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qemu-img: Add 'resize' command to grow/shrink disk images
This patch adds a 'resize' command to grow/shrink disk images. Thisallows changing the size of disk images without copying to a new imagefile. Currently only raw files support resize.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>...
Documentation: Move image format descriptions to own section
The description of the image formats is too long to be a subitem of a parameterdescription. It will become even longer when we include the options provided bythe respective format.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>...
Documentation: Don't mention old qemu-img options
The old options are still supported for compatibility, but they areinconsistent (for example create -b vs. convert -B for backing files) andincomplete (-F only exists for create) which tends to confuse people. Remove...
Documentation: Add options to image format descriptions
Explain the existing format specific options that can be used with qemu-imgcreate/convert -o ...
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
add host_device format description to qemu-img manpage
Converting files using "qemu-img convert" onto logical volumes (or anyblock device) you need to use the currently undocumented "host_device" format. This patch adds the required documentation to the manpage....
Add new block driver for the VDI format (only aio supported)
This is a new block driver written from scratchto support the VDI format in QEMU.
VDI is the native format used by Innotek / SUN VirtualBox.
Latest changes:
Use hxtool for qemu-img command list
Use hxtool to generate the 'command syntax' section of qemu-img's helpmessage, and the corresponding section of the texinfo documentation.
This has the side-effect of adding 'check' to this list of commands inthe texinfo documentation....
Document changes in qemu-img interface
Update the documentation to reflect the introduction of format specific optionswith -o. Don't advertise -e or -6 any more, they exist only for compatibilityreasons and can be replaced by the corresponding -o options....
qemu-img: adding a "-F base_fmt" option to "qemu-img create -b" (Uri Lublin)
If the user specifies the backing file format,then when opening the backing file, there is no needto probe the (backing file) image to figure out its format.
This follows my previous patches implementing bdrv_create2...
Synch code, help and docs
Rearrange code, help printout and docs so that they are in the same(hopefully more logical) order for easier maintenance.
Add help and docs for undocumented options.
Reformat slightly for more consistent help output.
Add comments to encourage better synchronization in the future....
New qemu-img convert -B option, by Marc Bevand.
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Update documentation for qemu-img convert options, by Marc Bevand.
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vmdk compatibility level 6 images, by Soren Hansen.
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find -type f | xargs sed -i 's/[\t ]$//g' # on most files
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Documentation spelling fixes, by Mark Glines.
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update
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doc update - added qemu-img manual page
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