From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hermes.mlbassoc.com ([64.234.241.98] helo=mail.chez-thomas.org) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RVjbL-00054w-It for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:49:27 +0100 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 02A0F5BA8B0; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:42:49 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD805BA8AE; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:42:46 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <4ED624C6.5070505@mlbassoc.com> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:42:46 -0700 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110930 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer References: <4ED61F56.8050409@mlbassoc.com> <20111130123743.GA27310@novatech.datenfreihafen.org> In-Reply-To: <20111130123743.GA27310@novatech.datenfreihafen.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Alter order of file systems tried by mount X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:49:27 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 >> --- >> .../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. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------