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From: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.11 v2] file-posix: Clear out first
 sector in hdev_create
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On Fri, 08/11 16:09, Fam Zheng wrote:
> People get surprised when, after "qemu-img create -f raw /dev/sdX", they
> still see qcow2 with "qemu-img info", if previously the bdev had a qcow2
> header. While this is natural because raw doesn't need to write any
> magic bytes during creation, hdev_create is free to clear out the first
> sector to make sure the stale qcow2 header doesn't cause such confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>

Gentle ping as a reminder for 2.11 as we have now released 2.10.

Fam