linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/4 v3] e2image: Add support for qcow2 format

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2011 18:20:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
cc:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	sandeen@...hat.com, adilger@...ger.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4 v3] e2image: Add support for qcow2 format

On Wed, 18 May 2011, Ted Ts'o wrote:

> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 01:36:53PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > This commit adds support for exporting filesystem into QCOW2 image
> > format. Like sparse format this saves space, by writing only necessary
> > (metadata blocks) into image. Unlike sparse image, QCOW2 image is NOT
> > sparse, hence does not change its size by copying with not-sparse-aware
> > tools.
> > 
> > New options '-Q' has been added to tell the e2image to use QCOW2 as an
> > output image format. QCOW2 supports encryption and compression, however
> > e2image so far does no support such features, however you can still
> > scramble filenames with '-s' option.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> 
> Applied to the e2fsprogs branch, with a lot of whitespace fixes.
> 
> 	       		 	      	- Ted

Thanks Ted! And sorry for the whitespace problems, will do better next
time!

-Lukas
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