Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit v2 5/6] New plugin: ones
On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:06:58AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
Returns a fully allocated disk containing all 0xff (all ones), or
another byte of your choice.
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+=item B<byte=>N
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+Set the repeating byte to C<N>. The default is C<0xff> (all ones).
+
+Instead of C<byte=0> it is more efficient to use
+L<nbdkit-null-plugin(1)>.
Good catch. On v1, I suggested nbdkit-zero-plugin, but re-reading the
difference between those two, I see you got the one I meant. (For the
casual reader: zero-plugin has size zero, while the null plugin has
non-zero size that reads as zero)
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com>
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