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docs: Update instructions regarding virtiofsd

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The documentation was out of date since the URL to download virtiofsd
binary was not valid anymore. Instead, the updated documentation now
describe how to build virtiofsd from source.

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Signed-off-by: Sebastien Boeuf <sebastien.boeuf@intel.com>
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Sebastien Boeuf 2019-12-03 12:37:30 -08:00 committed by Rob Bradford
parent 17badfbff5
commit c81e808e98
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docs/fs.md

@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ __virtio-fs__, also known as __vhost-user-fs__ is a virtual device defined by th
This virtual device relies on the _vhost-user_ protocol, which assumes the backend (device emulation) is handled by a dedicated process running on the host. This daemon is called __virtiofsd__ and needs to be present on the host.
_Install virtiofsd_
_Build virtiofsd_
```bash
VIRTIOFSD_URL="$(curl --silent https://api.github.com/repos/cloud-hypervisor/nemu/releases/latest | grep "browser_download_url" | grep "virtiofsd-x86_64" | grep -o 'https://.*[^ "]')"
wget --quiet $VIRTIOFSD_URL -O "virtiofsd"
chmod +x "virtiofsd"
git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/sboeuf/qemu.git" -b "virtio-fs" $VIRTIOFSD_DIR
cd $VIRTIOFSD_DIR
./configure --prefix=$PWD --target-list=x86_64-softmmu
make virtiofsd -j `nproc`
sudo setcap cap_sys_admin+epi "virtiofsd"
```
_Create shared directory_