Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC for-2.3 0/1] block: New command line option --no-format-probing

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

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On 03/20/2015 07:05 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> First of all, my apologies for being so late with this.  I realized
> part way through the current development cycle that I couldn't do both
> the error work and my half of the block probing work we discussed back
> in November, so I punted the latter to the next cycle, missing the one
> little feature I quite obviously could do.
> 
> Why is this "RFC for-2.3"?  The patch is simple, and quite obviously
> does nothing unless you run with --no-format-probing.  If libvirt
> wants it in 2.3, then I think we should consider it even at this late
> stage.  If libvirt doesn't want it, or won't try to make use of it for
> another few months, I'm happy to drop the patch now and revisit the
> larger topic in the next cycle.
> 
> I readily admit --no-format-probing is fugly.  Better ideas are
> welcome.

So, is it spelled '--no-format-probing', or is it spelled
'-no-format-probing'?  It is in the same category as other flag
parameters like '-enable-fips' or '-no-user-config'.

> 
> Markus Armbruster (1):
>   block: New command line option --no-format-probing
> 
>  block.c               |  9 ++++++++-
>  include/block/block.h |  2 +-
>  qemu-options.hx       | 12 ++++++++++++
>  vl.c                  |  6 +++++-
>  4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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