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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:17:37 +0100 (CET)
From: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/20] hpfs: move to drivers/staging
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 <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.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 <mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> 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 <j.dumon@...ion.com>
> 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
> <file:Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt>.
>
> + 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
>
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