Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:38:05 -0600 | From | "Josh Boyer" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC] Delete JFFS (version 1) |
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On 12/12/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:39:26 -0500 > Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> 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 it in ages. > > > > People are already talking about jffs2 replacements, so I propose we zap > > jffs in 2.6.21. > > 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 depend on CONFIG_BROKEN
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com>
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index b3b5aa0..4ac367d 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -1204,13 +1204,16 @@ config EFS_FS
config JFFS_FS tristate "Journalling Flash File System (JFFS) support" - depends on MTD && BLOCK + depends on MTD && BLOCK && BROKEN help JFFS is the Journalling Flash File System developed by Axis Communications in Sweden, aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe file system for disk-less embedded devices. Further information is available at (<http://developer.axis.com/software/jffs/>).
+ NOTE: This filesystem is deprecated and is scheduled for removal in + 2.6.21. See Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt + config JFFS_FS_VERBOSE int "JFFS debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)" depends on JFFS_FS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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