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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qcow2: Change default for new images to compat=
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qcow2: Change default for new images to compat=1.1 |
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Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:06:46 -0600 |
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On 08/19/2013 03:25 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> By the time that qemu 1.7 will be released, enough time will has passed
> since qemu 1.1, which is the first version to understand version 3
> images, that changing the default shouldn't hurt many people any more
> and the benefits of using the new format outweigh the pain.
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> qemu-iotests already runs with compat=1.1 by default.
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> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
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> block/qcow2.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Libvirt is currently being patched to explicitly request older formats
when needed; that should land in libvirt before qmeu 1.7, so from that
point of view, I have no objection to this.
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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