[Libguestfs] Extend disk image type

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:43:57PM -0700, Kai Meyer wrote:
> How can I add an image file type to the list of image types that
> libguestfs supports? I see raw, qcow2, vmdk, ect. I would like to
> add support for a new type. Where should I begin?

libguestfs doesn't support any disk types as such.  It just uses
whatever qemu supports, so the place to add a new disk type would be
in qemu:

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=tree;f=block;hb=HEAD

No special action is required in libguestfs; it will just inherit
access to the new format once qemu has it.

Rich.

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