Attached updated patch (this time against CVS HEAD) bye Frediano Ziglio
PS: Thanks for apply my patches > > At least the default should be sparse files if the filesystem > supports them. > > Fabrice. > > ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT wrote: > > Good question. As you like... I can remove option if you > prefer. I don't > > know how performs sparse file on windows so perhaps someone > can still > > prefer normal file for performance. > > > > freddy77 > > > > > > > >>OK for the idea, but why is a new option needed ? Sparse file usage > >>should be automatic if the filesystem supports it. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Fabrice. > >> > >>ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> this patch add sparse file support under Windows > >> > >>(supported on NTFS). > >> > >>>It add a -s flag to qemu create and qemu convert. It > >> > >>contain also a new > >> > >>>implementation for ftruncate witch not fill manually space > >> > >>but only use > >> > >>>SetEndOfFile (so to handle correctly sparse file) > >>> > >>>freddy77 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------- > >>---------- > >> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Qemu-devel mailing list > >>>Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > >>>http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Qemu-devel mailing list > >>Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > >>http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qemu-devel mailing list > > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > >
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