Subject: + cramfs-mark-as-obsolete.patch added to -mm tree
To: michael.opdenacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:02:05 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: cramfs: mark as obsolete
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
cramfs-mark-as-obsolete.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/cramfs-mark-as-obsolete.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/cramfs-mark-as-obsolete.patch
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From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: cramfs: mark as obsolete
Who needs cramfs when you have squashfs? At least, we should warn people
that cramfs is obsolete.
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
fs/cramfs/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN MAINTAINERS~cramfs-mark-as-obsolete MAINTAINERS
--- a/MAINTAINERS~cramfs-mark-as-obsolete
+++ a/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ F: kernel/cpuset.c
CRAMFS FILESYSTEM
W: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cramfs/
-S: Orphan
+S: Orphan / Obsolete
F: Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt
F: fs/cramfs/
diff -puN fs/cramfs/Kconfig~cramfs-mark-as-obsolete fs/cramfs/Kconfig
--- a/fs/cramfs/Kconfig~cramfs-mark-as-obsolete
+++ a/fs/cramfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
config CRAMFS
- tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)"
+ tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs) (OBSOLETE)"
depends on BLOCK
select ZLIB_INFLATE
help
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ config CRAMFS
cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the
directory /) cannot be compiled as a module.
+ This filesystem is obsoleted by SquashFS, which is much better
+ in terms of performance and features.
+
If unsure, say N.
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from michael.opdenacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
cramfs-mark-as-obsolete.patch
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