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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv6 15/17] qemu-img: add support for fully
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To: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
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Il 24/10/2013 08:46, Peter Lieven ha scritto:
> +@var{sparse_size} indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k)
> +that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during
> +conversion. If the number of bytes is 0 sparse files are disabled and
> +images will always be fully allocated.
> +

"If @var{sparse_size} is 0, the source will not be scanned for
unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be
fully allocated".

Paolo