Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH: Support for multi-file raw images

2006-05-12 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:30:45AM -0400, Ryan Lortie wrote: Hello. Attached is a C file (and small patch) to add support for multi-file raw images to QEMU. The rationale (for me at least) is as follows: I use rsync to backup my home directory. The act of starting up QEMU changes a 20GB

Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH: Support for multi-file raw images

2006-05-12 Thread andrzej zaborowski
Hi there, o If the files comprising the device are deleted (for example) while QEMU is running then this is quite bad. Currently this will result in read/write requests returning -1. Maybe it makes sense to panic and cause QEMU to exit. at the very least, the console should

Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH: Support for multi-file raw images

2006-05-12 Thread Flavio Visentin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Lortie wrote: I use rsync to backup my home directory. The act of starting up QEMU changes a 20GB file on my drive. This causes 20GB of extra copying next time I do backups. OT for qemu, but if you use *rsync*, then only the changed part of

Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH: Support for multi-file raw images

2006-05-12 Thread Ryan Lortie
On Fri, 2006-12-05 at 22:21 +0200, Flavio Visentin wrote: OT for qemu, but if you use *rsync*, then only the changed part of the file are copied, not all the file. Rsync was written just for this reason, to avoid copying unneccessary unchanged data. But as soon as the modification stamp

[Qemu-devel] PATCH: Support for multi-file raw images

2006-05-11 Thread Ryan Lortie
Hello. Attached is a C file (and small patch) to add support for multi-file raw images to QEMU. The rationale (for me at least) is as follows: I use rsync to backup my home directory. The act of starting up QEMU changes a 20GB file on my drive. This causes 20GB of extra copying next time I do