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[PULL 01/15] qcow2: Add incompatibility note between backing files and r


From: Kevin Wolf
Subject: [PULL 01/15] qcow2: Add incompatibility note between backing files and raw external data files
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:52:17 +0200

From: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>

Backing files and raw external data files are mutually exclusive.
The documentation of the raw external data bit (in autoclear_features)
already indicates that, but we should also mention it on the other
side.

Suggested-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
Message-Id: <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
---
 docs/interop/qcow2.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
index 640e0eca40..298a031310 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ The first cluster of a qcow2 image contains the file header:
                     is stored (NB: The string is not null terminated). 0 if the
                     image doesn't have a backing file.
 
+                    Note: backing files are incompatible with raw external data
+                    files (auto-clear feature bit 1).
+
          16 - 19:   backing_file_size
                     Length of the backing file name in bytes. Must not be
                     longer than 1023 bytes. Undefined if the image doesn't have
-- 
2.25.3




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