On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 9:52 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This helps initramfs builders and other tools to find the full > dependencies of a module. Replaced by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7ef79ad521367 > Debian on powerpc (ppc32) still uses yaboot as default boot loader. Using a > default installation (debian-installer) 64bit and metadata_csum feature are > not setup in ext4. This is discussed in more details at: > > https://bugs.debian.org/825110#81 > > and implemented here: > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/partman-ext3.git/patch/?id=f87dc92157262de1ad8dd3f2343436f08271b4dc > > This means that building the kernel as default debian package: > > make ARCH=powerpc XYZ_defconfig > make -j8 ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- bindeb-pkg > > Will lead to the following boot failure (initramfs prompt): > > /dev/sda3: clean, 127679/305216 files, 11128559/1220703 blocks done. > [ 5.592819] EXT4-fs (sda3): Cannot load crc32c driver. > mount: mounting /dev/sda3 on /root failed: No such file or directory > > Link: https://bugs.debian.org/819725 > Link: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/patches/bugfix/all/fs-add-module_softdep-declarations-for-hard-coded-cr.patch > Suggested-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Milan Kupcevic <milan@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/ext4/super.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c > index 185f7e61f4cf..10bda040e78f 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c > @@ -5886,5 +5886,6 @@ static void __exit ext4_exit_fs(void) > MODULE_AUTHOR("Remy Card, Stephen Tweedie, Andrew Morton, Andreas Dilger, Theodore Ts'o and others"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Fourth Extended Filesystem"); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > +MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: crypto-crc32c"); > module_init(ext4_init_fs) > module_exit(ext4_exit_fs) > -- > 2.11.0 >
