Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 00/11] qcow2: External data files

2019-02-18 Thread Max Reitz
On 31.01.19 18:55, Kevin Wolf wrote: > There are use cases where raw images are given (e.g. existing physical > disks), but advanced features like dirty bitmaps or backing files are > wanted that require use of a proper image format like qcow2. > > This series adds an incompatible feature bit to

[Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 00/11] qcow2: External data files

2019-01-31 Thread Kevin Wolf
There are use cases where raw images are given (e.g. existing physical disks), but advanced features like dirty bitmaps or backing files are wanted that require use of a proper image format like qcow2. This series adds an incompatible feature bit to qcow2 which allows to use an external data