NiLFS support on Pinebook

NiLFS support on Pinebook

[Reinoud Zandijk]

Dear folks, dear Ryusuke,

I am trying to use NiLFS2 on my Pinebook that identifies itself as GNU/Linux
on aarch64. It allows me to install nilfs-tools wich seem to work fine but
when i mount a partition it gives the error "mount.nilfs2: cannot find or load
nilfs2 filesystem". Does this mean the linux kernel has no nilfs2 module
shipped with it, but only the tools?

How can I install the nilfs2 filesystem? Or is that up to the distribution and
out of my control?

With regards, Reinoud

NiLFS support on Pinebook

[Reinoud Zandijk]

Dear folks, dear Ryusuke,

I am trying to use NiLFS2 on my Pinebook that identifies itself as GNU/Linux
on aarch64. It allows me to install nilfs-tools wich seem to work fine but
when i mount a partition it gives the error "mount.nilfs2: cannot find or load
nilfs2 filesystem". Does this mean the linux kernel has no nilfs2 module
shipped with it, but only the tools?

How can I install the nilfs2 filesystem? Or is that up to the distribution and
out of my control?

With regards,
Reinoud

Re: NiLFS support on Pinebook

[Ryusuke Konishi]

Hi Reinoud,

> when i mount a partition it gives the error "mount.nilfs2: cannot find or load
> nilfs2 filesystem". Does this mean the linux kernel has no nilfs2 module
> shipped with it, but only the tools?

We see this message if nilfs2 kernel module (nilfs2.ko) doesn't exists in
/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/... .

Some distros don't have nilfs2 module (e.g. RHEL/CentOS), and some
need an extra package like kernel-modules-extra (e.g. Fedora).

I don't know that is there in the Pinebook.

Regards,
Ryusuke Konishi

On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:22:35 +0100, Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud-qavaossjCcEdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Dear folks, dear Ryusuke,
> 
> I am trying to use NiLFS2 on my Pinebook that identifies itself as GNU/Linux
> on aarch64. It allows me to install nilfs-tools wich seem to work fine but
> when i mount a partition it gives the error "mount.nilfs2: cannot find or load
> nilfs2 filesystem". Does this mean the linux kernel has no nilfs2 module
> shipped with it, but only the tools?
> 
> How can I install the nilfs2 filesystem? Or is that up to the distribution and
> out of my control?
> 
> With regards,
> Reinoud
>