item fmt is the disk image format. It is guessed automatically in most cases. See below for a description of the supported disk formats. -@item --backing-chain -will enumerate information about backing files in a disk image chain. Refer -below for further description. - @item size is the disk image size in bytes. Optional suffixes @code{k} or @code{K} (kilobyte, 1024) @code{M} (megabyte, 1024k) and @code{G} (gigabyte, 1024M) @@ -74,42 +50,78 @@ and T (terabyte, 1024G) are supported. @code{b} is ignored. is the destination disk image filename @item output_fmt - is the destination format +is the destination format + @item options is a comma separated list of format specific options in a name=value format. Use @code{-o ?} for an overview of the options supported by the used format or see the format descriptions below for details. + @item snapshot_param is param used for internal snapshot, format is 'snapshot.id=[ID],snapshot.name=[NAME]' or '[ID_OR_NAME]' + @item snapshot_id_or_name is deprecated, use snapshot_param instead +@end table + +@table @option + +@item --object @var{objectdef} +is a QEMU user creatable object definition. See the @code{qemu(1)} manual +page for a description of the object properties. The most common object +type is a @code{secret}, which is used to supply passwords and/or encryption +keys. + +@item --image-opts +Indicates that the source @var{filename} parameter is to be interpreted as a +full option string, not a plain filename. This parameter is mutually +exclusive with the @var{-f} parameter. + +@item --target-image-opts +Indicates that the @var{output_filename} parameter(s) are to be interpreted as +a full option string, not a plain filename. This parameter is mutually +exclusive with the @var{-O} parameters. It is currently required to also use +the @var{-n} parameter to skip image creation. This restriction may be relaxed +in a future release. + +@item --backing-chain +will enumerate information about backing files in a disk image chain. Refer +below for further description. + @item -c indicates that target image must be compressed (qcow format only) + @item -h with or without a command shows help and lists the supported formats + @item -p display progress bar (compare, convert and rebase commands only). If the @var{-p} option is not used for a command that supports it, the progress is reported when the process receives a @code{SIGUSR1} or @code{SIGINFO} signal. + @item -q Quiet mode - do not print any output (except errors). There's no progress bar in case both @var{-q} and @var{-p} options are used. + @item -S @var{size} indicates the consecutive number of bytes that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during conversion. This value is rounded down to the nearest 512 bytes. You may use the common size suffixes like @code{k} for kilobytes. + @item -t @var{cache} specifies the cache mode that should be used with the (destination) file. See the documentation of the emulator's @code{-drive cache=...} option for allowed values. + @item -T @var{src_cache} specifies the cache mode that should be used with the source file(s). See the documentation of the emulator's @code{-drive cache=...} option for allowed values. + @end table Parameters to snapshot subcommand: