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@@ -1105,6 +1105,19 @@ DEFHEADING()
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DEFHEADING(Block device options:)
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+SRST
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+The QEMU block device handling options have a long history and
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+have gone through several iterations as the feature set and complexity
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+of the block layer have grown. Many online guides to QEMU often
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+reference older and deprecated options, which can lead to confusion.
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+The recommended modern way to describe disks is to use a combination of
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+``-device`` to specify the hardware device and ``-blockdev`` to
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+describe the backend. The device defines what the guest sees and the
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+backend describes how QEMU handles the data.
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+ERST
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DEF("fda", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fda,
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"-fda/-fdb file use 'file' as floppy disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
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DEF("fdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fdb, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
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