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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qed: add qed-tool.py image manipulation utility
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qed: add qed-tool.py image manipulation utility |
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Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:15:46 +0100 |
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Am 01.12.2011 18:00, schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi:
> The qed-tool.py utility can inspect and manipulate QED image files. It
> can be used for testing to see the state of image metadata and also to
> inject corruptions into the image file. It also has a scrubbing feature
> to copy just the metadata out of an image file, allowing users to share
> broken image files without revealing data in bug reports.
>
> This has lived in my local repo for a long time but could be useful to
> others.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
For most of the commands, I think qemu-img/qemu-io should be extended
instead of creating scripts for one or two formats and lacking the
functionality for the rest.
Kevin