Re: [PATCH] extrahd.cgi: Drop select for FS selection.

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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I agree.

This would have been needed to manually load any FUSE drivers, but since now even NTFS is handled in the kernel, the kernel should be able to load any extra modules automatically.

-Michael

Reviewed-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>

> On 23 Jun 2023, at 05:44, Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> This feature does not have any benefit because the linux kernel
> knows best which filesystem a device/partition has.
> 
> So there is no need for a user to specify this by-hand. This also
> prevents from choosing a wrong fs type and as a direct result in a
> not mountable device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> html/cgi-bin/extrahd.cgi | 35 +++++------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/extrahd.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/extrahd.cgi
> index 8f6a91a18..bb67b792d 100644
> --- a/html/cgi-bin/extrahd.cgi
> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/extrahd.cgi
> @@ -45,16 +45,6 @@ my @valid_mount_dirs = (
> "/mnt",
> );
> 
> -# Array which contains the supported file systems.
> -my @supported_filesystems = (
> - "auto",
> - "ext3",
> - "ext4",
> - "xfs",
> - "vfat",
> - "ntfs-3g"
> -);
> -
> # Grab all available block devices.
> my @devices = &get_block_devices();
> 
> @@ -252,6 +242,9 @@ END
> # Convert into human-readable format.
> my $size = &General::formatBytes($bsize);
> 
> + # Try to omit the used filesystem.
> + my $fs = $filesystems{$partition};
> +
> # Get the mountpoint.
> my $mountpoint = $mountpoints{$partition};
> 
> @@ -279,11 +272,9 @@ END
> } elsif (&is_swap($partition)) {
> $disabled = "disabled";
> $mountpoint = "swap";
> + $fs = "swap";
> }
> 
> - # Omit the used filesystem.
> - my $fs = $filesystems{$partition};
> -
> print <<END
> 
> <form method='post' action='$ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'}'>
> @@ -291,23 +282,7 @@ END
> <tr>
> <td align="list">/dev/$partition</td>
> <td align="center">$Lang::tr{'size'} $size</td>
> - <td align="center"><select name="FS" $disabled>
> -END
> -;
> - # Loop through the array of supported filesystems.
> - foreach my $filesystem (@supported_filesystems) {
> - my $selected;
> -
> - # Mark the used filesystem as selected.
> - if ($filesystem eq $fs) {
> - $selected = "selected";
> - }
> -
> - print "<option value='$filesystem' $selected>$filesystem</option>\n";
> - }
> -
> - print <<END
> - </select></td>
> + <td align="center">$fs</td>
> <td align="center"><input type='text' name='PATH' value='$mountpoint' $disabled></td>
> <td align="center">
> <input type='hidden' name='DEVICE' value='/dev/$partition' />
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>