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Diffstat (limited to 'qapi/block-core.json')
| -rw-r--r-- | qapi/block-core.json | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json index 5b4d75fa81..e378653a77 100644 --- a/qapi/block-core.json +++ b/qapi/block-core.json @@ -922,6 +922,21 @@ # # @base: #optional the common backing file name # +# @backing-file: #optional The backing file string to write into the active +# layer. This filename is not validated. +# +# If a pathname string is such that it cannot be +# resolved by QEMU, that means that subsequent QMP or +# HMP commands must use node-names for the image in +# question, as filename lookup methods will fail. +# +# If not specified, QEMU will automatically determine +# the backing file string to use, or error out if there +# is no obvious choice. Care should be taken when +# specifying the string, to specify a valid filename or +# protocol. +# (Since 2.1) +# # @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second # # @on-error: #optional the action to take on an error (default report). @@ -934,8 +949,8 @@ # Since: 1.1 ## { 'command': 'block-stream', - 'data': { 'device': 'str', '*base': 'str', '*speed': 'int', - '*on-error': 'BlockdevOnError' } } + 'data': { 'device': 'str', '*base': 'str', '*backing-file': 'str', + '*speed': 'int', '*on-error': 'BlockdevOnError' } } ## # @block-job-set-speed: |