On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 07:42:18PM +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote: > This patch adds a image with squashfs as the root filesystem. > A rootfs_data partition will be generated on the first boot > and placed inside the rootfs partition (just after the squashfs > image). > > advantages: > - it is possible to migrate from an existing -ext4 > installation and back via sysupgrade. > - existing partition layout will not be lost. > - slightly smaller image size. > - support for attendedsysupgrade > > disadvantages: > - needs f2fs + tools as well. This is because fs-tools decides on the > blocksize of the sdcard. So either f2fs or ext4 can get choosen as > the rootfs_data filesystem (depends on the size of the root partition). > - rootfs_data is placed into the rootfs partition. This makes > it difficult for tools that expect a /dev/mmc0pX device. > It also makes it difficult for data recovery tools since they > might not expect to find a embedded partition or will be > confused. > > For people with existing build configurations: make sure to include mkf2fs > and f2fsck package into the image... Otherwise the new -squashfs image will > boot of a ram-overlay and won't keep the configurations after a reboot. > > Cc: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <nolt...@gmail.com> > Cc: Paul Spooren <spoo...@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> > Cc: Daniel Golle <dan...@makrotopia.org> > Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunk...@gmail.com>
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