linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: defconfig: Enable zram, xfs and loading compressed FW support

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Message-ID: <87a5ntj29j.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:55:04 +0100
From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetbo@...hat.com>, Maxime Ripard
 <mripard@...hat.com>, Erico Nunes <nunes.erico@...il.com>, Brian Masney
 <bmasney@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Bjorn Andersson
 <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, Konrad Dybcio
 <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
 Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: defconfig: Enable zram, xfs and loading
 compressed FW support

Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> writes:

> On 21/02/2024 15:13, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> These options are needed by some Linux distributions (e.g: Fedora), so
>
> How ZRAM is needed? Why Fedora cannot boot without it? Debian, which I
> use on my arm64 boards, does not have any problem.
>

I haven't used Debian in ages so I don't know why is not a problem there.

But Fedora is using zram by default and if is not enabled in the kernel,
the boot is delayed considerably due the systemd zram-generator.

> I kind of repeat comments from similar patch earlier:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/fe1e74a2-e933-7cd9-f740-86d871076191@linaro.org/
>

Ah! I forgot that posted the same change for exynos_defconfig some time
ago and I see that you nacked. Now I understand why all my Exynos boards
are in a drawer.

> About XFS: I don't think it is needed to boot anything.
>

How are you supposed to mount a XFS rootfs without at least have support
for it as a module?

> This is a defconfig, not a distro config. Please don't make it distro.
>

It seems that's a Debian distro config though, since you brought Debian as
an example.

> I will gladly support things needed by systemd or equivalent, but not
> unusual filesystems needed by distro.
>

Fair. But then you should probably remove all the other filesystems that are
already in the defconfig then?

$ grep "_FS=" arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | wc -l
15

Or it is OK to have support for btrfs, overlayfs, even plan9 fs but XFS is
where you draw the line??

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat