add host_device format description to qemu-img manpage
Converting files using "qemu-img convert" onto logical volumes (or any
block device) you need to use the currently undocumented "host_device"
format. This patch adds the required documentation to the manpage.
Reported-by: Adrian Bridgett <adrian@bitcube.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bridgett <adrian@bitcube.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index 69e24b5..ae8ca92 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
+++ b/qemu-img.texi
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
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
