Bug 7348

Summary:	We should use the ext4 driver for ext2/3
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Richard Purdie <richard.purdie>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Alexandru Georgescu <alexandru.c.georgescu>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Medium	CC:	alexandru.c.georgescu, bruce.ashfield, sgw, tom.zanussi
Version:	1.8
Target Milestone:	1.9 M3
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Richard Purdie 2015-02-22 22:39:05 UTC

Most distros now use the ext4 driver for all forms of ext filesystem and there appears to be no good reason not to do so. To do that we need:

#CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
#CONFIG_EXT3_FS is not set
EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23=y

Comment 1 Darren Hart 2015-05-04 17:11:50 UTC

Bruce, I agree that this should be the default. Would you accept this bug and enable for ktype standard?

Comment 2 Bruce Ashfield 2015-06-16 04:15:38 UTC

Changes have been made for the 4.1 kernel. Will backport as appropriate.

Comment 3 Bruce Ashfield 2015-08-21 14:16:26 UTC

Looks like I missed some options in my first attempt that this,
putting back to implementation for a quick recycle.

Comment 4 Bruce Ashfield 2015-09-18 19:14:27 UTC

merged to master:

CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23=y
CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY=y