linux-ext4 - Re: Minimal configuration for e2fsprogs

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:21:50 +1000
From:	Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Minimal configuration for e2fsprogs

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 05:45:32PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:43:56PM +1000, Tony Breeds wrote:
> > 
> > Okay so I think you want somethign like:
> 
> Yep!
> 
> > What I did was remove dblist.o from my libext2fs.a and I now get:
> > /home/tony/src/e2fsprogs/../e2fsprogs-root/lib/libext2fs.a(gen_bitmap64.o): In function `ext2fs_alloc_generic_bmap':
> > /home/tony/src/e2fsprogs-build/lib/ext2fs/../../../e2fsprogs/lib/ext2fs/gen_bitmap64.c:112: undefined reference to `ext2fs_get_num_dirs'
> > 
> > So it looks like dblist.o is being pulled in for ext2fs_get_num_dirs()
> > in that case a EXT2FS_BMAP64_AUTODIR bmap type has been asked for.
> > 
> > How would you feel about moving ext2fs_get_num_dirs from dblist.c to
> > blknum.c?
> 
> Sure, no problem.
> 
> Take a look at this set of patches (see attached).  With this and the
> set of ext2fs functions that I understand yaboot is using, I think it
> solves the concern that you have.  This will be in the next branch of
> the e2fsprogs.

Thanks so much Ted for your help with my patches and the next set.

I tried next + your 7 patches and yaboot only fails with errors for
calloc and abort.  Both of these I'm very happy to fix in yaboot.

Looking forward to v1.42.6 :)

Yours Tony

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