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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Subject: Re: 55/61: gnu: linux-libre: Enable built-in ext4 support.
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To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
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Hi Mathieu,

guix-commits@gnu.org writes:

> mothacehe pushed a commit to branch wip-cross-system
> in repository guix.
>
> commit 87ea71860614da09153e4c49f7b24294d12689ff
> Author: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
> Date:   Tue Aug 20 16:55:34 2019 +0200
>
>     gnu: linux-libre: Enable built-in ext4 support.
>     
>     When running qemu-img from (gnu system vm) with an aarch64 kernel, mounting
>     ext4 partitions fails because no modprobe of ext4 module is made. Like for
>     other kernel configs, provide built-in support for ext4 partitions.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/5.2-arm64.conf: Enable built-in ext4,
>     like in intel and armhf configs.

I'd prefer to go in the other direction, by changing ext4 to be modular
in _all_ configs.  Would that work for you?

I haven't used ext4 in a long time, and good riddance.  There are better
filesystems now, that don't leave empty files behind after a crash,
among other things.  Why give ext4 a privileged position by forcing all
users to keep a copy of the ext4 code in their RAM, whether they use it
or not?

What do you think?

      Thanks,
        Mark