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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:08:15 +0100
From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] NBD isn't used by qemu-img,	so don't
	link qemu-img against NBD objects
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To: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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On 11/22/10 13:24, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 19.11.2010 17:30, schrieb Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com:
>> From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
> 
> You're compiling the nbd block driver out here. This is certainly not
> what you were attempting. (However, it's the only way to make it work,
> because otherwise qemu-img will need the top-level nbd.o)
> 
> qemu-img -help before this change shows:
> 
> Supported formats: raw cow qcow vdi vmdk cloop dmg bochs vpc vvfat qcow2
> parallels nbd blkdebug sheepdog blkverify host_cdrom host_floppy
> host_device file tftp ftps ftp https http
> 
> Afterwards:
> 
> Supported formats: raw cow qcow vdi vmdk cloop dmg bochs vpc vvfat qcow2
> parallels blkdebug sheepdog blkverify host_cdrom host_floppy host_device
> file tftp ftps ftp https http

I am aware of that, but what on earth is qemu-img doing with NBD in the
first place? Doesn't make much sense to me.

Cheers,
Jes