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Re: Enable modules in Linux configuration.
From: |
Joshua Branson |
Subject: |
Re: Enable modules in Linux configuration. |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:11:05 +0000 |
Out of curiosity why would you want Reiser4? I'm sure it's an ok
filesystem, but it's just being maintain these days right? Not really
developed.
I feel like your life would be so much simplier if you just used ext4 or
XFS.
On 07/29/2017 03:33 PM, Dmitry Nikolaev wrote:
> Hi everybody.
>
> I'm trying to set up GuixSD on Reiser4 file system. I've succeeded
> with patching and compiling Linux with Reiser4 patch, but I've found
> that reiser4 module is disabled by default. Everything I did was
> pointless 8-]
>
> How do I enable Reiser4 module in Linux configuration? As far as I
> know I need to add "REISER4_FS=m" to .config after running "make
> defconfig", but before "make".
>
> I've found an example of linux.scm with description how to build
> linux-libre with additional modules
>
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/drewc/guix/master/gnu/packages/linux.scm
>
> But it looks too complex for me. Is there an easier way to enable
> additional modules in Linux configuration? Shouldn't I use
> "extra-options" in make-linux-libre function? How could I do that?
>
> One more question for GuixSD maintainers: will you add
> linux-libre-reiser4, libaal and reiser4progs packages to main package
> repository if I'll send you patches?
>
> Dmitry Nikolaev