On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Dietmar Maurer <diet...@proxmox.com> wrote: >> It's a naughty thing to do but we could simply pick a new constant and >> support LZO as an incompatible option. The file is then no longer compatible >> with existing vmdk tools but at least we then have a choice of using >> compatible deflate or the LZO extension. > > To be 100% incompatible to existing tools? That would remove any advantage.
No, it should be an option. Users who care about compatibility can use deflate. Stefan
