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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] block: Allow JSON filenames
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/4] block: Allow JSON filenames |
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Wed, 14 May 2014 12:52:58 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Am 08.05.2014 um 20:12 hat Max Reitz geschrieben:
> This series acts as some kind of alternative or v6 to the "block/json:
> Add JSON protocol driver" series. It makes bdrv_open() parse filenames
> prefixed by "json:" as JSON objects (discarding the prefix beforehand)
> and then use the resulting QDict as the options for the block device to
> be opened with a NULL filename.
>
> The purpose of this is that it may sometimes be desirable to specify
> options for a block device where only a filename can be given, e.g., for
> backing files. Using this should obviously be the exception, but it is
> nice to have if actually needed.
>
>
> After having written this series, I do indeed agree that it is much
> nicer than the old version of having a dedicated "virtual" block driver
> for this purpose.
>
> Patches 1 and 2 are taken directly from the block/json v3, patch 4 has
> been enriched by an additional scenario (options given both directly and
> through the filename) and its comments have been adapted to the new
> implementation.
Thanks, applied all to the block branch.
Kevin