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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] blktap: qcow2 image format support
| To: | Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] blktap: qcow2 image format support |
| From: | Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:57:48 +0000 |
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On 21/2/08 08:49, "Kevin Wolf" <kwolf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch adds support for the qcow2 image format to blktap. It > consists mostly of qemu code, adapted to the blktap interfaces. > Snapshots and compressed images are supported. > > The qcow2 driver may be used by either specifying tap:qcow2 or by using > tap:qcow which will detect that you have a version 2 image and will call > the qcow2 driver. Is qcow2 so different from qcow1 that it really needs its own backend driver? -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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