linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: enable ext4 directly

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Message-ID: <CAOMZO5BQQhNrYyjDRSr+bAYUa57YdFcroY-hi=La9aOSEAwURg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:29:56 -0300
From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>
Cc: linux@...linux.org.uk, shawnguo@...nel.org, s.hauer@...gutronix.de, 
	kernel@...gutronix.de, ebiggers@...gle.com, ardb@...nel.org, 
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	alexander.stein@...tq-group.com, stefan.eichenberger@...adex.com, 
	lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com, tytso@....edu, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	imx@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: imx_v6_v7_defconfig: enable ext4 directly

Hi Andreas,

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info> wrote:
>
> In former times, ext4 was enabled implicitely by enabling ext3 but with
> the ext3 fs gone, it does not get enabled, which lets devices fail to
> mount root on non-initrd based boots with an ext4 root.
>
> Fixes: d6ace46c82fd ("ext4: remove obsolete EXT3 config options")
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>

Thanks for the fix. Just faced this issue.

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>