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

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> 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. Rather than ask on mailing-lists, it's probably easier to just make the jffs compilation fail (with a #error). This way, if someone uses it, he'll bump into it, no mat

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

2006-12-19 Thread David Weinehall
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:28:43PM +, Alan wrote: > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:01:25 -0500 > Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jeff Garzik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > > It's always been the case that we remove Linux kernel code when the > > > number of users (and more importantl

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

2006-12-13 Thread Jörn Engel
On Tue, 12 December 2006 14:49:04 -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > It would be better to have a printk in the module init, since users with > upstream builds won't see the config help. How many of those are there? This is not ext3, this is a flash filesystem. Users are either those doing the up

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

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas Dilger
On Dec 12, 2006 12:38 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > On 12/12/06, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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

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

2006-12-12 Thread Josh Boyer
On 12/12/06, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:39:26 -0500 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 t

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

2006-12-12 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:39:26 -0500 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 deve

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

2006-12-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
Bill Nottingham wrote: Jeff Garzik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: It's always been the case that we remove Linux kernel code when the number of users (and more importantly, developers) drops to near-nil. So, drivers/net/3c501.c? Depends on how motivated Alan remains ;-) Historically, if the dev

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

2006-12-12 Thread Alan
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:01:25 -0500 Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Garzik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > It's always been the case that we remove Linux kernel code when the > > number of users (and more importantly, developers) drops to near-nil. > > So, drivers/net/3c501.c? I

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

2006-12-12 Thread Bill Nottingham
Jeff Garzik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > It's always been the case that we remove Linux kernel code when the > number of users (and more importantly, developers) drops to near-nil. So, drivers/net/3c501.c? Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body

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

2006-12-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
Jeff Garzik wrote: When it's more likely to get struck by lightning than encounter filesystem X on a random hard drive in the field, filesystem X need not be in the kernel. As people are already poking me:) I course meant "flash device" not "hard drive". SATA maintainer's curse, I suppose,

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

2006-12-12 Thread Josh Boyer
On 12/12/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Josh Boyer wrote: > On 12/12/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 t

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

2006-12-12 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 07:06 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > On 12/12/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Josh Boyer wrote: > > > On 12/12/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I have created the 'kill-jffs' branch of > > >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/mis

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

2006-12-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
Josh Boyer wrote: On 12/12/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

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

2006-12-12 Thread Jörn Engel
On Tue, 12 December 2006 07:39:26 -0500, Jeff Garzik 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

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

2006-12-12 Thread Josh Boyer
On 12/12/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

[PATCH/RFC] Delete JFFS (version 1)

2006-12-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
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 jff