From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VN06x-0005jJ-2K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:47:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VN06s-0003s4-5B for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:47:03 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VN06r-0003qK-RS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:46:58 -0400 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8KCkvZp002122 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:46:57 -0400 Message-ID: <523C43C0.8030907@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 06:46:56 -0600 From: Eric Blake MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <072dca92f6fa9125b3e8e34e07141cef06d4ff56.1379648036.git.jcody@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <072dca92f6fa9125b3e8e34e07141cef06d4ff56.1379648036.git.jcody@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qjORjDXi6DpDlMgpJdDtpTi0NNVF5JnT7" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] block: qemu-iotests - add basic ability to use binary sample images List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jeff Cody Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, famz@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, stefanha@redhat.com This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --qjORjDXi6DpDlMgpJdDtpTi0NNVF5JnT7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/19/2013 09:48 PM, Jeff Cody wrote: > For image formats that are not "QEMU native", but supported for > compatibility, it is useful to verify that an image created with > the 'gold standard' native tool can be read / written to successfully > by QEMU. >=20 > In addition to testing non-native images, this could also be useful to > test against image files created by older versions of QEMU. >=20 > This provides a directory to store small sample images, for use by > scripts in tests/qemu-iotests. >=20 > The MANIFEST file should be updated when a new image is added to the > directory, to give some idea about the nature of the image and the > data store therein. >=20 > Image files should be compressed with bzip2. Why bzip2? xz beats bzip2 in both compression ratio and decompression speed; or if you are worried about portability, gzip is present on more machines. bzip2 will probably be around for some time, but it is no longer the compression engine of choice. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --qjORjDXi6DpDlMgpJdDtpTi0NNVF5JnT7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJSPEPAAAoJEKeha0olJ0Nqc4cH/1hKL9j49yMKkTzMbv8jbQHJ hzhI6/1lrRyb1NkRUy4ZqK0GeKs9f5TJOkUPMhs0htIUfnC7n+c1NA81l1N26k0Q F4dfgNjcVgaCQ9EVh4U46jxEAgW/pwQI0p/7lct2I+DJt0x6mM7grUh4cO9MqTwy H2gj5ksjYKGKUUmIrg0JcajYhanuqg0tISrqxLl+ZlG+I2vKqG/Tf/gCfXgZEoJ/ FjZcCOqyIsiHDlCAsSUWpn/OhCvlqzDZG1IAvxIUFr5rq03MbaClhDuD1GHrXrFW AHp1X9GuiANNrIkerqXV1ztAIlbEvTLTOhrte+d3p+xId455bJM9MqYL9FEBPks= =HZD0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qjORjDXi6DpDlMgpJdDtpTi0NNVF5JnT7--