+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2413
+msgid "EXTENDING LIBGUESTFS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2415
+msgid "ADDING A NEW API ACTION"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2417
+msgid ""
+"Large amounts of boilerplate code in libguestfs (RPC, bindings, "
+"documentation) are generated, and this makes it easy to extend the "
+"libguestfs API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2421
+msgid "To add a new API action there are two changes:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2427
+msgid ""
+"You need to add a description of the call (name, parameters, return type, "
+"tests, documentation) to C<generator/generator_actions.ml>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2430
+msgid ""
+"There are two sorts of API action, depending on whether the call goes "
+"through to the daemon in the appliance, or is serviced entirely by the "
+"library (see L</ARCHITECTURE> above). L</guestfs_sync> is an example of the "
+"former, since the sync is done in the appliance. L</guestfs_set_trace> is "
+"an example of the latter, since a trace flag is maintained in the handle and "
+"all tracing is done on the library side."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2438
+msgid ""
+"Most new actions are of the first type, and get added to the "
+"C<daemon_functions> list. Each function has a unique procedure number used "
+"in the RPC protocol which is assigned to that action when we publish "
+"libguestfs and cannot be reused. Take the latest procedure number and "
+"increment it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2444
+msgid ""
+"For library-only actions of the second type, add to the "
+"C<non_daemon_functions> list. Since these functions are serviced by the "
+"library and do not travel over the RPC mechanism to the daemon, these "
+"functions do not need a procedure number, and so the procedure number is set "
+"to C<-1>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2452
+msgid "Implement the action (in C):"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2454
+msgid ""
+"For daemon actions, implement the function C<do_E<lt>nameE<gt>> in the "
+"C<daemon/> directory."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2457
+msgid ""
+"For library actions, implement the function C<guestfs__E<lt>nameE<gt>> "
+"(note: double underscore) in the C<src/> directory."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2460
+msgid "In either case, use another function as an example of what to do."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2464
+msgid "After making these changes, use C<make> to compile."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2466
+msgid ""
+"Note that you don't need to implement the RPC, language bindings, manual "
+"pages or anything else. It's all automatically generated from the OCaml "
+"description."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2470
+msgid "ADDING TESTS FOR AN API ACTION"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2472
+msgid ""
+"You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call. The tests "
+"can either be added as part of the API description "
+"(C<generator/generator_actions.ml>), or in some rarer cases you may want to "
+"drop a script into C<regressions/>. Note that adding a script to "
+"C<regressions/> is slower, so if possible use the first method."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2478
+msgid ""
+"The following describes the test environment used when you add an API test "
+"in C<generator_actions.ml>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2481
+msgid "The test environment has 4 block devices:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2485
+msgid "C</dev/sda> 500MB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2487
+msgid "General block device for testing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2489
+msgid "C</dev/sdb> 50MB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2491
+msgid ""
+"C</dev/sdb1> is an ext2 filesystem used for testing filesystem write "
+"operations."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2494
+msgid "C</dev/sdc> 10MB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2496
+msgid "Used in a few tests where two block devices are needed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2498
+msgid "C</dev/sdd>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2500
+msgid "ISO with fixed content (see C<images/test.iso>)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2504
+msgid ""
+"To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time, the libguestfs "
+"appliance and block devices are reused between tests. So don't try testing "
+"L</guestfs_kill_subprocess> :-x"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2508
+msgid ""
+"Each test starts with an initial scenario, selected using one of the "
+"C<Init*> expressions, described in C<generator/generator_types.ml>. These "
+"initialize the disks mentioned above in a particular way as documented in "
+"C<generator_types.ml>. You should not assume anything about the previous "
+"contents of other disks that are not initialized."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2514
+msgid ""
+"You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This is a "
+"run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be skipped. Useful "
+"if testing a command which might not work on all variations of libguestfs "
+"builds. A test that has prerequisite of C<Always> means to run "
+"unconditionally."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2520
+msgid ""
+"In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting environment "
+"variables before running C<make check>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2523
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2525
+msgid "eg: C<SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1> skips test #3 of L</guestfs_command>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2527
