Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762116Ab3IDHPy (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2013 03:15:54 -0400 Received: from top.free-electrons.com ([176.31.233.9]:60182 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756366Ab3IDHPx (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2013 03:15:53 -0400 From: Michael Opdenacker To: m.chehab@samsung.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: cesarb@cesarb.net, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Opdenacker Subject: [PATCH] cramfs: mark as obsolete Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:15:49 +0200 Message-Id: <1378278949-3066-1-git-send-email-michael.opdenacker@free-electrons.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1462 Lines: 50 Who needs cramfs when you have squashfs? At least, we should warn people that cramfs is obsolete. Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker --- MAINTAINERS | 2 +- fs/cramfs/Kconfig | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5b32bc2..6218be0 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ F: kernel/cpuset.c CRAMFS FILESYSTEM W: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cramfs/ -S: Orphan +S: Orphan / Obsolete F: Documentation/filesystems/cramfs.txt F: fs/cramfs/ diff --git a/fs/cramfs/Kconfig b/fs/cramfs/Kconfig index cd06466..15c36fe 100644 --- a/fs/cramfs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/cramfs/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ config CRAMFS - tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)" + tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs) (OBSOLETE)" depends on BLOCK select ZLIB_INFLATE help @@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ config CRAMFS cramfs. Note that the root file system (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module. + This filesystem is obsoleted by SquashFS, which is much better + in terms of performance and features. + If unsure, say N. -- 1.8.1.2 -- 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/