Bug 109727 – list of filesystems supported by genkernel is not full

• Product: [OLD] Docs-user
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Morten Skyt 2005-10-18 11:56:49 UTC]

Hey, I have a little comment to the handbook: It states that if one doesn't use 
ext2 or ext3 when using genkernel, the filesystem you use should be activated 
manually by using menuconfig, but when I ran genkernel with menuconfig all, my 
filesystem (reiserfs) was already selected.

Am I wrong or should the list of which filesystems supported per default not 
also include reiserfs?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 
and read the second paragraph after code listing 19
Actual Results:  
I found out I did not need to use menuconfig all, which was a bit confusing as I 
was told I had to use menuconfig all.

Expected Results:  
:-) but instead :-?

[Comment 1 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-10-18 12:05:23 UTC]

00:30:34 <@fox2mike> bitnissen: cd /usr/share/genkernel/<your arch>
00:30:40 < bitnissen> ok
<snip>
00:31:53 <@fox2mike> bitnissen: grep -i "reiser" kernel-config-2.6
00:32:24 < bitnissen> uhh, hm, lemme see, gotta write it over :-/
00:32:33 < bitnissen> CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
00:32:44 < bitnissen> CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR=y

Seems genkernel now has reiserfs support be default. So we need to update the
list :)

[Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2005-10-21 13:25:30 UTC]

We do say "might"... better to double check any way, we don't control what file
systems are active by default by genkernel.