Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Add qcow2 documentation

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am 09.03.2011 14:08, schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi:
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> This adds a description of the qcow2 file format to the docs/ directory.
>>> Besides documenting what's there, which is never wrong, the document should
>>> provide a good basis for the discussion of format extensions (called "qcow3"
>>> in previous discussions)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>>  docs/specs/qcow2.txt |  233 
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 files changed, 233 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 docs/specs/qcow2.txt
>>
>> QCOW2_EXT_MAGIC_BACKING_FORMAT is not documented.  Did you decide that
>> is a QEMU internal extension and you don't want it documented?
>
> I just completely forgot to include header extensions. Though I think
> the allowed values for the backing file format are implementation specific.
>
> Anything else to consider for v3?

I have to admit I haven't review most of the text fully yet.  I will
later today though.

Stefan