+msgid "or:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2529
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2531
+msgid "eg: C<SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1> skips all L</guestfs_zerofree> tests."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2533
+msgid "Packagers can run only certain tests by setting for example:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2535
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" TEST_ONLY=\"vfs_type zerofree\"\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2537
+msgid ""
+"See C<capitests/tests.c> for more details of how these environment variables "
+"work."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2540
+msgid "DEBUGGING NEW API ACTIONS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2542
+msgid "Test new actions work before submitting them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2544
+msgid "You can use guestfish to try out new commands."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2546
+msgid ""
+"Debugging the daemon is a problem because it runs inside a minimal "
+"environment. However you can fprintf messages in the daemon to stderr, and "
+"they will show up if you use C<guestfish -v>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2550
+msgid "FORMATTING CODE AND OTHER CONVENTIONS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2552
+msgid ""
+"Our C source code generally adheres to some basic code-formatting "
+"conventions. The existing code base is not totally consistent on this "
+"front, but we do prefer that contributed code be formatted similarly. In "
+"short, use spaces-not-TABs for indentation, use 2 spaces for each "
+"indentation level, and other than that, follow the K&R style."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2558
+msgid ""
+"If you use Emacs, add the following to one of one of your start-up files "
+"(e.g., ~/.emacs), to help ensure that you get indentation right:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2561
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ;;; In libguestfs, indent with spaces everywhere (not TABs).\n"
+" ;;; Exceptions: Makefile and ChangeLog modes.\n"
+" (add-hook 'find-file-hook\n"
+" '(lambda () (if (and buffer-file-name\n"
+" (string-match \"/libguestfs\\\\>\"\n"
+" (buffer-file-name))\n"
+" (not (string-equal mode-name \"Change Log\"))\n"
+" (not (string-equal mode-name \"Makefile\")))\n"
+" (setq indent-tabs-mode nil))))\n"
+" \n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2571
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ;;; When editing C sources in libguestfs, use this style.\n"
+" (defun libguestfs-c-mode ()\n"
+" \"C mode with adjusted defaults for use with libguestfs.\"\n"
+" (interactive)\n"
+" (c-set-style \"K&R\")\n"
+" (setq c-indent-level 2)\n"
+" (setq c-basic-offset 2))\n"
+" (add-hook 'c-mode-hook\n"
+" '(lambda () (if (string-match \"/libguestfs\\\\>\"\n"
+" (buffer-file-name))\n"
+" (libguestfs-c-mode))))\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2583
+msgid "Enable warnings when compiling (and fix any problems this finds):"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2586
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ./configure --enable-gcc-warnings\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2588
+msgid "Useful targets are:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2590
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" make syntax-check # checks the syntax of the C code\n"
+" make check # runs the test suite\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2593
+msgid "DAEMON CUSTOM PRINTF FORMATTERS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2595
+msgid ""
+"In the daemon code we have created custom printf formatters C<%Q> and C<%R>, "
+"which are used to do shell quoting."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2600
+msgid "%Q"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2602
+msgid ""
+"Simple shell quoted string. Any spaces or other shell characters are "
+"escaped for you."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2605
+msgid "%R"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2607
+msgid ""
+"Same as C<%Q> except the string is treated as a path which is prefixed by "
+"the sysroot."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2612 ../fish/guestfish.pod:240 ../fish/guestfish.pod:613
+msgid "For example:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2614
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" asprintf (&cmd, \"cat %R\", path);\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2616
+msgid "would produce C<cat /sysroot/some\\ path\\ with\\ spaces>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2618
+msgid ""
+"I<Note:> Do I<not> use these when you are passing parameters to the "
+"C<command{,r,v,rv}()> functions. These parameters do NOT need to be quoted "
+"because they are not passed via the shell (instead, straight to exec). You "
+"probably want to use the C<sysroot_path()> function however."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2624
+msgid "SUBMITTING YOUR NEW API ACTIONS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2626
+msgid ""
+"Submit patches to the mailing list: "
+"L<http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs> and CC to "
+"L<rjones@redhat.com>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2630
+msgid "INTERNATIONALIZATION (I18N) SUPPORT"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2632
+msgid "We support i18n (gettext anyhow) in the library."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2634
+msgid ""
+"However many messages come from the daemon, and we don't translate those at "
+"the moment. One reason is that the appliance generally has all locale files "
+"removed from it, because they take up a lot of space. So we'd have to readd "
+"some of those, as well as copying our PO files into the appliance."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2640
