By the time that qemu 1.7 will be released, enough time will have passed
since qemu 1.1, which is the first version to understand version 3
images, that changing the default shouldn't hurt many people any more
and the benefits of using the new format outweigh the pain.
qemu-iotests already runs with compat=1.1 by default.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
---
block/qcow2.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 78097e5..5e5f413 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,9 @@ static int qcow2_create(const char *filename,
QEMUOptionParameter *options)
return -EINVAL;
}
} else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL)) {
- if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "0.10")) {
+ if (!options->value.s) {
+ /* keep the default */
+ } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "0.10")) {
version = 2;
} else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "1.1")) {
version = 3;
--
1.8.1.4
