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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?
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Max Reitz |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images? |
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Wed, 6 Jun 2018 16:57:27 +0200 |
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On 2018-06-06 16:55, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 10:42:33AM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>>> If we want a grand vision where a single file stores the whole VM, why
>>> not invest the work and make it right from the start?
>>
>> We don't want a grand vision where a single file stores the whole
>> VM. This is exactly what I would like to avoid, by not inventing
>> a whole different appliance file format.
>
> Besides, trying to get a grand vision from the start is a sure
> way to never have the design leave the drawing board.
Yes, but with our own non-qcow2 format we could easily start with
something simple and start over later.
> What we are asking for at this point is a way to stick a named blob in
> an image that people can use with qemu without jumping through hoops.
>
> It seems like a generic enough addition that it seems highly likely
> to be useful down the road and harmless enough that maintaining
> it won't become a burden.
Yes. Its genericity is a big part of what's bothering me.
> Can we agree on that as a first step, so we can build that foundation
> and move on to actually building ways to use it?
No, because I don't want to agree on putting anything inside qcow2
before I know its scope.
Max
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- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Kashyap Chamarthy, 2018/06/07
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?,
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- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Kevin Wolf, 2018/06/11
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/06/06