Re: [PATCH] Alter order of file systems tried by mount

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2011-11-30 05:37, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 05:19, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>   The file /etc/filesystems is used by busybox 'mount' when
>>   attempting to mount a file system when the type is not
>>   specified.  This change alters the order so that more
>>   capable systems are tried first.  Without this change, an
>>   EXT3 system will mount as EXT2 which disables many of the
>>   EXT3 features.  With the change, EXT3 systems are mounted
>>   properly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com>
>> ---
>>   .../recipes-core/base-files/base-files/filesystems |    8 ++++----
>>   meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb  |    2 +-
>>   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/filesystems b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/filesystems
>> index 2af6a7e..14f5abb 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/filesystems
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/filesystems
>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>> -minix
>> -fat
>> -vfat
>> -ext2
>>   ext3
>> +ext2
>> +vfat
>> +fat
>>   btrfs
>> +minix
>
> In the commit message you explain the problem with ext2/3. And I agree
> that it makes sense to start with ext3. Actually, adding ext4 would
> make sense, too.

Agreed.

>
> What is the deal with the re-ordering of fat/vfat/minix though? Looks
> unrelated to me.

Same argument as above - try more capable file systems first.
I also moved minix to the end as it is rarely, if ever, used.

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