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

[Stefan Schmidt]

Hello.

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 05:42, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2011-11-30 05:37, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> >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.
> 
> Agreed.

In the mood to add it and send an updated version of this patch? :)

> >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.

Ah, now I see that you also moved vfat before fat. Missed that before.

Acked-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan at datenfreihafen.org>

regards
Stefan Schmidt