On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 07:45:44AM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > >>>+- "filename": target image filename (json-string) > >>Is this a created image? Is this an image to create? > >A previously created image. > > > >>To future proof for blockdev, we should make this argument optional > >>and if it's not specified throw an error about missing argument. > >>This let's us introduce an optional blockdev argument such that we > >>can use a blockdev name. > >What you mean "blockdev"? > > -drive file=image.qcow2,if=none,id=foo > > 'foo' is a named blockdev. We don't have a way to add these through > the monitor (yet) but we will for 0.15.
Fail to see the point of having a named blockdev to specify the target? > >>If I resume the > >>operation with the incremental flag set, will it Just Work? > >As in: > > > >- block_copy ide0-hd1 /mnt/aa.img > >- block_copy ide0-hd1 /mnt/aa.img -i > > > >? > > > >The second command will fail with QERR_BLOCKCOPY_IN_PROGRESS. > > No, as in: > > block_copy ide0-hd1 /mnt/aa.img > block_copy_cancel ide0-h1 > block_copy ide0-h1 /mnt/aa.img -i > > Does it pick up where it left off or does it start all over again? It starts all over again.
