Re: [PATCH] omfs: remove the filesystem

From: Geert Uytterhoeven

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 04:38:19 EST


On Thu, 5 Nov 2026 at 05:41, Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OMFS supports the on-disk format used by the long-discontinued Rio Karma
> music player and ReplayTV DVR. While reviewing a fix for incorrect block
> mapping on writes starting beyond EOF, Matthew suggested removing the
> filesystem instead of continuing to maintain it.
>
> Existing OMFS media can still be accessed using an older kernel with OMFS
> support.
>
> Remove the driver, its documentation and build configuration, the
> defconfig entries, and its name from the statmount selftest's filesystem
> list.
>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@xxxxxxxxx>

> arch/m68k/configs/amiga_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/apollo_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/bvme6000_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/hp300_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/mac_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/multi_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/mvme147_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/mvme16x_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/q40_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/sun3_defconfig | 1 -
> arch/m68k/configs/sun3x_defconfig | 1 -

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # m68k

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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