From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLYoE-0001ym-R8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:35:22 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLYo9-0001yR-Bx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:35:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33277 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLYo9-0001yO-7w for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:35:17 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:44329) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLYo8-0000Vy-OK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:35:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4A49CE00.4090504@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:34:08 +0200 From: Kevin Wolf MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Warn if a qcow (not qcow2) file is opened References: <1246284289-25394-1-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1246284289-25394-1-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Avi Kivity Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Avi Kivity schrieb: > The qcow block driver format is no longer maintained and likely contains > serious data corruptors. Urge users to stay away for it, and advertise > the new and improved replacement. > > Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity vvfat is using qcow internally, so the warning will appear there, too. Not that warning against vvfat would be a bad thing, but this error message could be confusing. Maybe we're lucky enough and vvfat survives a s/qcow/qcow2/, but I really never wanted to touch that code... Kevin