Re: [PATCH] efs: Remove EFS

[Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 11:28:03AM +0200, Jori Koolstra wrote:
> This seems like a good idea. A couple of thoughts: should this maybe be
> CC-ed to Linus? He has in the past been critical of removing old
> filesystems. There is also something arbitrary about removing efs, but
> not minix for instance. It would be great if we had some more objective

I'm fairly sure minix is staying for the same reason alpha is staying[1]. I
don't think it's productive to unearth that particular debate at this
moment.

> criteria for removal. I have also been thinking whether there is some
> use to keep at least one old simple filesystem maintained and up to date
> with modern API. It could function as a reference.

We already have one - it's fs/ext2.
(modern API? maybe not so much. still has buffer heads, uses mpage, etc.
alas.)

[1] or that our old simple reference filesystem is ext2 and not e.g fat[2] :)
[2] i may or may not feel sick after suggesting that
-- 
Pedro