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

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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@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to the e2fsprogs branch, with a lot of whitespace fixes.

	       		 	      	- Ted
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