[OE-core] [PATCH] Alter order of file systems tried by mount

[Stefan Schmidt]

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 at 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.

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

regards
Stefan Schmidt