-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | On Monday 23 February 2009 00:15:36 you wrote: |> Somebody in the thread at some point said: |> ext4 is becoming "real" now so support would be good, let us know what |> you find. | | If you want to use ext4 in "compatible" mode - than yes ext2 parser is enough. | If you want to use extents - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extent_(file_systems) | (which was main reason I changed from ext3) you're loosing ext2/3 | compatibility. So new parser will be required.
I guess the incompatibility is actually really simple, like different structure size to allow for the reservation action. But it sounds like a PITA to figure out what changed from cold. The ext2 parsing code is actually very simple in Qi / U-Boot, it's read-only for example. |> A better way to come at that is use the noboot-GTA02 thing |> |> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Qi#Files |> |> on your normal partition to force it skipped by Qi. Then it will create |> the correct root= on the second one automatically. | | It will if Qi can read second partition (currently it can't). Right, I get your point now. - -Andy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmh9QwACgkQOjLpvpq7dMrzCQCeJI8nvtX4jm0l/QdCYWCOkkbO n6IAn1pHakWKRZRTfuMruaSje2BjwJIV =bcKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
