On 4/10/20 7:18 AM, Alberto Garcia wrote:
Backing files and raw external data files are mutually exclusive. The documentation of the raw external data bit (in autoclear_features) already indicates that, but we should also mention it on the other side.Suggested-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <be...@igalia.com> --- docs/interop/qcow2.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt index 640e0eca40..298a031310 100644 --- a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt +++ b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ The first cluster of a qcow2 image contains the file header: is stored (NB: The string is not null terminated). 0 if the image doesn't have a backing file.+ Note: backing files are incompatible with raw external data+ files (auto-clear feature bit 1). + 16 - 19: backing_file_size Length of the backing file name in bytes. Must not be longer than 1023 bytes. Undefined if the image doesn't have
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
