From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 2/5] fs/ext2: use mkfs to generate rootfs image
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 00:41:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170705004126.6659097b@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170704144729.19753-3-s.martin49@gmail.com>
Hello,
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 16:47:26 +0200, Samuel Martin wrote:
> From: S?bastien Szymanski <sebastien.szymanski@armadeus.com>
>
> mkfs is now capable of generating rootfs images. Use mkfs instead of
> genext2fs.
>
> If not set, we now let mkfs calculate the block size and the number of
> inodes needed.
>
> This change also adjusts the options to meet those of mkfs.
>
> Notes:
> * Passing a null inode number to mkfs triggers its automatic calculation.
> * Passing a fs-size with no unit suffix to mkfs is interpreted as using
> 1K block size.
>
> Signed-off-by: S?bastien Szymanski <sebastien.szymanski@armadeus.com>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
>
> ---
> changes v4->v5:
> - remove BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_BLOCKS renaming
> - update commit log
I've made the minor improvement suggested by Arnout: passing
PATH=$(BR_PATH) is no longer needed, and instead mkfs.ext is called
directly using its $(HOST_DIR)/usr/sbin/ path.
Applied to master with this change. Thanks!
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-04 22:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-04 14:47 [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 0/5] fs/ext2: cleanup and improvement Samuel Martin
2017-07-04 14:47 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 1/5] fs/ext2: deprecate BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_EXTRA_INODES option Samuel Martin
2017-07-04 17:01 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2017-07-04 22:40 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2017-07-04 14:47 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 2/5] fs/ext2: use mkfs to generate rootfs image Samuel Martin
2017-07-04 17:12 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2017-07-04 22:41 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2017-07-04 14:47 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 3/5] fs/ext2: rename BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_BLOCKS -> BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE Samuel Martin
2017-07-04 17:28 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2017-07-04 23:39 ` Peter Korsgaard
2017-07-04 14:47 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 4/5] fs/ext2: Add BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_MKFS_OPTIONS option Samuel Martin
2017-07-04 17:39 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2017-07-05 12:08 ` Sébastien Szymanski
2017-07-04 14:47 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v5 5/5] package/mke2img: remove package Samuel Martin
2017-07-04 22:55 ` Thomas Petazzoni
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