[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-06 Thread Milos Vyletel
VMDK's streamOptimized format is different from regular sparse format. L1(GD) and L2(GT) tables are not predefined but rather generated and written during image creation mainly because there is no way to tell how much space data will occupy once they are compressed. Also the location of header, L1

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-06 Thread Milos Vyletel
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Milos Vyletel wrote: > VMDK's streamOptimized format is different from regular sparse format. > L1(GD) and L2(GT) tables are not predefined but rather generated and > written during image creation mainly because there is no way to tell > how much space data will occ

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-06 Thread Milos Vyletel
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Fam Zheng wrote: > On Tue, 08/05 12:44, Milos Vyletel wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Fam Zheng wrote: >> > Does putting a monolithicSparse into the OVA work in this case? >> >> It does not. I did not try to import it to OVM but ESXi server >> complained

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-05 Thread Fam Zheng
On Tue, 08/05 12:44, Milos Vyletel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Fam Zheng wrote: > > Does putting a monolithicSparse into the OVA work in this case? > > It does not. I did not try to import it to OVM but ESXi server > complained about the format of vmdk in OVA archive (don't have exac

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-05 Thread Milos Vyletel
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Fam Zheng wrote: > On Mon, 08/04 13:10, Milos Vyletel wrote: >> VMDK's streamOptimized format is different from regular sparse format. >> L1(GD) and L2(GT) tables are not predefined but rather generated and >> written during image creation mainly because there is no

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-04 Thread Fam Zheng
On Mon, 08/04 13:10, Milos Vyletel wrote: > VMDK's streamOptimized format is different from regular sparse format. > L1(GD) and L2(GT) tables are not predefined but rather generated and > written during image creation mainly because there is no way to tell > how much space data will occupy once the

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: improve streamOptimized vmdk support

2014-08-04 Thread Milos Vyletel
VMDK's streamOptimized format is different from regular sparse format. L1(GD) and L2(GT) tables are not predefined but rather generated and written during image creation mainly because there is no way to tell how much space data will occupy once they are compressed. Also the location of header, L1