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

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2012-01-03 11:00, Saul Wold wrote:
> On 01/03/2012 08:13 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>> On 2011-11-30 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
>>> *
>>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
>>> b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
>>> index 8f5313b..c860d70 100644
>>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
>>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
>>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>>> SUMMARY = "Miscellaneous files for the base system."
>>> DESCRIPTION = "The base-files package creates the basic system
>>> directory structure and provides a small set of key configuration
>>> files for the system."
>>> SECTION = "base"
>>> -PR = "r69"
>>> +PR = "r70"
>>> LICENSE = "GPLv2"
>>> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM =
>>> "file://licenses/GPL-2;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
>>> SRC_URI = "file://rotation \
>>
>> What about this patch (now 1 month old, with no action or discussion)?
>>
> Looks like there were some comments between you and Stefan about adding ext4, so I was waiting for an updated version.

OK, I'll add that and send a new patch once I can test it.

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