From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2zKD-0003Sq-Ko for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:59:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2zKB-0003S0-9n for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:59:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60100 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2zKB-0003Rr-1m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:59:03 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:52328) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2zKA-0001kD-KZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:59:02 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so196248ugd.4 for ; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:59:01 +0200 From: "andrzej zaborowski" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] cut large snapshot startup time (Vista runs in 5 secs) In-Reply-To: <48315413.9080005@codefidence.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48315413.9080005@codefidence.com> 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 On 19/05/2008, Shahar Livne wrote: > It is important to mention that old snapshots must be converted once this > patch is applied. Great finding, but if the snapshot format changes, you need to at least attempt to detect old snapshots. Qemu has an easy mechanism for this (note the version_id parameter, just increase it). -- Please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. Spread environmental awareness.