Hi Mathieu,
guix-comm...@gnu.org writes:
> mothacehe pushed a commit to branch wip-cross-system
> in repository guix.
>
> commit 87ea71860614da09153e4c49f7b24294d12689ff
> Author: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othac...@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue Aug 20 16:55:34 2019 +0200
>
> gnu: linux-libre: Enable built-in ext4 support.
>
> When running qemu-img from (gnu system vm) with an aarch64 kernel,
> mounting
> ext4 partitions fails because no modprobe of ext4 module is made. Like for
> other kernel configs, provide built-in support for ext4 partitions.
>
> * gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/5.2-arm64.conf: Enable built-in ext4,
> like in intel and armhf configs.
I'd prefer to go in the other direction, by changing ext4 to be modular
in _all_ configs. Would that work for you?
I haven't used ext4 in a long time, and good riddance. There are better
filesystems now, that don't leave empty files behind after a crash,
among other things. Why give ext4 a privileged position by forcing all
users to keep a copy of the ext4 code in their RAM, whether they use it
or not?
What do you think?
Thanks,
Mark
