Bug#946569: Request for CONFIG_EROFS_FS=m on 5.4+

[Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@huawei.com>]

Hi Salvatore,

On Wed, Jan 01, 2020 at 08:42:51PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + pending
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 10:12:23AM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote:
> > Source: linux
> > Version: 5.4.2-1~exp1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi Debian kernel maintainers,
> > 
> > Could you consider enabling EROFS filesystem support as a module
> > from 5.4 for end users now? It has been out of staging.
> > 
> > It has much better dynamic performance than squashfs for such
> > like LIVECD use. I'd suggest the following configuration:
> > 
> > CONFIG_EROFS_FS=m
> > # CONFIG_EROFS_FS_DEBUG is not set
> > CONFIG_EROFS_FS_XATTR=y
> > CONFIG_EROFS_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
> > CONFIG_EROFS_FS_SECURITY=y
> > CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP=y
> > CONFIG_EROFS_FS_CLUSTER_PAGE_LIMIT=1
> > 
> > erofs-utils package has been available in testing branch as well,
> > https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/erofs-utils
> 
> Done in
> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/commit/33639568475c399acc9cd9d45e9b06a3a2df6e75
> with the suggested configuration.


Got it. Thanks for considering this.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang


> 
> Regards,
> Salvatore