Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: defconfig: Enable zram, xfs and loading compressed FW support

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Feb 22 2024 - 06:17:48 EST


On 22/02/2024 10:09, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 21/02/2024 20:34, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>>>
>>>> Any explanation what ZRAM is necessary for Fedora to boot.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I mentioned already in another email, Fedora is enabling the systemd
>>> zram-generator and not having a /dev/zram0 slows down the boot to the
>>> point of being unusable. One could disable that service but then is yet
>>
>> That one sentence would be enough for me.
>>
>
> I'll add that then to the commit message when proposing a config fragment.
>
> [...]

Thanks.

>
>>>
>>> So that means that for aarch64, some filesystems have more precedence over
>>> others? It's OK to have ext4 or btrfs but no xfs? Honestly it seems quite
>>> arbitrary and subjective for me.
>>
>> Yes, subjective, but to be honest: I would drop Btrfs. I was thinking
>
> Fair. If the agreegment is to minimize defconfig (which AFAIU is your
> point), then I'm on board with it. We can start splitting in separate
> fragments, people can then mix and match for their specific use cases.
>
>> about it, but since Arnd agrees on XFS I won't fight that battle.
>>
>
> Yeah, it was a strange hill for me to die on and is true that fragments
> seems to be the best compromise, as Maxime said before in this thread.
>
> By the way, I want to apologize for my harsh/rude comments yesterday. I
> wasn't in the best mood and I got too emotional...

No worries, I did not notice. Everything seemed fine for me.

Best regards,
Krzysztof