From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ted Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4 v3] e2image: Add support for qcow2 format Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 12:17:51 -0400 Message-ID: <20110518161751.GC29368@thunk.org> References: <1305718615-5991-1-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> <1305718615-5991-2-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, sandeen@redhat.com, adilger@dilger.ca To: Lukas Czerner Return-path: Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:59997 "EHLO test.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756748Ab1ERQRx (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 12:17:53 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1305718615-5991-2-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 01:36:53PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote: > This commit adds support for exporting filesystem into QCOW2 image > format. Like sparse format this saves space, by writing only necessary > (metadata blocks) into image. Unlike sparse image, QCOW2 image is NOT > sparse, hence does not change its size by copying with not-sparse-aware > tools. > > New options '-Q' has been added to tell the e2image to use QCOW2 as an > output image format. QCOW2 supports encryption and compression, however > e2image so far does no support such features, however you can still > scramble filenames with '-s' option. > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner Applied to the e2fsprogs branch, with a lot of whitespace fixes. - Ted