Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

[Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>]

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On 23.12.2015 18:49, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps.
> 
> This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It
> provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2
> image. For now there is only one type of such bitmaps: Dirty Tracking
> Bitmap, which just tracks virtual disk changes from some moment.
> 
> Note: Only bitmaps, relative to the virtual disk, stored in qcow2 file,
> should be stored in this qcow2 file. The size of each bitmap
> (considering its granularity) is equal to virtual disk size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>

I see some issues regarding grammar and phrasing, but I still think
nagging about that should be left to native speakers and for the non-RFC
versions.
(Or someone can just fix it up on top.)

Semantically-reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>

Thanks!


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