From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make JFFS depend on CONFIG_BROKEN Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:37:49 +0100 Message-ID: <20061230213749.GE20714@stusta.de> References: <625fc13d0612180525m500fcecdta08edebb3dd526a6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , jffs-dev@axis.com, David Woodhouse Return-path: Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:1228 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030348AbWL3Vhq (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:37:46 -0500 To: Josh Boyer Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <625fc13d0612180525m500fcecdta08edebb3dd526a6@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:25:56AM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > Mark JFFS as broken and provide a warning to users that it is > deprecated and scheduled for removal in 2.6.21 > > Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer > > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig > index b3b5aa0..4ac367d 100644 > --- a/fs/Kconfig > +++ b/fs/Kconfig > @@ -1204,13 +1204,16 @@ config EFS_FS > > config JFFS_FS > tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support" > - depends on MTD && BLOCK > + depends on MTD && BLOCK && BROKEN > help > JFFS is the Journalling Flash File System developed by Axis > Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe > file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is > available at (). > > + NOTE: This filesystem is deprecated and is scheduled for removal in > + 2.6.21. See Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt >... $ grep -i jffs Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt $ cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed