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[PULL,10/28] qemu-nbd: Minor texi updates

Message ID 1454950999-64128-11-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com
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Paolo Bonzini Feb. 8, 2016, 5:03 p.m. UTC 
From: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>

- Change some spacing.
- Add disconnect usage to synopsis.
- Highlight the command and its options in the synopsis.
- Fix up the grammar in the description.
- Move filename variable description out of the option table.
- Add a description of the dev variable.
- Remove duplicate entry for --format.
- Reword --discard documentation.
- Add --detect-zeroes documentation.
- Add reference to qemu man page to see also section.

Signed-off-by: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>
Message-Id: <1451979212-25479-3-git-send-email-sitsofe@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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 qemu-nbd.texi | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/qemu-nbd.texi b/qemu-nbd.texi
index 26cc985..5331d69 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.texi
+++ b/qemu-nbd.texi
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ 
 @example
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
-usage: qemu-nbd [OPTION]...  @var{filename}
+@command{qemu-nbd} [OPTION]... @var{filename}
+
+@command{qemu-nbd} @option{-d} @var{dev}
 @c man end
 @end example
 
 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
 
-Export QEMU disk image using NBD protocol.
+Export a QEMU disk image using the NBD protocol.
 
 @c man end
 
 @c man begin OPTIONS
+@var{filename} is a disk image filename.
+
+@var{dev} is an NBD device.
+
 @table @option
-@item @var{filename}
-is a disk image filename
 @item -p, --port=@var{port}
 port to listen on (default @samp{10809})
 @item -o, --offset=@var{offset}
@@ -22,8 +26,9 @@  offset into the image
 interface to bind to (default @samp{0.0.0.0})
 @item -k, --socket=@var{path}
 Use a unix socket with path @var{path}
-@item -f, --format=@var{format}
-Set image format as @var{format}
+@item -f, --format=@var{fmt}
+force the use of the block driver for format @var{fmt} instead of
+auto-detecting
 @item -r, --read-only
 export read-only
 @item -P, --partition=@var{num}
@@ -44,17 +49,22 @@  the emulator's @code{-drive cache=...} option for allowed values.
 choose asynchronous I/O mode between @samp{threads} (the default)
 and @samp{native} (Linux only).
 @item --discard=@var{discard}
-toggles whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
-requests are ignored or passed to the filesystem.  The default is no
-(@samp{--discard=ignore}).
+controls whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
+requests are ignored or passed to the filesystem.  @var{discard} is one of
+@samp{ignore} (or @samp{off}), @samp{unmap} (or @samp{on}).  The default is
+@samp{ignore}.
+@item --detect-zeroes=@var{detect-zeroes}
+enables the automatic conversion of plain zero writes by the OS to
+driver-specific optimized zero write commands.  @var{detect-zeroes} is one of
+@samp{off}, @samp{on} or @samp{unmap}.  @samp{unmap}
+converts a zero write to an unmap operation and can only be used if
+@var{discard} is set to @samp{unmap}.  The default is @samp{off}.
 @item -c, --connect=@var{dev}
 connect @var{filename} to NBD device @var{dev}
 @item -d, --disconnect
 disconnect the specified device
 @item -e, --shared=@var{num}
 device can be shared by @var{num} clients (default @samp{1})
-@item -f, --format=@var{fmt}
-force block driver for format @var{fmt} instead of auto-detecting
 @item -t, --persistent
 don't exit on the last connection
 @item -v, --verbose
@@ -79,7 +89,7 @@  warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 @c man end
 
 @c man begin SEEALSO
-qemu-img(1)
+qemu(1), qemu-img(1)
 @c man end
 
 @end ignore