From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49035) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWPAg-000883-2o for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:12:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWPAf-0006R6-1A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:12:42 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:36103) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RWPAe-0006Qn-C0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:12:40 -0500 Message-ID: <4ED89742.1060003@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:15:46 +0100 From: Kevin Wolf MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1322758843-19809-1-git-send-email-stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <1322758843-19809-1-git-send-email-stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qed: add qed-tool.py image manipulation utility List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Stefan Hajnoczi Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Am 01.12.2011 18:00, schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi: > The qed-tool.py utility can inspect and manipulate QED image files. It > can be used for testing to see the state of image metadata and also to > inject corruptions into the image file. It also has a scrubbing feature > to copy just the metadata out of an image file, allowing users to share > broken image files without revealing data in bug reports. > > This has lived in my local repo for a long time but could be useful to > others. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi For most of the commands, I think qemu-img/qemu-io should be extended instead of creating scripts for one or two formats and lacking the functionality for the rest. Kevin