On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 02:29:12PM +0100, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > Modern way is using blockdev-add + blockdev-backup, which provides a > lot more control on how target is opened. > > > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 ++++++ > docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst | 47 +++++++++++++++++--------- > qapi/block-core.json | 5 ++- > 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > index 25b7ec8d92..4a4910143f 100644 > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > @@ -234,6 +234,17 @@ single ``bitmap``, the new ``block-export-add`` uses a list of ``bitmaps``. > Member ``values`` in return value elements with meta-type ``enum`` is > deprecated. Use ``members`` instead. > > +``drive-backup`` (since 6.2) > +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Correct here,... > +++ b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst > > QMP invocation for ``drive-backup`` > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > +Note that ``drive-backup`` command is deprecated since QEMU 6.1 and > +will be removed in future. ...but stale here (this patch has been around for a while). But even though we're in soft freeze, I lean toward this going in rather than wait yet another release to do the deprecation. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
