Michael Olbrich
Michael Olbrich
You need to add `use-mke2fs = true` to the `ext4` section. Otherwise `genext2fs` is used and not `mke2fs`. I've been reluctant to change the default here, but maybe it's time...
The images created by genext2fs can be slightly smaller, because it tries to compact things as much as possible. It's mostly historical. When ext images in genimage where first implemented,...
Ah, I see the issue. For vfat images there are two ways to provide content: 1. The rootpath / mountpount stuff also used by other filesystems 2. The special file...
Certainly. But I'm not sure when I'll find the time to do that. The fastest way would be to implement it yourself and open a pull request. Basically you need...
You're talking about [number_entries](https://github.com/pengutronix/genimage/blob/e035be8e05bfe71755cda3b721d5f94c4a9087f6/image-hd.c#L87), the size of the gpt partition entry array, right? What's the use-case for that?
Very strange. What tool do you use for the modification? I'm asking because we use the `gpt-location` to move the table behind the bootloader with other SoCs and resize and...
Or `copy_file_range()`. But I don't think either is supported by ext4, so while it would be a nice fallback, we should still implement writing in place.
I would implement in place only if the fs image is used exactly once.
That's the common use-case and I think it makes sense to optimize that
Sorry for the late reply, it has been a busy summer. I would like to avoid adding a new options. But we need to be careful with the implementation. If...