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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/*/configs/*defconfig: Replace AUTOFS4_FS by
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To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
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On 30/7/23 05:07, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 at 13:01, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Commit a2225d931f75 ("autofs: remove left-over autofs4 stubs")
>> promised the removal of the fs/autofs/Kconfig fragment for AUTOFS4_FS
>> within a couple of releases, but five years later this still has not
>> happened yet, and AUTOFS4_FS is still enabled in 63 defconfigs.
> Ok, I ran the script, and also decided that we might as well remove
> the AUTOFS4 legacy naming stub entry by now.
>
> It has been five years, and people will have either picked up the new
> name with 'make oldconfig', or they just don't use 'make oldconfig' at
> all.

Agreed, thanks Linus.


Ian