[PATCH mtd-utils RFC] Add an ubifs mount helper

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 11:19:13AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> This abstracts away attaching of the right ubi and then selecting the right
> ubi device and volume to mount.
> 
> As described in the comment at the top this allows to mount ubifs volumes
> directly from /etc/fstab without having to use hardcoded numbers (which
> depend on mount order and so are unreliable) and extra magic to care for
> attaching.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> this is a nice script that helps attaching ubis and mounting ubifs'. I
> already discussed this a bit with Richard on irc and the idea was
> welcome in principle.
> 
> A concern was that the entry in /etc/fstab is too magic and there should
> be an indication that this relies on the mount helper. Something like
> using ubifs.autoattach as file system type (fs_vfstype) or requiring
> "autoattach" in the fourth field (fs_mntops).
> 
> Having thought a bit I'm not convinced we need this indication. Yes
> there is magic but nothing out of the ordinary as mount helpers are a
> known concept and the fs_spec already looks interesting enough to make
> it obvious there is something going on. And once people are used to the
> magic it is annoying to have to always write this indication in your
> fstab. Additionally it complicates the implementation. 
> 
> Also "autoattach" doesn't completely cover the script as it does a
> translation from mtd name to mtd number, too. "autoattach,mtdtranslate"
> seems a bit excessive.

I didn't hear any feedback here. Is reviewing this patch still on
somebody's todo list?

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |
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