By the time that qemu 1.7 will be released, enough time will has 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>
---
block/qcow2.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 3376901..42ea7ec 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static int qcow2_create(const char *filename,
QEMUOptionParameter *options)
int flags = 0;
size_t cluster_size = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
int prealloc = 0;
- int version = 2;
+ int version = 3;
/* Read out options */
while (options && options->name) {
--
1.8.1.4
