From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqW8f-0007oO-At for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:14:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FqW8e-0007oC-Ru for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:14:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FqW8e-0007o9-L6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:14:32 -0400 Received: from [84.96.92.61] (helo=sMtp.neuf.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FqWHo-0002z6-I4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:24:01 -0400 Received: from [84.102.211.151] by sp604002mt.gpm.neuf.ld (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-5.05 (built Feb 16 2006)) with ESMTP id <0J0U00A5HS94OAF1@sp604002mt.gpm.neuf.ld> for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:00:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:00:22 +0200 From: Fabrice Bellard Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Sparse file support under windows In-reply-to: Message-id: <44901676.1020903@bellard.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Frediano.Ziglio@vodafone.com OK for the idea, but why is a new option needed ? Sparse file usage should be automatic if the filesystem supports it. Regards, Fabrice. ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT wrote: > Hi, > this patch add sparse file support under Windows (supported on NTFS). > It add a -s flag to qemu create and qemu convert. It contain also a new > implementation for ftruncate witch not fill manually space but only use > SetEndOfFile (so to handle correctly sparse file) > > freddy77 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel