From: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
A bitmap directory entry is sometimes called a 'bitmap header'. This
patch leaves only one name - 'bitmap directory entry'. The name 'bitmap
header' creates misunderstandings with 'qcow2 header' and 'qcow2 bitmap
header extension' (which is extension of qcow2 header)
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20170628120530.31251-3-vsementsov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
docs/interop/qcow2.txt | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
index aee3553..d7fdb1f 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ The fields of the bitmaps extension are:
8 - 15: bitmap_directory_size
Size of the bitmap directory in bytes. It is the cumulative
- size of all (nb_bitmaps) bitmap headers.
+ size of all (nb_bitmaps) bitmap directory entries.
16 - 23: bitmap_directory_offset
Offset into the image file at which the bitmap directory
@@ -529,8 +529,7 @@ Each bitmap saved in the image is described in a bitmap directory entry. The
bitmap directory is a contiguous area in the image file, whose starting offset
and length are given by the header extension fields bitmap_directory_offset and
bitmap_directory_size. The entries of the bitmap directory have variable
-length, depending on the lengths of the bitmap name and extra data. These
-entries are also called bitmap headers.
+length, depending on the lengths of the bitmap name and extra data.
Structure of a bitmap directory entry:
--
1.8.3.1