X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fguestfs.pod;h=5d9d804b29138d48957a7e9de9d63a45f8fee28f;hb=c49fc3831d12788c27b90d12f06a1cd69a88e3be;hp=389bced5ed3b2fbef97dfd41941583c6bf2d7bbc;hpb=a5e421570cc840f70f2931e24b3df40c9a14cd2d;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/src/guestfs.pod b/src/guestfs.pod index 389bced..5d9d804 100644 --- a/src/guestfs.pod +++ b/src/guestfs.pod @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ Create a handle by calling L. Call L to free the handle and release all resources used. For information on using multiple handles and threads, see the section -L below. +L above. =head2 guestfs_create @@ -1672,7 +1672,8 @@ old functions C, C, C, C and C are no longer documented in this -manual page. +manual page. Because of the ABI guarantee, the old functions continue +to work. Handles generate events when certain things happen, such as log messages being generated, progress messages during long-running @@ -1961,12 +1962,13 @@ To attach a named piece of data, use the following call: C is the name to associate with this data, and C is an arbitrary pointer (which can be C). Any previous item with the -same name is overwritten. +same key is overwritten. -You can use any C you want, but names beginning with an -underscore character are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes -(for implementing language bindings). It is recommended to prefix the -name with some unique string to avoid collisions with other users. +You can use any C you want, but your key should I start with +an underscore character. Keys beginning with an underscore character +are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes (eg. for implementing +language bindings). It is recommended that you prefix the key with +some unique string to avoid collisions with other users. To retrieve the pointer, use: @@ -2817,6 +2819,15 @@ 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. +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. + +For the hugest disk image files, we recommend using XFS on the host +for storage. + =head2 MAXIMUM SIZE OF A PARTITION The MBR (ie. classic MS-DOS) partitioning scheme uses 32 bit sector