From: Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-img: adding a "-F base_fmt" option to "qemu-img create -b"
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:39:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4973230D.9010104@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <496F93B1.5090001@codemonkey.ws>
Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> From: Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com>
>>
>> If the user specifies the backing file format,
>> then when opening the backing file, there is no need
>> to probe the (backing file) image to figure out its format.
>>
>> This follows my previous patch implementing fmt:FMT: prefix for backing
>> filename.
>>
>
> But how does this work in the absence of supporting fmt:FMT? Does this
> imply that the other patch is needed too?
>
Yes, This patch only has meaning if the fmt:FMT: patch is accepted.
Its purpose is to give the user a way to specify the backing file format ('-F
FMT') without using specific implementation details (prefixing the backing-file
filename with 'fmt:FMT:' )
Suggested by Daniel P. Berrange.
Thanks,
Uri.
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2009-01-11 12:38 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-img: adding a "-F base_fmt" option to "qemu-img create -b" uril
2009-01-15 19:51 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-18 12:39 ` Uri Lublin [this message]
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