Re: using zstd for qcow2 cloud images
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:45:18AM -0800, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > What is the minimum qemu version for using those files?
> 5.1, I think: qemu seems to have a single block implementation for qemu and
> qemu-img. zstd was added in [1] & [2], which are in their v5.1.0 tag.
In Debian it is 6.1, aka Bookworm:
| qemu (1:6.1+dfsg-7) unstable; urgency=medium
| * enable zstd compression support (Build-Depends)
So I assume using this would currently exclude quite some users.
Bastian
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