[libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] news: Mention problems with backing image format probing
Daniel P. Berrangé
berrange at redhat.com
Fri Jan 10 11:37:39 UTC 2020
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 12:29:46PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/news.xml | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
> index 1af57f8af0..4f1bea4fb5 100644
> --- a/docs/news.xml
> +++ b/docs/news.xml
> @@ -88,6 +88,19 @@
> </change>
> </section>
> <section title="Bug fixes">
> + <change>
> + <summary>
> + qemu: Report error if backing image format is not specified explicitly
> + </summary>
> + <description>
> + For a long time libvirt was assuming that a backing file is RAW when
> + the format was not specified. This didn't pose a problem until blockdev
> + support was enabled in last release. Libivrt now requires that
> + the format is specified in the image metadata or domain XML and the
> + VM will refuse to start otherwise. Additionally the error message
> + now links to the knowledge base which summarizes how to fix the images.
> + </description>
> + </change>
> </section>
> <section title="Removed features">
> <change>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
Regards,
Daniel
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