From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] arch/*: config: Remove ReiserFS from defconfig Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:16:30 -0500 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Mime-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=XSTBneXKidC4BTIGvqoLJxkx5VUwA6PrFjh5pcnAIzE=; b=MJ1kFECY6IxAJN 9O/biUTRzSFXH2eyibcApHUzFBo/aDMhvqGtVdYjEeUuCRyCK3GR9LP9fiPH+uxKbLC8E/t3Pzn7K RJerYb/YUwLUeGM1FXHCEvJX72mk43TFB7SIM5PSumrKv+9epK4Rr6XSuoOcxTSRRifqhJzqgiNJp X1IYl4KEgq5jJuxlRGhFpPSvQKBZH3Pid+S1k5dsywByTe12FLBWkC4EPN9J/45wfcQmWiFvyR8wV yFTqGXM2OAlSpuKflkjU1PDPbHO2cp5jNw+EGkzcxWiCruLxCuCPdDo2yvdp6woLNN2y00d2JPd7H 7i832EkfTKFCjJnITvtg==; Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230919000026.7409-1-peter@n8pjl.ca> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-um" Errors-To: linux-um-bounces+glud-user-mode-linux-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@lists.infradead.org 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 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