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Processed in 0.243147 secs); 29 Jun 2017 10:57:33 -0000 Received: from smtp.kamp.de (HELO submission.kamp.de) ([195.62.97.28]) by mx01.kamp.de with ESMTPS (DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted); 29 Jun 2017 10:57:30 -0000 X-GL_Whitelist: yes Received: (qmail 12772 invoked from network); 29 Jun 2017 10:57:15 -0000 Received: from lieven-pc.kamp-intra.net (HELO lieven-pc) (relay@kamp.de@::ffff:172.21.12.60) by submission.kamp.de with ESMTPS (DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPA; 29 Jun 2017 10:57:15 -0000 Received: by lieven-pc (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A78CE26C5D; Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:57:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Lieven To: qemu-block@nongnu.org Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:57:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1498733831-15254-5-git-send-email-pl@kamp.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1498733831-15254-1-git-send-email-pl@kamp.de> References: <1498733831-15254-1-git-send-email-pl@kamp.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a02:248:0:51::16 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 4/8] qemu-img: add documentation for compress settings X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, Peter Lieven , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com, den@openvz.org, lersek@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven --- qemu-img.texi | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 5b925ec..430f0b9 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -621,6 +621,27 @@ file which is COW and has data blocks already, it couldn't be changed to NOCOW by setting @code{nocow=on}. One can issue @code{lsattr filename} to check if the NOCOW flag is set or not (Capital 'C' is NOCOW flag). +@item compress.format +Defines which compression algorithm is should be used for compressed clusters. +The following options are available if support for the respective libraries +has been enabled at compile time: + + zlib Uses standard zlib compression + +The compression algorithm can only be defined at image create time and cannot +be changed later. + +Note: defining a compression format will result in the compression format + extension being written to the Qcow2 image. Older versions of QEMU will + not be able to open images with this extension. + +@item compress.level +Defines which compression level is used for the selected compression format. +The default of @code{compress.level=0} will use the default compression level +for the format. Alternate values range from 1 for fastest compression to +x for the best compression (x max vary between compression formats). This is +always a trade in of compression speed against compressed size. + @end table @item Other