+msgid ""
+"Debugging messages are never translated, since they are intended for the "
+"programmers."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2643
+msgid "SOURCE CODE SUBDIRECTORIES"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2647 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5827 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:3921
+msgid "C<appliance>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2649
+msgid "The libguestfs appliance, build scripts and so on."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2651
+msgid "C<capitests>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2653
+msgid "Automated tests of the C API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2655
+msgid "C<cat>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2657
+msgid ""
+"The L<virt-cat(1)>, L<virt-filesystems(1)> and L<virt-ls(1)> commands and "
+"documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2660
+msgid "C<caution>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2662
+msgid ""
+"Safety and liveness tests of components that libguestfs depends upon (not of "
+"libguestfs itself). Mainly this is for qemu and the kernel."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2665
+msgid "C<contrib>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2667
+msgid "Outside contributions, experimental parts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2669
+msgid "C<daemon>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2671
+msgid ""
+"The daemon that runs inside the libguestfs appliance and carries out "
+"actions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2674
+msgid "C<df>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2676
+msgid "L<virt-df(1)> command and documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2678
+msgid "C<examples>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2680
+msgid "C API example code."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2682
+msgid "C<fish>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2684
+msgid ""
+"L<guestfish(1)>, the command-line shell, and various shell scripts built on "
+"top such as L<virt-copy-in(1)>, L<virt-copy-out(1)>, L<virt-tar-in(1)>, "
+"L<virt-tar-out(1)>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2688
+msgid "C<fuse>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2690
+msgid "L<guestmount(1)>, FUSE (userspace filesystem) built on top of libguestfs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2692
+msgid "C<generator>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2694
+msgid ""
+"The crucially important generator, used to automatically generate large "
+"amounts of boilerplate C code for things like RPC and bindings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2697
+msgid "C<images>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2699
+msgid "Files used by the test suite."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2701
+msgid "Some \"phony\" guest images which we test against."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2703
+msgid "C<inspector>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2705
+msgid "L<virt-inspector(1)>, the virtual machine image inspector."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2707
+msgid "C<logo>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2709
+msgid "Logo used on the website. The fish is called Arthur by the way."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2711
+msgid "C<m4>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2713
+msgid "M4 macros used by autoconf."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2715
+msgid "C<po>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2717
+msgid "Translations of simple gettext strings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2719
+msgid "C<po-docs>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2721
+msgid ""
+"The build infrastructure and PO files for translations of manpages and POD "
+"files. Eventually this will be combined with the C<po> directory, but that "
+"is rather complicated."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2725
+msgid "C<regressions>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2727
+msgid "Regression tests."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2729
+msgid "C<rescue>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2731
+msgid "L<virt-rescue(1)> command and documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2733
+msgid "C<src>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2735
+msgid "Source code to the C library."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2737
+msgid "C<tools>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2739
+msgid "Command line tools written in Perl (L<virt-resize(1)> and many others)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2741
+msgid "C<test-tool>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2743
+msgid ""
+"Test tool for end users to test if their qemu/kernel combination will work "
+"with libguestfs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2746
+msgid "C<csharp>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2748
+msgid "C<haskell>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2750
+msgid "C<java>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2752
+msgid "C<ocaml>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2754
+msgid "C<php>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2756
+msgid "C<perl>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2758
+msgid "C<python>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2760
+msgid "C<ruby>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2762
+msgid "Language bindings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2766
+msgid "LIMITS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2768
+msgid "PROTOCOL LIMITS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2770
+msgid ""
+"Internally libguestfs uses a message-based protocol to pass API calls and "
