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add host_device format description to qemu-img manpage

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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>
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Adrian Bridgett 2009-10-01 11:56:10 +01:00 • committed by Anthony Liguori
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@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ Linux or NTFS on Windows), then only the written sectors will reserve
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