git: 34f2f57b836d - main - EC2: Use stream-optimized VMDK format
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Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:46:53 UTC
The branch main has been updated by cperciva:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=34f2f57b836d9cec02130419f5272495860d4ddf
commit 34f2f57b836d9cec02130419f5272495860d4ddf
Author: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-10-03 16:44:03 +0000
Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-10-03 16:44:03 +0000
EC2: Use stream-optimized VMDK format
Once enabled on all of the branches, this will reduce bandwidth
consumption from uploading weekly snapshot builds from ~500 GB to
~100 GB, as well as significantly speeding up the process.
MFC after: 2 months
Sponsored by: Amazon
---
release/Makefile.vm | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/release/Makefile.vm b/release/Makefile.vm
index ca13971e9ad8..d978c8fa7a08 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.vm
+++ b/release/Makefile.vm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ BASIC-CI_DESC= Image for CI
BASIC-CLOUDINIT_FORMAT= raw qcow2
BASIC-CLOUDINIT_FSLIST?= ufs zfs
BASIC-CLOUDINIT_DESC?= Images for VM with cloudinit disk config support
-EC2_FORMAT= raw
+EC2_FORMAT= vmdks
EC2_FSLIST?= ufs zfs
EC2_FLAVOURS?= BASE BUILDER CLOUD-INIT DESKTOP SMALL
EC2-BASE_DESC= Amazon EC2 image