Re: [PATCH] kvm tool: add QCOW verions 1 read/write support

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Am 15.04.2011 08:24, schrieb Pekka Enberg:
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 08:01:58PM +0100, Prasad Joshi wrote:
>>> The patch only implements the basic read write support for QCOW version 1
>>> images. Many of the QCOW features are not implmented, for example
> 
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What's the point?  Qcow1 has been deprecated for a long time.
> 
> We're going to add QCOW2 too. Do you think there's no value in
> supporting QCOW1 and we should drop it completely? I have no
> objections in being QCOW2-only.

We're not going to remove it from qemu soon, but the main point for
keeping it is conversion of old qcow1 images to current formats.

Kevin
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