Bug 8096 - Build Appliance: use ext4 instead of ext3
Summary: Build Appliance: use ext4 instead of ext3
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Runtime
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: build-appliance (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 1.9 M3
Assignee: Juro Bystricky
QA Contact: Yi Zhao
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Reported: 2015-08-04 19:18 UTC by Juro Bystricky
Modified: 2015-09-21 08:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Juro Bystricky 2015-08-04 19:18:15 UTC 
Currently the Build Appliance root FS is Ext3.
Switching to Ext4 will bring it more in-line with other BSPs.
There are some additional benefits for Ext4 when used in combination
with .VDI image.
Comment 1 Juro Bystricky 2015-08-11 21:41:15 UTC 
Posted patches to openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org for a review
Comment 3 Ke Zou 2015-09-21 08:16:56 UTC 
verified with build 1.9 M3 rc1