trouble with ext2 filesystem

Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 22:23 +0200, Alessandro GARDICH wrote:
>> At now I modify qemux86.conf cause usually EXTRA_IMAGECMD is in the
>> machine config file, but to add hardware specific parameters (flash size
>>   and erase size). I'm not sure if is the right place. Probably in the
>> distro configuration could be better.
>
> The distro config probably is the right place for this.  After all, the
> number of inodes you need depends primarily on the number of files that
> you're going to ship in the rootfs, and that in turn is primarily
> influenced by the DISTRO's policies rather than by any inherent aspect
> of the MACHINE.
>
> The other uses of EXTRA_IMAGECMD that I guess you're thinking of are
> mostly to do with jffs2 parameters, which are rather different in that
> they're determined by the specifics of the hardware in use and hence do
> go with the MACHINE rather than the DISTRO.
>
> p.
>
>
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true, reform the patch for kaeilos.conf
Acked-by: Marco Cavallini  <m.cavallini@koansoftware.com>

diff --git a/conf/distro/kaeilos.conf b/conf/distro/kaeilos.conf
index 6d01c77..2b3aae8 100644 (file)
--- a/conf/distro/kaeilos.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/kaeilos.conf
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ DISTRO_TYPE ?= "debug"
 # Also, it appears that no locales fit in 16Mb for now. "C" locale rules!
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = '${@base_less_or_equal("ROOT_FLASH_SIZE", "16", "", "en-us", d)}'
 
+# increase inode/block ratio for ext2 filesystem 
+EXTRA_IMAGECMD_ext2 = "-i 4096"
 
 # set feed path variables
 FEED_BASEPATH = "feeds/2008/${ANGSTROM_PKG_FORMAT}/${LIBC}/"