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MX_GOOD(-0.01)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVRCPT(0.00)[xs4all.nl]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_SIGNED(0.00)[suse.de:s=susede2_rsa,suse.de:s=susede2_ed25519]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[xs4all.nl,infradead.org,brauner.io,vger.kernel.org]; FUZZY_RATELIMITED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; RBL_SPAMHAUS_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[2a07:de40:b281:104:10:150:64:97:from]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[suse.de:+]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; DNSWL_BLOCKED(0.00)[2a07:de40:b281:106:10:150:64:167:received]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[2a07:de40:b281:106:10:150:64:167:received]; DWL_DNSWL_BLOCKED(0.00)[suse.de:dkim]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; DBL_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:helo,imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:rdns,suse.de:dkim] X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd2.dmz-prg2.suse.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 1D1DF760B5 X-Spam-Score: -4.50 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