[libvirt] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] qemu-config: Add new -add-fd command line option

Corey Bryant coreyb at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Oct 18 13:48:25 UTC 2012



On 10/17/2012 12:16 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 12:10 PM, Corey Bryant wrote:
>> This option can be used for passing file descriptors on the
>> command line.  It mirrors the existing add-fd QMP command which
>> allows an fd to be passed to QEMU via SCM_RIGHTS and added to an
>> fd set.
>>
>> This can be combined with commands such as -drive to link file
>> descriptors in an fd set to a drive:
>>
>>      qemu-kvm -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file"
>>               -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file"
>>               -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
>>
>> This example adds dups of fds 4 and 5, and the accompanying opaque
>
> s/4 and 5/3 and 4/

Doh.. thanks.

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Regards,
Corey Bryant




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