Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs/efs: Follow kernel style guide
From: Amy Parker
Date: Fri Feb 05 2021 - 22:12:39 EST
On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 2:37 PM Richard Weinberger
<richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 11:26 PM Amy Parker <enbyamy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 5:1 AM David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 08:52:14PM -0800, Amy Parker wrote:
> > > > As the EFS driver is old and non-maintained,
> > >
> > > Is anybody using EFS on current kernels? There's not much point updating
> > > it to current coding style, deleting fs/efs is probably the best option.
> > >
> >
> > Wouldn't be surprised if there's a few systems out there that haven't
> > migrated at all.
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> Before ripping it from the kernel source you could do a FUSE port of EFS.
> That way old filesystems can still get used on Linux.
A FUSE port of EFS would be a great idea. Know anyone that would be
interested in working on it? I might try picking it up if no one else
wants it, we'll see.