On 19/09/17 08:14 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-09-19 13:57, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 19/09/17 07:28 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
This is also all YaST-only, and I still find it pretty odd, but it won't prevent anyone continuing to use reiserfs.
it WILL prevent anyone using the installer to upgrade to leap15 if they want to continue using ReiserFS. it looks like there will be no provision in the Leap15 kernel for ReiserFS as a module any more.
Only if it is used on the "/" partition.
No, ANY AND ALL. it says quite clearly that it scans all entries in the /etc/fstab
ReiserFS never was part of the kernel, it was always a module. If you wanted it in the kernel you had to recompile it yourself. Ditto Reiser4.
But the announcement doesn't say anything about removing the module from the distribution kernel, only from YaST.
YaST is just a UI front end. You can't remove Reiser fro Yast since it was never in yast in the first place. The module is packaged in the kernel distribution as a module, along with .. lets see # ls /lib/modules/4.13.2-1.g68f4aee-default/kernel/fs 9p cramfs gfs2 nfsd reiserfs adfs dlm hfs nilfs2 romfs affs ecryptfs hfsplus nls squashfs afs efivarfs hpfs ocfs2 sysv befs efs isofs omfs ubifs bfs exofs jffs2 orangefs udf btrfs f2fs jfs overlayfs ufs ceph fat lockd pstore xfs cifs freevxfs minix qnx4m coda ncpfs fscache qnx6 fuse nfs quota These are also all available to be configured as loadable modules using Yast, but it won't prevent anyone continuing to use reiserfs. You can also load them using "modprobe" immediately, or run dracut to include them in the boot kernel's set of modules, or configure /etc/modules-load.d to load them after boot. You can do that all using Yast or oyu can do the same from the command line. Yast is just a UI to do things that could be done on the command line. In fact most of the things it does, it uses the Ruby "system()" to do after constructing an appropriate command line. If you don't believe me, go look at the source code. I did. Yast is just a means to an end. Yast runs a module. You can see the list of modules available by running "yast --list" And, oh! wait! If you run "zypper search yast" you can see there are more modules, maybe you haven't installed them all. Try zypper search yast | egrep -v "^i|trans" to see what you haven't installed. ReiserFS is, at lest up to the kernel I'm running, 4.13.2-1.g68f4aee-default, under 42.2, a module. It never was compiled into a distribution, though heavens knows what the Build Service may have produced! I've always used it as a module. Now the issue is whether or not Leap-15 removes it as a module. Forget this obsession with yast. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org