Hi, I hit that issue today. And that indeed solves it.
Tested-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.bell...@free-electrons.com> We were wondering who is responsible to take that patch in, do you have an idea? On 03/02/2015 at 06:49:54 -0600, Tom Zanussi wrote : > On Tue, 2015-02-03 at 11:05 +0100, Maciej Borzecki wrote: > > On 02/02 08:29, Tom Zanussi wrote: > > > On Mon, 2015-02-02 at 08:37 +0100, Maciej Borzecki wrote: > > > > ping > > > > > > > > > > This looks reasonable, but I haven't been able to verify it due to wic > > > problems introduced by the recent kernel changes in oe-core. > > > > > > If you have test cases e.g. the kickstart file(s) that you used for > > > testing the fix, please include them. Also, any testing you may have > > > done to show it doesn't cause regressions in existing use cases. > > > > Kickstart that fails without the patch: > > > > part /boot --source bootimg-partition --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=vfat > > --label boot --active --align 4 --size 16 > > part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4 > > part /var/lib/misc --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label misc --size 128 > > part /mnt --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label fakedata --size 128 > > > > When mounting kernel ext4 complains about bad geometry of the 3rd > > partition (i.e. ext4 partition image was exactly 131072 blocks, but > > parted entry states 131071 blocks, wic stole the last sector of this > > partition, to account for EBR for the first extended): > > > > EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): bad geometry: block count 131072 exceeds size of > > device (131071 blocks) > > > > Then the first extended partition is not found, logical partition > > /dev/mmcblk0p4 is the last one visible. I'm guessing the EBR was > > overwritten by the last block of the 3rd partition image, hence the > > kerel cannot figure out the location of the extended partition. > > > > The problem won't be triggered unless there is a logical parition in > > kickstart. The only other kickstart using MBR is directdisk.wks, but it > > has only 2 partitions defined there. > > > > With the patch you can go on and define more crazy layout like this one > > below and it mounts properly: > > > > part /boot --source bootimg-partition --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=vfat > > --label boot --active --align 4 --size 16 > > part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4 > > part /var/lib/misc --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label misc --size 128 > > part /mnt --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label fakedata --size 128 > > part /mnt2 --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label fakedata2 --size 13 > > part /mnt3 --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label fakedata3 --size 64 > > > > > > Great, thanks for the detailed info. > > Acked-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanu...@linux.intel.com> > > > -- > > Maciej Borzęcki > > Senior Software Developer at Open-RnD Sp. z o.o., Poland > > www.open-rnd.pl > > mobile: +48 889 117 365, fax: +48 42 657 9079 > > > > > > Niniejsza wiadomość wraz z załącznikami może > > zawierać chronione prawem lub poufne informacje i została > > wysłana wyłącznie do wiadomości i użytku osób, do których > > została zaadresowana. Jeśli wiadomość została otrzymana > > przypadkowo zabrania się jej kopiowania lub rozsyłania do osób > > trzecich. W takim przypadku uprasza się o natychmiastowe > > zniszczenie wiadomości oraz poinformowanie nadawcy o > > zaistniałej sytuacji za pomocą wiadomości zwrotnej. > > Dziękujemy. > > > > This message, including any attachments hereto, > > may contain privileged or confidential information and is sent > > solely for the attention and use of the intended addressee(s). > > If you are not an intended addressee, you may neither use this > > message nor copy or deliver it to anyone. In such case, you > > should immediately destroy this message and kindly notify the > > sender by reply email. Thank you. > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core