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From: Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-img: adding a "-F base_fmt" option to "qemu-img create -b"
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:39:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4973230D.9010104@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <496F93B1.5090001@codemonkey.ws>

Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> From: Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com>
>>
>> If the user specifies the backing file format,
>> then when opening the backing file, there is no need
>> to probe the (backing file) image to figure out its format.
>>
>> This follows my previous patch implementing fmt:FMT: prefix for backing
>> filename.
>>   
> 
> But how does this work in the absence of supporting fmt:FMT?  Does this 
> imply that the other patch is needed too?
> 

Yes, This patch only has meaning if the fmt:FMT: patch is accepted.

Its purpose is to give the user a way to specify the backing file format ('-F 
FMT') without using specific implementation details (prefixing the backing-file 
filename with 'fmt:FMT:' )

Suggested by Daniel P. Berrange.

Thanks,
     Uri.

      reply	other threads:[~2009-01-18 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-11 12:38 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-img: adding a "-F base_fmt" option to "qemu-img create -b" uril
2009-01-15 19:51 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-18 12:39   ` Uri Lublin [this message]

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