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Re: Bug#660446: linux-image-3.2.0-1-4kc-malta: Should include built-in support for ext4



On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 10:32 +0100, Willi Mann wrote:
> Package: linux-image-3.2.0-1-4kc-malta
> Version: 3.2.4-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I've installed a mips system within qemu using the debian installer image for
> this architecture.  Unfortunately the installer's default filesystem type ext4
> is not built-in into the kernel image, which makes it very hard to boot the
> system after installation.

This change is welcome, but I would have appreciated advance notice.

> Please change ext4 support from module to built-in for this kernel, as it's done
> for ext2 and ext3.

If ext4 is going to be built-in then it seems like we should disable
ext2 and ext3 and enable CONFIG_EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Every program is either trivial or else contains at least one bug

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