From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:09:59 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] axfs: add new filesystem type In-Reply-To: References: <1444064102-13575-1-git-send-email-ariel@vanguardiasur.com.ar> <1444064102-13575-3-git-send-email-ariel@vanguardiasur.com.ar> <5612C712.6020209@mind.be> Message-ID: <5612CB07.5090201@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 05-10-15 19:59, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > On 5 October 2015 at 15:53, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: >> On 05-10-15 17:55, Ariel D'Alessandro wrote: >>> The Advanced XIP File System is a Linux kernel filesystem driver that enables >>> files to be executed directly from flash or ROM memory rather than being copied >>> into RAM. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Ariel D'Alessandro [snip] >>> +config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_AXFS >>> + bool "axfs root filesystem" >>> + help >>> + Build an axfs root filesystem >> >> This needs a lot more explanation. For starters, repeat the explanation you put >> in the commit message (but wrap at 72 columns!). And perhaps you should add that >> all files will be XIPified (or whatever the verb is). Also, you should mention >> that the kernel has to be built with the axfs patches to be able to read it. >> >> It would be nice to add the axfs kernel side as a kernel extension as well. But >> that looks heavily non-trivial. >> > > Should we clarify that the FS is not supported in Linux mainline? That's what I mean with "the kernel has to be built with the axfs patches". Regards, Arnout -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7493 020B C7E3 8618 8DEC 222C 82EB F404 F9AC 0DDF