On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 02:22:48AM +0200, Daniel Golle wrote: > 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> > > Acked-by: Daniel Golle <dan...@makrotopia.org>
Álvaro, please review the patch or at least give us a sign of life. Cheers Daniel _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
