Re: [Qemu-discuss] Accessing a shared folder

[Thomas Huth]

On 30.08.2017 11:28, Mahmood wrote:
>> Could you please try to replace the -virtfs option with these two options:
>>
>  >-fsdev local,id=shared,path=/home/mahmood/Downloads \
>  >-device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=shared,mount_tag=Downloads
> 
> Still get the same error!
> 
> address@hidden:qemu-vm$ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4000 -cpu Opteron_G5 -smp 2 
> -hda centos7server.img -boot c  -usbdevice tablet -enable-kvm -device 
> e1000,netdev=host_files -netdev user,net=10.0.2.0/24,id=host_files -fsdev 
> local,id=shared,path=/home/mahmood/Downloads -device 
> virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=shared,mount_tag=Downloads
> qemu-system-x86_64: -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=shared,mount_tag=Downloads: 
> Parameter 'driver' expects device type
> address@hidden:qemu-vm$

Hmmm, I forgot to ask: Which version of QEMU are you using? I think this
should work with the latest version, you just might need to add
"security_model=none" to the -fsdev option there.

 Thomas