Re: [PATCH/RFC] Delete JFFS (version 1)

From: Josh Boyer
Date: Tue Dec 12 2006 - 13:38:34 EST


On 12/12/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:39:26 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have created the 'kill-jffs' branch of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git that
> removes fs/jffs.
>
> I argue that you can count the users (who aren't on 2.4) on one hand,
> and developers don't seem to have cared for it in ages.
>
> People are already talking about jffs2 replacements, so I propose we zap
> jffs in 2.6.21.

It would be good to provide unignorable notice of this in 2.6.20. Via a
loud printk, or perhaps even CONFIG_BROKEN or CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

Something like the below?

Make CONFIG_JFFS depend on CONFIG_BROKEN

Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx>

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 (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>).

+ NOTE: This filesystem is deprecated and is scheduled for removal in
+ 2.6.21. See Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+
config JFFS_FS_VERBOSE
int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
depends on JFFS_FS
-
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