[PATCH 1/1] ARM: OMAP: omap2plus_defconfig: Enable EXT4 support

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Thu Jun 28 02:37:34 EDT 2012


Hi,

* Javier Martinez Canillas <martinez.javier at gmail.com> [120627 15:32]:
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javier at dowhile0.org> wrote:
> > On OMAP boards that includes an SD card slot, an EXT4 partition could
> > be used to store the root file system. So, the kernel should have
> > built-in support for EXT4 to be able to mount the VFS root on boot.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier at dowhile0.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig |    1 +
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
> > index 9854ff4..f3087cb 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
> > @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ CONFIG_RTC_DRV_TWL4030=y
> >  CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
> >  CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
> >  # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR is not set
> > +CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
> >  CONFIG_QUOTA=y
> >  CONFIG_QFMT_V2=y
> >  CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
> > --
> > 1.7.7.6
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> any news about this patch?
> 
> Is quite annoying to have to enable EXT4 support each time I want to
> try a new kernel on my board.

Eventually we'll be moving into omap2plus_defconfig that pretty much
builds everything as modules and requires use of an initramfs.. But
until we're there yes I agree this makes life easier for booting beagle
and panda devices with the omap2plus_defconfig.

Regards,

Tony



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