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Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images? |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Jun 2018 17:46:05 +0300 |
On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 01:44:02PM +0200, Max Reitz wrote:
> Because it's a hack, right. Storing binary data in a qcow2 file,
> completely ignoring it in qemu (and being completely unusable to any
> potential other users of the qcow2 format[1]) and only interpreting it
> somewhere up the stack is a hack.
It's just a first step and it ensures compatibility with old QEMU
versions. But down the road I think we will start warning
user if the machine type does not match, and possibly even
get the type from there if user didn't supply it.
--
MST
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] storing machine data in qcow images?, Kashyap Chamarthy, 2018/06/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Kevin Wolf, 2018/06/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?,
Michael S. Tsirkin <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Michal Suchánek, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Max Reitz, 2018/06/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] storing machine data in qcow images?, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/06/06