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2018-05-15docs: Document the new default sizes of the qcow2 cachesAlberto Garcia
We have just reduced the refcount cache size to the minimum unless the user explicitly requests a larger one, so we have to update the documentation to reflect this change. Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Message-id: c5f0bde23558dd9d33b21fffc76ac9953cc19c56.1523968389.git.berto@igalia.com Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
2018-03-02docs: document how to use the l2-cache-entry-size parameterAlberto Garcia
This patch updates docs/qcow2-cache.txt explaining how to use the new l2-cache-entry-size parameter. Here's a more detailed technical description of this feature: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2017-09/msg00635.html And here are some performance numbers: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2017-12/msg00507.html Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2017-07-31docs: fix broken paths to docs/interop/qcow2.txtPhilippe Mathieu-Daudé
With the move of some docs to docs/interop on d59157ea05, a reference path was not updated. Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
2016-11-25docs: Specify that cache-clean-interval is only supported in LinuxAlberto Garcia
Make it clear that having Linux is a hard requirement for this feature. Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2015-09-04docs: document how to configure the qcow2 L2/refcount cachesAlberto Garcia
QEMU has options to configure the size of the L2 and refcount caches for the qcow2 format. However, choosing the right sizes for a particular disk image is not a straightforward operation since the ratio between the cache size and the allocated disk space is not obvious and depends on the size of the cluster and the refcount entries. This document attempts to give an overview of both caches and how to configure their sizes. Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> Message-id: 55de928e139b1ba3f3d40fe9c6c88f30b1f36410.1438690126.git.berto@igalia.com Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>