Encryption <formatstorageencryption.html>`__ page for more information.
``compat``
Specify compatibility level. So far, this is only used for ``type='qcow2'``
- volumes. Valid values are ``0.10`` and ``1.1`` so far, specifying QEMU
- version the images should be compatible with. If the ``feature`` element is
- present, 1.1 is used. :since:`Since 1.1.0` If omitted, 0.10 is used.
- :since:`Since 1.1.2`
+ volumes. Valid values are ``0.10`` (QCOW2 v2) and ``1.1`` (QCOW2 v3) so far.
+ The values were meant to specify QEMU version the images should be compatible
+ with.
+
+ The default, if the ``feature`` element is present is ``1.1``. :since:`Since 1.1.0`
+ If ``feature`` is not present, ``0.10`` was used :since:`Since 1.1.2` and
+ :since:`Since 10.2.0` ``1.1`` is used as it's the default of ``qemu-img``.
+
+ Any tool depending on a specific version should specify this field explicitly.
``nocow``
Turn off COW of the newly created volume. So far, this is only valid for a
file image in btrfs file system. It will improve performance when the file