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0f6d767a 08/06/2012 11:39 pm Stefan Hajnoczi

docs: add dirty bit to qcow2 specification

The dirty bit will make it possible to perform lazy refcount updates,
where the image file is not kept consistent all the time. Upon opening
a dirty image file, it is necessary to perform a consistency check and...

dae8796d 08/06/2012 11:39 pm Stefan Hajnoczi

docs: add lazy refcounts bit to qcow2 specification

The lazy refcounts bit indicates that this image can take advantage of
the dirty bit and that refcount updates can be postponed.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <>

a2114348 07/23/2012 09:15 pm Anthony Liguori

Merge remote-tracking branch 'stefanha/net' into staging

  • stefanha/net:
    remove unused QemuOpts parameter from net init functions
    convert net_init_bridge() to NetClientOptions
    convert net_init_tap() to NetClientOptions
    convert net_init_vde() to NetClientOptions...
d195325b 07/23/2012 01:55 pm Paolo Bonzini

qapi: fix error propagation

Don't overwrite / leak previously set errors.
Make traversal cope with missing mandatory sub-structs.
Don't try to end a container that could not be started.

v1->v2:
- unchanged

v2->v3:
- instead of examining, assert that we never overwrite errors with...

43ffe61f 07/21/2012 12:54 pm Stefan Weil

Fix some more Qemus in documentation and help text

Hopefully they will be eliminated one day.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <>

0f58f68b 07/12/2012 04:00 pm Gerd Hoffmann

usb: add usb attached scsi emulation

$subject says all. First cut.

It's a pure UAS (usb attached scsi) emulation, without BOT (bulk-only
transport) compatibility. If your guest can't handle it use usb-storage
instead.

The emulation works like any other scsi hba emulation (eps, lsi, virtio,...

c73e3771 06/24/2012 02:04 am Benjamin Herrenschmidt

spapr: Add "memop" hypercall

This adds a qemu-specific hypervisor call to the pseries machine
which allows to do what amounts to memmove, memcpy and xor over
regions of physical memory such as the framebuffer.

This is the simplest way to get usable framebuffer speed from...

e78bd5ab 05/30/2012 05:28 am Gerd Hoffmann

xhci: add usage info to docs

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <>

bf3f363a 05/02/2012 07:39 pm Zhi Yong Wu

docs: fix one issue in qcow2 specs

Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <>

4fabffc1 04/20/2012 04:57 pm Kevin Wolf

Specification for qcow2 version 3

This updates the qcow2 specification to cover version 3. It contains the
following changes:

- Added compatible/incompatible/auto-clear feature bits plus an optional
feature name table to allow useful error messages even if an older...

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