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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] vl.c: Since the help says that 'disk_image'
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] vl.c: Since the help says that 'disk_image' is a raw hard disk image, pass format=raw |
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Mon, 04 May 2015 15:39:41 +0200 |
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Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> writes:
> Am 01.05.2015 um 01:28 hat Don Slutz geschrieben:
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>> So do you want a more complex patch that allows the format to be
>> specified?
>>
>> Only for 'disk_image'?
>>
>> Include -hd* ?
>
> I'm afraid that there is no nice way to improve the plain 'disk_image'
> case. You would have to add another option, and then it's not any better
> than -hda and friends any more.
>
> -hda in turn could be extended to take additional options (i.e. it
> becomes something like -drive with implied index=0), but then there's
> little reason not to use -drive.
Would likely break images with ',' in their name.
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