Re: [libvirt] backing file chains, -blockdev, and storage file autodetection
On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 03:34:02PM +0000, Martin Wilck wrote:
Hi Peter,
On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 15:46 +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 13:34:14 +0000, Martin Wilck wrote:
> > The recent change in libvirt to pass storage arguments to qemu via
> > "-blockdev", explicity passing backing file chain information
> > rather
> > than relying on qemu to figure it out, has bitten me quite
> > painfully.
snip
> In libvirt we already always record the image format when
creating
> the
> overlay for many years now.
Unfortunately almost all tutorials about backing chains on the web just
teach qemu-img usage. In my case I guess it's just an old habit.
I wonder if there's any scope for improving qemu-img here so that it
can 'do the right thing', or at least issue a warning if the suer
doesn't set a backing format.
Regards,
Daniel
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