bug#60057: closed ([PATCH] image: Enhance compatibility of the root ext4 partition.)

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> [PATCH] image: Enhance compatibility of the root ext4 partition.
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> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:17:52 -0500
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> Generating a raw-with-offset image would previously not be bootable with
> U-Boot.
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> * gnu/system/image.scm (root-partition) [file-system-options]: New field.
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>  gnu/system/image.scm | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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> diff --git a/gnu/system/image.scm b/gnu/system/image.scm
> index f07a4a5217..2bf4559501 100644
> --- a/gnu/system/image.scm
> +++ b/gnu/system/image.scm
> @@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ (define root-partition
>     (size 'guess)
>     (label root-label)
>     (file-system "ext4")
> +   ;; Disable the metadata_csum and 64bit features of ext4, for compatibility
> +   ;; with U-Boot.
> +   (file-system-options (list "-O" "^metadata_csum,^64bit"))
>     (flags '(boot))
>     (initializer (gexp initialize-root-partition))))
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> base-commit: 0ffa501f2b3e83ae56e9c2bd31418439090e869a
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> Re: bug#60057: [PATCH] image: Enhance compatibility of the root ext4 partition.
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> Mon, 26 Dec 2022 22:48:23 -0500
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> Hi Mathieu!
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> Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> writes:
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> > Hello Maxim,
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> >> +   ;; Disable the metadata_csum and 64bit features of ext4, for 
> >> compatibility
> >> +   ;; with U-Boot.
> >> +   (file-system-options (list "-O" "^metadata_csum,^64bit"))
> >>     (flags '(boot))
> >>     (initializer (gexp initialize-root-partition))))
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> > ext4 man page states that ^64bit will prevent images larger than 2^32
> > blocks but I highly doubt that we will generate someday images that big.
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> > I think you can go ahead!
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> OK!  Pushed as 60d4652c5d.
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> Thank you!
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> -- 
> Maxim
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