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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add support for VDI images
From: Alex Beregszaszi <alex@fsn.hu>
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Hi,

> This patch adds support for reading, writing and creation (and thus 
> conversion) of VDI images (VirtualBox image format). Creation of derived 
> images above read-only base images also works, through a hack (the base image 
> filename is stored as the comment of the derived image)
> It's mainly a thin wrapper around VirtualBox OSE source code.
> It may not compile on non-Linux hosts, and it definitely won't work on big 
> endian hosts. So, there's still a bit of work to do for those interested by 
> running it on those platforms.

What about writing a native implementation? At least with read support,
for importing from Virtualbox.

--
Alex