On 07/15/15 07:18, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:26:24PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: >> >> so I have created this patch set which removes ext3 driver (and some >> related support >> code) from the kernel. See changelog of patch 2/3 for more details. If noone >> objects, >> I will queue the series in my tree for the next merge window. >> >> Jens, are you OK with me merging patch 3/3 or do you want me to send it to >> you once >> the first two patches get merged? >> >> Ted, this also touches ext4 driver so that it always handles ext3 >> filesystems so ack >> from you would be nice. > > Got tired of maintaining ext3, eh? :-) > > As a minor nit, I wonder if it's worth while to put in some hackery in > fs/Kconfig so that if someone only has CONFIG_FS_EXT3 defined, but not > CONFIG_FS_EXT4 defined, that it will automatically enable > CONFIG_FS_EXT4 instead? Otherwise someone upgrading their kernel > might accidentally end up getting a non-functional kernel. > > i.e., something like this? (not tested!) > > config FS_EXT3 > def_bool n > select FS_EXT4
Yes, if someone is going to force us to use ext4, some automation would be helpful. Thanks, -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
