Hi Jan,
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 3:26 PM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon 18-09-23 12:58:26, Peter Lafreniere wrote:
> > ReiserFS has been deprecated for a year and a half, yet is still built
> > as part of a defconfig UML kernel.
> >
> > According to commit eb103a51640e ("reiserfs: Deprecate reiserfs"), the
> > filesystem is slated to be removed in 2025. Remove it from the defconfig
> > profile now, as part of its deprecation process.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Lafreniere <peter@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Makes sense but I've noticed there are many more architectures that define
> CONFIG_REISERFS_FS in their defconfig (sh, powerpc, mips, m68k, ia64, arm,
> alpha). So perhaps we should do this for all of them when we are at it?
The policy for the m68k defconfigs is to enable all available exotic
file systems as modules, so support for them is available when needed.
Please let me know why this should be changed, as long as ReiserFS is
still available in the upstream kernel.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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