Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] parallels: add format spec

[Eric Blake]

On 11/16/2015 04:52 AM, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
> From: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden>
> 
> This specifies Parallels image format as implemented in Parallels Cloud
> Server 6.10

Are we the canonical location of the specification?  If not, do we risk
getting out of sync with the canonical Parallels Cloud Server
documentation, in which case, wouldn't it be better to point to a URL of
the externally-maintained spec rather than duplicating it here?

> +++ b/docs/specs/parallels.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
> += Parallels Expandable Image File Format =
> +

Is this document okay under the default GPLv2+ license, or does it need
to explicitly call out a different license?


> +== Header ==
> +
> +The header is placed at the start of an image and contains the following
> +fields:
> +
> +    char      magic[16]
> +              Must contain "WithoutFreeSpace" or "WithouFreSpacExt".
> +
> +    uint32    version
> +              Must be 2.
> +

You may want to compare to the qcow2 spec, which also lists expected
byte offsets for each field (rather than having to count how many
earlier fields of which widths were specified).

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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