[Bug 2058826] Re: f2fs should be recognized by casper as a supported fs

[Adam Vodopjan]

The script from the post is deprecated now, I converted it into a
generic "make casper aware of fs X, add kernel modules Y to the initrd"
one.

You can get it here https://github.com/slowpeek/ubuntu-remaster-bbb and
make 14.04+ images bootable from f2fs like this:

  ubuntu-remaster-f2fs input.iso output.iso

or, without the f2fs shortcut:

  ubuntu-remaster-bbb --fs f2fs --module
f2fs,~crc32_generic,~crc32-pclmul input.iso output.iso

If using the docker image:

  ubuntu-remaster-bbb.docker --fs f2fs --module
f2fs,~crc32_generic,~crc32-pclmul -- input.iso output.iso

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Title:
  f2fs should be recognized by casper as a supported fs

Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu iso images bundle the f2fs driver in initrd since 20.04, but
  casper does not recognize f2fs as a supported fs even in 24.04. Hence,
  the images cant loop-boot from f2fs partitions.

  A 2-lines change is all that's required since 20.04 (casper-helpers
  since 22.04, previously this code was in lupin-helpers)

      --- casper-helpers
      +++ casper-helpers.new
      @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
       is_supported_fs(){
           [ -z "${1}" ] && return 1
           case ${1} in
      -        ext2|ext3|ext4|xfs|jfs|reiserfs|vfat|ntfs|iso9660|btrfs|udf)
      +        ext2|ext3|ext4|xfs|jfs|f2fs|reiserfs|vfat|ntfs|iso9660|btrfs|udf)
                   return 0
                   ;;
           esac
      @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@
           modprobe reiserfs
           modprobe xfs
           modprobe jfs
      +    modprobe f2fs
           modprobe vfat
           modprobe fuse
           [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg "...devs loaded..."

  With some efforts (copy f2fs and crc32 modules from the squashed
  filesystem into the initrd) it works down to 18.04 live server and
  15.10 desktop.

  With such patch it works in 14.04.3 .. 14.04.6 desktop as well

      --- casper-helpers
      +++ casper-helpers.new
      @@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
               echo $FSTYPE
               return 0
           fi
      -    /sbin/blkid -s TYPE -o value $1 2>/dev/null
      +    /sbin/blkid -s TYPE -o value $1 2>/dev/null || {
      +        # Check for f2fs
      +        case "$(dd if="$1" skip=2 count=1 2>/dev/null)" in
      +            "$(printf '\x10\x20\xf5\xf2')"*)
      +                echo f2fs
      +                return 0 ;;
      +        esac
      +        return 1
      +    }
       }

       where_is_mounted() {

  My script to apply the changes: https://github.com/slowpeek/ubuntu-
  remaster-f2fs

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