From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754104Ab1BGQoM (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Feb 2011 11:44:12 -0500 Received: from artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.195]:56481 "EHLO artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752836Ab1BGQoL (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Feb 2011 11:44:11 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1593 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:44:11 EST Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:17:37 +0100 (CET) From: Mikulas Patocka To: Arnd Bergmann cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/20] hpfs: move to drivers/staging In-Reply-To: <1295993854-4971-12-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: References: <1295993854-4971-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <1295993854-4971-12-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) X-Personality-Disorder: Schizoid MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hey, I will solve it sometimes, but I am in a mental hospital now. Mikulas On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > hpfs has not seen a single patch from its maintainer > since the start of the git history, and the user base > seems to be completely gone after the end of OS/2. > > I have tried to keep the file system alive as much > as possible through the BKL removal, but this its > time seems to have come. If we can find an actual > user who is willing to test patches, or even a > maintainer that can work on the code, it can easily > be moved back into the main tree. > > If that does not happen, it will get removed from > the kernel tree after a few releases in staging/. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: Mikulas Patocka > Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org > --- > MAINTAINERS | 2 +- > drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++ > drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 + > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Kconfig | 3 +++ > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Makefile | 0 > drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO | 5 +++++ > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/alloc.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/anode.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/buffer.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dentry.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dir.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dnode.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/ea.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/file.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/hpfs.h | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/inode.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/map.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/name.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/namei.c | 0 > {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/super.c | 0 > fs/Kconfig | 1 - > fs/Makefile | 1 - > 23 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Kconfig (85%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Makefile (100%) > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/alloc.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/anode.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/buffer.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dentry.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dir.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dnode.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/ea.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/file.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/hpfs.h (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/inode.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/map.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/name.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/namei.c (100%) > rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/super.c (100%) > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index 246ee22..fe5ca5f 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -3009,7 +3009,7 @@ HPFS FILESYSTEM > M: Mikulas Patocka > W: http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/vyplody/hpfs/index-e.cgi > S: Maintained > -F: fs/hpfs/ > +F: drivers/staging/hpfs/ > > HSO 3G MODEM DRIVER > M: Jan Dumon > diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig > index 6ac0418..9fc5aa6 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig > @@ -175,5 +175,7 @@ source "drivers/staging/cptm1217/Kconfig" > > source "drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/Kconfig" > > +source "drivers/staging/hpfs/Kconfig" > + > endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD > endif # STAGING > diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile > index a834d2e..878f381 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile > @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SND_INTEL_SST) += intel_sst/ > obj-$(CONFIG_SPEAKUP) += speakup/ > obj-$(CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_CLEARPAD_TM1217) += cptm1217/ > obj-$(CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_SYNAPTICS_I2C_RMI4) += ste_rmi4/ > +obj-$(CONFIG_HPFS_FS) += hpfs/ > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/hpfs/Kconfig > similarity index 85% > rename from fs/hpfs/Kconfig > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/Kconfig > index 73476c1..f979319 100644 > --- a/fs/hpfs/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/staging/hpfs/Kconfig > @@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ config HPFS_FS > option in order to be able to read them. Read > . > > + The HPFS code is about to get removed from the kernel and is no > + longer supported on SMP or PREEMPT kernels. > + > To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the > module will be called hpfs. If unsure, say N. > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/Makefile b/drivers/staging/hpfs/Makefile > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/Makefile > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/Makefile > diff --git a/drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO b/drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..576a01c > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ > +HPFS seems to have no remaining users, and it is getting > +increasingly hard to maintain. It will be removed in one > +of the next kernel releases unless someone puts effort > +into fixing the locking. The new hpfs_lock that replaces > +the BKL has not been tested. > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/alloc.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/alloc.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/alloc.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/alloc.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/anode.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/anode.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/anode.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/anode.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/buffer.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/buffer.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/buffer.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/buffer.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/dentry.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/dentry.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/dentry.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dir.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/dir.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/dir.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/dir.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/dnode.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/dnode.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/dnode.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/ea.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/ea.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/ea.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/ea.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/file.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/file.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/file.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h b/drivers/staging/hpfs/hpfs.h > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/hpfs.h > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/hpfs.h > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/drivers/staging/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/inode.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/inode.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/inode.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/map.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/map.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/map.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/map.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/name.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/name.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/name.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/name.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/namei.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/namei.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/namei.c > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/drivers/staging/hpfs/super.c > similarity index 100% > rename from fs/hpfs/super.c > rename to drivers/staging/hpfs/super.c > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig > index 3db9caa..5a54574 100644 > --- a/fs/Kconfig > +++ b/fs/Kconfig > @@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ source "fs/squashfs/Kconfig" > source "fs/freevxfs/Kconfig" > source "fs/minix/Kconfig" > source "fs/omfs/Kconfig" > -source "fs/hpfs/Kconfig" > source "fs/qnx4/Kconfig" > source "fs/romfs/Kconfig" > source "fs/sysv/Kconfig" > diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile > index a7f7cef..c920ca9 100644 > --- a/fs/Makefile > +++ b/fs/Makefile > @@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NLS) += nls/ > obj-$(CONFIG_SYSV_FS) += sysv/ > obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS) += cifs/ > obj-$(CONFIG_NCP_FS) += ncpfs/ > -obj-$(CONFIG_HPFS_FS) += hpfs/ > obj-$(CONFIG_NTFS_FS) += ntfs/ > obj-$(CONFIG_UFS_FS) += ufs/ > obj-$(CONFIG_EFS_FS) += efs/ > -- > 1.7.1 >