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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] docs: Make the recommendation for the backing f
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] docs: Make the recommendation for the backing file name position a requirement |
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Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:07:38 +0200 |
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Am 21.07.2014 um 13:16 hat Maria Kustova geschrieben:
> The current version of the qcow2 specification recommends to save the backing
> file name in the end of the first cluster. It follows that the backing file
> name can be saved somewhere in the image, but the first cluster, which
> contradicts the current QEMU implementation.
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> The patch makes the backing file name required to be placed after the header
> extensions in the first image cluster.
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> Signed-off-by: Maria Kustova <address@hidden>
Thanks, applied to the block-next branch.
This is how it was always meant, but your wording is clearer.
Kevin