Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> writes: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 06:55:29PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Existing -drive defines both host and guest part. To make it work >> with -device, we created if=none. But all this does is peel off guest >> device selection. The other guest properties such as geometry, >> removable vs. fixed media, and serial number are still in the wrong >> place. >> >> Instead of overloading -drive even further, create a new, clean option >> to define a host block device. -drive stays around unchanged for >> command line convenience and backwards compatibility. >> >> This is just a first step. Future work includes: > > One thing we really needs is a protocol option. The current colon > syntax means we can't support filenames with colons in them which > users keep requesting. By making the protocol a separate option > we can sort this out.
You're absolutely right. I'll look into it.
