uvol: add ext4 partition support for SSD's on x86
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Description
Maintainer: @dangowrt
Environment: x86_64, generic, HEAD
Description:
On x86 and x86_64 machines, it's not uncommon to have root residing on SSDs or NVMe. In such cases, an ext4 filesystem would make sense.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the uvol package and its existing partition or filesystem support for x86 and x86_64. Check how SSD or NVMe root devices are detected and identify the validation needed for ext4 support; done means ext4 partitions are supported on the described targets.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100