From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A955FCD5BD6 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:27:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233083AbjISP1f (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:27:35 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36578 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233135AbjISP1e (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:27:34 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088339C; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:27:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id 38JFGXnW031198; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:16:33 -0500 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id 38JFGUOK031195; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:16:30 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:16:30 -0500 From: Segher Boessenkool To: Peter Lafreniere Cc: anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com, geert@linux-m68k.org, ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru, jack@suse.cz, johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org, richard.henderson@linaro.org, richard@nod.at, tsbogend@alpha.franken.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] arch/*: config: Remove ReiserFS from defconfig Message-ID: <20230919151630.GO19790@gate.crashing.org> References: <20230918175529.19011-1-peter@n8pjl.ca> <20230918234108.GN19790@gate.crashing.org> <20230919000026.7409-1-peter@n8pjl.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230919000026.7409-1-peter@n8pjl.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 12:00:34AM +0000, Peter Lafreniere wrote: > On Monday, September 18th, 2023 at 19:41, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 05:56:09PM +0000, Peter Lafreniere wrote: > > > > > ReiserFS has been considered deprecated for 19 months since commit > > > eb103a51640e ("reiserfs: Deprecate reiserfs"). However, there are > > > several architectures that still build it into their defconfig kernels. > > > > > > As ReiserFS will be removed in 2025, delete all ReiserFS-related options > > > from defconfig files before the filesystem's removal. > > > > > > This is essentially equivalent to deleting the filesystem now. Why do > > this? Is there such a hurry? > > This is not equivalent to deleting the filesystem. The filesystem can still > be configured into kernels, and few distros use a defconfig kernel anyway. Most people who compile kernels use defconfigs though. Distros are a tiny minority if you look at builds. Again: why do you want this? Segher