People shouldn't explicitly specify host_device any more. raw is doing the Right Thing.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> --- qemu-img.texi | 6 ------ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index ced64a4..526474c 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -173,12 +173,6 @@ Linux or NTFS on Windows), then only the written sectors will reserve space. Use @code{qemu-img info} to know the real size used by the image or @code{ls -ls} on Unix/Linux. -@item host_device - -Host device format. This format should be used instead of raw when -converting to block devices or other devices where "holes" are not -supported. - @item qcow2 QEMU image format, the most versatile format. Use it to have smaller images (useful if your filesystem does not supports holes, for example -- 1.7.6