linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make JFFS depend on CONFIG

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20061230213749.GE20714@stusta.de>
Date:	Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:37:49 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	jffs-dev@...s.com, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make JFFS depend on CONFIG_BROKEN

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:25:56AM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> Mark JFFS as broken and provide a warning to users that it is
> deprecated and scheduled for removal in 2.6.21
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.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
>...

$ grep -i jffs Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 
$ 

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/