From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Otavio Salvador Subject: Re: The two image formats called qcow Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:03:52 -0300 Message-ID: <87ej9xeix3.fsf@ossystems.com.br> References: <47EA0E3E.4030200@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47EA0E3E.4030200@suse.de> (Kevin Wolf's message of "Wed\, 26 Mar 2008 09\:50\:06 +0100") List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Kevin Wolf Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Keir Fraser List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Kevin Wolf writes: > Is it an option to convert broken images to big endian when it is opened > for the first time in ioemu? In this case, the fix for older versions > could be in one place at least instead of being scattered over the whole > file. Then you wouldn't be able to open such a file with tapdisk again, > though. If it could be done, a note in release notes would be required to warn users that when it has been opened in a newer version using ioemu it wouldn't be possible to be used again by tap driver anymore. But yes, this would be an easy to use option if it's not too messy and takes too long to convert the image (otherwise user can think that the system has freeze). -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems E-mail: otavio@ossystems.com.br http://www.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854 http://projetos.ossystems.com.br