+"their responses to and from a small \"appliance\" (see L</INTERNALS> for "
+"plenty more detail about this). The maximum message size used by the "
+"protocol is slightly less than 4 MB. For some API calls you may need to be "
+"aware of this limit. The API calls which may be affected are individually "
+"documented, with a link back to this section of the documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2778
+msgid ""
+"A simple call such as L</guestfs_cat> returns its result (the file data) in "
+"a simple string. Because this string is at some point internally encoded as "
+"a message, the maximum size that it can return is slightly under 4 MB. If "
+"the requested file is larger than this then you will get an error."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2784
+msgid ""
+"In order to transfer large files into and out of the guest filesystem, you "
+"need to use particular calls that support this. The sections L</UPLOADING> "
+"and L</DOWNLOADING> document how to do this."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2788
+msgid ""
+"You might also consider mounting the disk image using our FUSE filesystem "
+"support (L<guestmount(1)>)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2791
+msgid "MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISKS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2793
+msgid "When using virtio disks (the default) the current limit is B<25> disks."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2796
+msgid ""
+"Virtio itself consumes 1 virtual PCI slot per disk, and PCI is limited to 31 "
+"slots. However febootstrap only understands disks with names C</dev/vda> "
+"through C</dev/vdz> (26 letters) and it reserves one disk for its own "
+"purposes."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2801
+msgid ""
+"We are working to substantially raise this limit in future versions but it "
+"requires complex changes to qemu."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2804
+msgid ""
+"In future versions of libguestfs it should also be possible to \"hot plug\" "
+"disks (add and remove disks after calling L</guestfs_launch>). This also "
+"requires changes to qemu."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2808
+msgid "MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTITIONS PER DISK"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2810
+msgid "Virtio limits the maximum number of partitions per disk to B<15>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2812
+msgid ""
+"This is because it reserves 4 bits for the minor device number (thus "
+"C</dev/vda>, and C</dev/vda1> through C</dev/vda15>)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2815
+msgid ""
+"If you attach a disk with more than 15 partitions, the extra partitions are "
+"ignored by libguestfs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2818
+msgid "MAXIMUM SIZE OF A DISK"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2820
+msgid "Probably the limit is between 2**63-1 and 2**64-1 bytes."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2822
+msgid ""
+"We have tested block devices up to 1 exabyte (2**60 or "
+"1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes) using sparse files backed by an XFS host "
+"filesystem."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2826
+msgid ""
+"Although libguestfs probably does not impose any limit, the underlying host "
+"storage will. If you store disk images on a host ext4 filesystem, then the "
+"maximum size will be limited by the maximum ext4 file size (currently 16 "
+"TB). If you store disk images as host logical volumes then you are limited "
+"by the maximum size of an LV."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2832
+msgid ""
+"For the hugest disk image files, we recommend using XFS on the host for "
+"storage."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2835
+msgid "MAXIMUM SIZE OF A PARTITION"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2837
+msgid ""
+"The MBR (ie. classic MS-DOS) partitioning scheme uses 32 bit sector "
+"numbers. Assuming a 512 byte sector size, this means that MBR cannot "
+"address a partition located beyond 2 TB on the disk."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2841
+msgid ""
+"It is recommended that you use GPT partitions on disks which are larger than "
+"this size. GPT uses 64 bit sector numbers and so can address partitions "
+"which are theoretically larger than the largest disk we could support."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2846
+msgid "MAXIMUM SIZE OF A FILESYSTEM, FILES, DIRECTORIES"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2848
+msgid ""
+"This depends on the filesystem type. libguestfs itself does not impose any "
+"known limit. Consult Wikipedia or the filesystem documentation to find out "
+"what these limits are."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2852
+msgid "MAXIMUM UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2854
+msgid ""
+"The API functions L</guestfs_upload>, L</guestfs_download>, "
+"L</guestfs_tar_in>, L</guestfs_tar_out> and the like allow unlimited sized "
+"uploads and downloads."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2858
+msgid "INSPECTION LIMITS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2860
+msgid ""
+"The inspection code has several arbitrary limits on things like the size of "
+"Windows Registry hive it will read, and the length of product name. These "
+"are intended to stop a malicious guest from consuming arbitrary amounts of "
+"memory and disk space on the host, and should not be reached in practice. "
+"See the source code for more information."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2866 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1015 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:82 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:476
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