[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/9] fs/ext2: cleanups and improvements

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Mon,  1 May 2017 17:58:39 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

> J Evans (1):
>       ext2: add help text for BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_BLOCKS
> 
> Yann E. MORIN (8):
>       package/mke2img: check nb_blocks is specified
>       package/mke2img: specifying zero inodes means auto
>       fs/ext2: always pass the number of inodes
>       fs/ext2: always pass the label option
>       fs/ext2: allow reserving zero block for root
>       fs/ext2: simplify code
>       package/mke2img: add option to specify block size
>       fs/ext2: add option to specify block size

In general, I find this good. However, it badly conflicts with the
on-going work to move away from mke2img/genext2fs and use mkfs.ext2/3/4
instead.

For example, I believe mkfs.ext2/3/4 will automatically chose a sane
default block size depending on the filesystem size.

Thomas
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