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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 8/8] docs: document how to configure the qcow2 L
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 8/8] docs: document how to configure the qcow2 L2/refcount caches |
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Mon, 11 May 2015 09:12:58 -0600 |
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On 05/11/2015 06:55 AM, Alberto Garcia wrote:
> QEMU has options to configure the size of the L2 and refcount caches
> for the qcow2 format. However, choosing the right sizes for a
> particular disk image is not a straightforward operation since the
> ratio between the cache size and the allocated disk space is not
> obvious and depends on the size of the cluster.
>
> This document attempts to give an overview of both caches and how to
> configure their sizes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
> ---
> docs/qcow2-cache.txt | 117
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 117 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 docs/qcow2-cache.txt
>
> diff --git a/docs/qcow2-cache.txt b/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..2570172
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
> +qcow2 L2/refcount cache configuration
> +=====================================
Not a show-stopper, but you might want to consider an explicit copyright
notice and license (as several recent docs/ additions have done),
particularly if you want the documentation to be under a looser license
than the default GPLv2+.
--
Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/8] qcow2 L2/refcount cache improvements, Alberto Garcia, 2015/05/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] qcow2: style fixes in qcow2-cache.c, Alberto Garcia, 2015/05/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/8] qcow2: make qcow2_cache_put() a void function, Alberto Garcia, 2015/05/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/8] qcow2: use one single memory block for the L2/refcount cache tables, Alberto Garcia, 2015/05/11
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/8] qcow2: remove qcow2_cache_find_entry_to_replace(), Alberto Garcia, 2015/05/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/8] qcow2 L2/refcount cache improvements, Kevin Wolf, 2015/05/12