This series of patches prepares the way for a later series which will
add write support for Windows Registry 'hive' files to our 'hivex'
mini library.
About hivex:
http://libguestfs.org/hivex.3.html
About the Windows Registry:
Forget it - there are no reliable references. However the Wikipedia
page explains some of the top level concepts:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Windows_Registry
And this page explains the format, although it is frequently
inaccurate (just less so than other documents):
http://www.sentinelchicken.com/data/TheWindowsNTRegistryFileFormat.pdf
These patches are ready for review right now. I'll post the second
series which add write support later this week.
Rich.
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