[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 08/11] fs/ext2: deprecate BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_EXTRA_INODES option

Samuel Martin s.martin49 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 22:51:03 UTC 2017


Soon, the ext{2,3,4} rootfs image will no longer be generated with
genext2fs, but using mke2fs instead which has no support for the extra
inode number option.

So, deprecate the BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_EXTRA_INODES option and
recommend, in lieu, to set the total inode number, taking account of
the extra ones if needed.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
Cc: Sébastien Szymanski <sebastien.szymanski at armadeus.com>
Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>

---
changes v2->v3:
- new patch (Yann)
---
 Config.in.legacy  | 11 +++++++++++
 fs/ext2/Config.in |  8 --------
 fs/ext2/ext2.mk   |  1 -
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 453c5eb8b8..5efe0d1ba0 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2017.08"
 
+config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_EXTRA_INODES
+	int "extra inodes has been removed" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES = 0
+	default 0
+	help
+	  Buildroot now uses mkfs.ext2/3/4 to generate ext2/3/4 images. So
+	  let mkfs automatically selects the number of inodes needed. Set
+	  this option to 0.
+	  Note that, the number of inodes can still be set and passed to
+	  mkfs; so if extra inodes are needed, prefer setting
+	  BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES taking account of them.
+
 config BR2_STRIP_none
 	bool "Strip command 'none' has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/fs/ext2/Config.in b/fs/ext2/Config.in
index 627294e17f..0071ba2bec 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/Config.in
+++ b/fs/ext2/Config.in
@@ -79,14 +79,6 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES
 	int "exact number of inodes (leave at 0 for auto calculation)"
 	default 0
 
-config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_EXTRA_INODES
-	int "extra inodes" if BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES = 0
-	default 0
-	help
-	  Enter here the number of extra free inodes you want on
-	  your filesystem. By default, Buildroot will not leave
-	  many free inodes.
-
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_RESBLKS
 	int "reserved blocks percentage"
 	default 5
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.mk b/fs/ext2/ext2.mk
index ec49caa3a5..24643afeb9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.mk
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ EXT2_OPTS = \
 	-B $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE) \
 	-b $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_BLOCKS) \
 	-i $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES) \
-	-I $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_EXTRA_INODES) \
 	-r $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_RESBLKS) \
 	-l "$(EXT2_LABEL)"
 
-- 
2.13.2




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