Re: [PATCH 0/4]Add FUSE: File system in Userspace

[Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>]

On Thursday 30 May 2013 10:18:56 Jack Mitchell wrote:
> On 30/05/13 10:01, Hongxu Jia wrote:
> > Add fuse to oe-core and let target system could support
> > `ntfs' and `exfat' filesystems.
> > 
> > Test Case
> > 
> > *Steps
> > 1, preparation
> > 1 target: e-menlow
> > 2 usb sticks: one for boot and install, another for filesystem test.
> > 
> > 2, config
> > conf/local.conf:
> > 247 MACHINE ?= "emenlow-noemgd"
> > 247 IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " ntfs-3g ntfsprogs fuse-exfat exfat-utils"
> > 
> > conf/bblayers.conf:
> >    8 BBLAYERS ?= " \
> >    9   /home/jiahongxu/yocto/poky/meta \
> >   
> >   10   /home/jiahongxu/yocto/poky/meta-yocto \
> >   11   /home/jiahongxu/yocto/poky/meta-yocto-bsp \
> >   12   /home/jiahongxu/yocto/poky/meta-intel \
> >   13   /home/jiahongxu/yocto/poky/meta-intel/meta-emenlow \
> > 
> > 3, build image
> > bitbake core-image-sato
> > 
> > 4, load image to emenlow
> > Test Case TC-2927: boot and install from usb
> > 
> > 5, open a terminal/ssh of e-menlow
> > Test Case TC-2955: remote access by ssh
> > 
> > 6, make exfat filesystem on the testing usb storage
> > 1) plug usb stick into e-menlow
> > 2) execute `mkfs.exfat /dev/sdc1'
> > 
> > 7, test usb stick with exfat filesystem is accessible
> > Test Case TC-2947: usb mount
> > Test Case TC-2948: usb read files
> > Test Case TC-2949: usb umount
> > Test Case TC-2950: usb write files
> > 
> > 8, make ntfs filesystem on the testing usb storage
> > 1) plug usb stick into e-menlow, if mounted, invoke `umount /dev/sdc1'
> > first. 2) execute `mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdc1'
> > 
> > 9, test usb stick with ntfs filesystem is accessible
> > Test Case TC-2947: usb mount
> > Test Case TC-2948: usb read files
> > Test Case TC-2949: usb umount
> > Test Case TC-2950: usb write files
> > 
> > *Expected Results:
> > 1, build image success
> > 
> > 2, make exfat filesystem success
> > root@emenlow-noemgd:~# mkfs.exfat /dev/sdc1
> > mkexfatfs 1.0.1
> > Creating... done.
> > Flushing... done.
> > File system created successfully.
> > 
> > 3, make ntfs filesystem success
> > root@emenlow-noemgd:~# mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdc1
> > Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
> > Creating NTFS volume structures.
> > mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day.
> > 
> > 4, While the usb's filesystem type is exfat or ntfs, system can mount
> > plugged usb automatically, read files from usb, write files to usb and
> > unmout usb automatically.
> > 
> > [YOCTO #4178]
> > 
> > The following changes since commit 
350c36fcd97e8ef223b91e548d39c346c1c4cb29:
> >    bitbake: test/fetch: Allow the conditional network tests to work under
> >    python 2.6 (2013-05-17 12:42:08 +0300)> 
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >    git://git.pokylinux.org/poky-contrib hongxu/support-fuse
> >    http://git.pokylinux.org/cgit.cgi/poky-contrib/log/?h=hongxu/support-fu
> >    se
> > 
> > Hongxu Jia (4):
> >    fuse: import recipe from meta-oe
> >    ntfs-3g-ntfsprogs:import and update recipe from meta-oe
> >    fuse-exfat: add version 1.0.1
> >    exfat-utils: add version 1.0.1
> >   
> >   meta/recipes-support/exfat/exfat-utils_1.0.1.bb    |   29 ++++++++++
> >   meta/recipes-support/exfat/fuse-exfat_1.0.1.bb     |   26 +++++++++
> >   meta/recipes-support/fuse/fuse-2.9.2/aarch64.patch |   20 +++++++
> >   .../fuse/fuse-2.9.2/gold-unversioned-symbol.patch  |   60
> >   ++++++++++++++++++++ meta/recipes-support/fuse/fuse_2.9.2.bb           
> >   |   38 +++++++++++++ .../ntfs-3g-ntfsprogs_2013.1.13.bb                
> >   |   33 +++++++++++ 6 files changed, 206 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/exfat/exfat-utils_1.0.1.bb
> >   create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/exfat/fuse-exfat_1.0.1.bb
> >   create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/fuse/fuse-2.9.2/aarch64.patch
> >   create mode 100644
> >   meta/recipes-support/fuse/fuse-2.9.2/gold-unversioned-symbol.patch
> >   create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/fuse/fuse_2.9.2.bb
> >   create mode 100644
> >   meta/recipes-support/ntfs-3g-ntfsprogs/ntfs-3g-ntfsprogs_2013.1.13.bb
>
> Without trying to be difficult, is oe-core really the place to support
> and spend effort ensuring NTFS/exFAT formatted drives are supported?
> 
> Could these improvements not stay in meta-oe? I don't really see support
> for essentially propriety filesystems as a core feature of a Linux build.
> 
> Shout up if I'm talking nonsense, just my 2p.

That was also my comment on the bug report, FWIW:

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4178

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre