Bug#773868: live-boot: Does not include overlayfs support in initramfs, due to wrong kernel module naming
Hi,
[redirecting to debian-live@, has this seems off-topic on #773868;
please drop the bug report from the Cc list on next reply, thanks.]
Michal Suchanek wrote (25 Dec 2014 13:45:11 GMT) :
> 1) is it worthwhile to have support both for the old overlayfs.ko and
> the new overlay.ko?
> I am not aware of anyone except myself who was using old kernels
> patched with overlayfs which produce overlayfs.ko and I am aware of
> the change now so this might be a non-issue.
I don't think it's worth supporting the old out-of-tree patchset now
that there's a "final" version merged in mainline.
> 2) what is the reasoning behind renaming /cow to /overlay?
> It the function of /overlay so different that existing tools using
> /cow cannot work with it when overlayfs is used? I think many tools
> work with the directory by just packing up the content and do not
> really care about the details of the union so a needless change in the
> directory name would needlessly require updating tools. I do not use
> these directories for anything myself so I would not know.
I assume you're refering to "Renaming /live/cow to /live/overlay in
anticipation of overlayfs.", that I see in the live-boot 3.0~a27-1
changelog entry.
This change has been released as part of Wheezy, so I expect any tools
that rely on such paths have been updated already.
(Not to say I'm a fan of the usual renaming rate in the Debian
Live codebase.)
Cheers,
--
intrigeri
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