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