Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC: Improved image format compatibility

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 01.04.2011 17:15, schrieb Lyu Mitnick:
> Hello Stefan
> 
>     Hello Mitnick,
> 
>     asynchronous i/o is also missing in block/vpc.c.
> 
>     All newer block drivers support asynchronous reads and writes,
>     only some old drivers don't.
> 
>     So adding asynchronous i/o to at least some of the old drivers
>     would improve their usability.
> 
>     Look for "aio" in block/*.c to get a starting point.
> 
>     Regards
>     Stefan (W.)
> 
> 
> I look for "aio" in block/*.c as a starting point of asynchronous i/o.
> And I 
> found that there isn't any "aio" keywords in block/vmdk.c. block/vmdk.c
> is used as block driver for the VMDK format. Is it means that asynchronous 
> i/o is also missing in VMDK format?

Yes, the VMDK implementation is completely synchronous.

Kevin